Group Tours

Coming May 2013 be prepared for a journey to Peru that will challenge you in your faith and connect you deeply with the heart of your sponsored child! Peru is a place of great beauty and a tragic reality: poverty is casting a shadow over the growth and development of its children. Partner with Compassion in seeing these children released from poverty and walking in freedom to pursue all God has called them to be.

On this trip we will have the opportunity to collaborate with the local Church to serve, love, engage and grow in ways that will change you forever. We will all fall in love with this beautiful country as we realize the natural splendor that makes Peru so wondrous!

This is a trip you don't want to miss! Your and your sponsored child will never forget your special day together to laugh, run, play and connect! Nothing communicates value to the heart of a child like a visit to show them, in person, what they mean to you! Sign up today!

*Advocate Discount* This trip is offered at 20% discount for Compassion Advocates. Discount spaces are very limited, and are on a first-come first-serve basis.

Compassion is offering another opportunity for sponsors to visit Haiti! We anticipate a high volume of requests for Haiti sponsor tours, so we are adding a second tour option for May 2013. As you will discover, the aftermath of the earthquake in 2010 is still very evident, and Haiti is still in the process of rebuilding. However, thanks in part to Compassion’s ministry, hope abounds in Haiti! On this tour, you will join your voice with those of other sponsors eager to lend a hand and spread a message of hope and encouragement. This beautiful country has been through a tremendous amount of heartache, but through it all her people have maintained a welcoming, industrious, hope-filled spirit.

On this sponsor tour we will connect with our sponsored children, support the church with service, meet incredible Leadership Development Students, and hold the sweet babies of the Child Survival Program. Through it all you will see first-hand the incredible resilience of Haiti’s beautiful people! There are only 25 slots available on this tour, so don’t delay. Sign up today and join us for a very special and service-oriented trip! As you give of yourself to impact the people of Haiti, they will shape you forever.

This tour is currently full. Please call (800) 336-7542 to be added to the waitlist.

Graduations and weddings are over, summer is in full swing, and it’s time to go to Nicaragua. This is the largest country in Central America and a land of beauty and diversity. The beautiful lakes and majestic volcanoes are breath-taking. A mixture of cultures and traditions generate a fascinating diversity. In addition to enjoying this we want to look through the eyes of Compassion and our ministry there. We want to go and be a blessing!

*Advocate Discount* This trip is offered at a 20% discount for Compassion Advocates. Discount spaces are very limited, and are on a first-come first-serve basis.

The Compassion Rwanda tour is back by popular demand! We are looking for men, women, teens and even entire families who have a passion for Africa and Rwanda in particular. We want to build a ministry team from all over the United States comprised of Compassion sponsors who love this country and are willing to pull out all the stops to serve the body of Christ in Rwanda with us. Are you that person? Can you imagine the joy of joining your voice with others to cheer on our heroic Compassion church partners in Rwanda who have stood at the forefront to serve those affected? When was the last time your vacation changed your heart? This Rwanda tour will do just that.

Will you join our ministry team? If the Lord is tugging at your heart, don’t delay Register today before the limited slots fill up!

This tour is currently full. Please call (800) 336-7542 to be added to the waitlist.

Compassion visits the beautiful country of El Salvador regularly! Not just because it’s home to thousands of sponsored children but because it’s a beautiful country filled with rich history and deep need. Join us for a long weekend trip to meet your sponsored child, fall in love with the country, and experience Compassion for yourself as an integral part of releasing children from poverty! You won’t want to miss it!

*This tour is in direct partnership with Compassion's Advocate Network, and Advocates are encouraged to attend! If you are active in the Network, please email your interest for this tour to advocate@compassion.com prior to registering. Please include your full name, the tour country with travel dates, and the state where you live. Thank you!

This tour is currently full. Please call (800) 336-7542 to be added to the waitlist.

Demand has spoken for an additional Honduras tour in the summer of 2013. Since the Spring tour has not received much interest, we have decided to move this trip to June! You will be joining other Compassion sponsors for an incredible, fast-paced experience in the northern part of the country. This is the region where poverty still has the strongest hold and where Compassion Honduras is expanding to help even more children reach their full, God-given potential! We would love to host you on a sponsor tour to introduce you to the uniqueness of this country and the incredible potential she possesses. And of course the icing on the cake: you will get to meet and spend an entire day with the child have been getting to know through correspondence. Imagine being able to sit across from that little boy or girl to tell him/her, “You are precious and you are loved.” Now that is the true definition of “priceless.” But don’t think for a second that this is just a sight-seeing tour, we’ll be rolling up our sleeves to do ministry together through several of the implementing church partners through which Compassion is changing lives in this part of Honduras. We would love to have you join us!

This tour is currently full. Please call (800) 336-7542 to be added to the waitlist.

Back by popular demand is our full length sponsor tour to the incredible country of Guatemala. Guatemala offers travelers an opportunity to experience amazing people in a very unique culture. These amazing experiences combined with breathtaking beauty and an opportunity to serve among local churches in the country is what attracts many visitors to join our sponsor tours to Guatemala. Are you ready for a vacation that doesn’t simply entertain you, but actually offers you transformational experiences? Then, this is the trip for you.

*Advocate Discount* This trip is offered at a 20% discount for Compassion Advocates. Discount spaces are very limited, and are on a first-come first-serve basis.

Do you have a passion for West Africa? I invite you to join us this summer for a one-of-a-kind adventure in Ghana. Although Compassion only began work in this beautiful country in July 2005, our ministry has grown rapidly. Currently, we have well over 32,000 registered children in 141 student centers! We are looking for a ministry team to travel with us to Ghana this summer, to work among the beautiful children and to encourage the tutors who teach and disciple the children through Compassion’s ministry. Do you have a passion to see children reach their full potential? Do you get excited about training and equipping others for ministry with children? Is the Lord inviting you to be one of these team members? If your answer is ‘yes’, please join us! Not only will your ‘yes’ be a blessing to those we’ll meet during the tour, your ‘yes’ will fulfill the prayer that has long been on your sponsored child’s heart: the deep desire to meet you, their beloved sponsor. Keep reading for more information about this exciting ministry tour to Ghana.

*This tour is in direct partnership with Compassion's Advocate Network, and Advocates are encouraged to attend! If you are active in the Network, please email your interest for this tour to advocate@compassion.com prior to registering. Please include your full name, the tour country with travel dates, and the state where you live. Thank you!

This tour is currently full. Please call (800) 336-7542 to be added to the waitlist.

Join us for one last opportunity to take advantage of your soon-to-end Summer. Sign up today for the opportunity to travel to beautiful Honduras with Compassion. Get ready for the trip of a lifetime as you meet Compassion children, serve with an credible group of sponsors, visit our Church partners in country and hug your sponsored child on an entire day set aside for you both to connect! It doesn’t get much better than this! On this unique trip we will also visit a very impoverished area and serve in a tangible way the beautiful people of the community. So, prayerfully consider traveling with us and know the amazing impact this trip will have on the heart of your child. Sign up today!

*This tour is in direct partnership with Compassion's Advocate Network, and Advocates are encouraged to attend! If you are active in the Network, please email your interest for this tour to advocate@compassion.com prior to registering. Please include your full name, the tour country with travel dates, and the state where you live. Thank you!

Peru is the land of beautiful people and unique culture and some of the most beautiful tourist attractions in the world. Yet, behind the scenes Peru is home to areas of extreme poverty with vulnerable people longing for hope and encouragement. That’s where Compassion, the local evangelical church and you step in to work together to see the life-changing work of redemption and transformation take place. We could not do it without you, our dedicated sponsors and donors. So don’t you want to travel with us and see firsthand what your partnership is doing? Wouldn’t you like to join your heart and hands with other believers from the US to bring a message of hope and encouragement to the heroes who are taking your seeds of love to bring about this transformation? You know you do, so don’t delay because these trips fill up very quickly. Reserve your spot today!

Tired of the same old vacation? Are you ready to invest some vacation time on a truly life- shaping experience that expands your heart, awakens a new perspective on your life and the lives of others around the world and gives you a glimpse of the very face of God? This Compassion sponsor tour will visit regions of Nicaragua hardest hit by the ravages of poverty. If you have a passion for arts and crafts, worship, games or drama as tools to encourage and inspire and if you feel the nudge of the Spirit to step out of your comfort zone and join others to minister to the children of Nicaragua, this is the tour for you.

Compassion invites you to see the beautiful country of Ecuador this coming September 2013! Join this sponsor tour to see the work of Compassion, view the Andean mountains, hold the hand of your sponsored child during a day of fun together, and renew your passion for the work of the local Church! You will walk away refreshed and challenged by this tour as we see both the beautiful historic city of Quito and the harsh realities of the poor communities in the area of Riobamba. No matter where we turn we will surely see the hope of Compassion’s program in the faces of the children and nothing can communicate that better than seeing it for yourself! Come join us, won’t you?

*This tour is in direct partnership with Compassion's Advocate Network, and Advocates are encouraged to attend! If you are active in the Network, please email your interest for this tour to advocate@compassion.com prior to registering. Please include your full name, the tour country with travel dates, and the state where you live. Thank you!

Come to Bolivia with Compassion! Join us for a life-changing adventure to the country of Bolivia, where we’ll visit two different areas of the country and many different people groups, from Cochabamba, then onto the highest points of the country in La Paz. Meet other believers from all over the United States as you bring hope and encouragement to the beautiful, yet poor children of Compassion Student Centers and see Compassion’s work in action. One amazing day will be spent with your sponsored child, making lasting memories as you get to know your child’s life in Bolivia. With prayer consider joining us on this tour to experience Compassion and be an integral part of releasing children from poverty in Jesus name!

*This trip will involve a few days at high elevation. Please consult with your physician about staying at elevations of 12,000 ft.

Come to Colombia with compassion! Enjoy an exciting adventure on a Sponsor Tour! We will visit two beautiful cities; Cartagena, where there is much history and beautiful colonial architecture and Barranquilla City on the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. During this tour we’ll visit Compassion Student Centers just like the centers your children attend and see first-hand how God is working in the lives of these children and their families. And you will meet and spend one full amazing day with your sponsored child, accompanied by your own personal translator! This trip will be packed full of fun, service and adventure, and along the way you will meet some amazing children, Compassion staff, & fellow sponsors like yourselves. If you have a child in this region of Colombia, join this Sponsor Tour to today.

*This tour is in direct partnership with Compassion's Advocate Network, and Advocates are encouraged to attend! If you are active in the Network, please email your interest for this tour to advocate@compassion.com prior to registering. Please include your full name, the tour country with travel dates, and the state where you live. Thank you!

Longing for a truly unforgettable experience? Come join Compassion for a guided tour to the beautiful country of El Salvador, whose name means The Savior in Spanish! Be inspired through visiting centers where children – from precious little ones through ambitious young adults – participate in impactful programs designed to help them become all the Lord intends for them. Spend a wonderful day with your sponsored child and make lasting memories. Experience the lovely culture and people with fellow Compassion sponsors. Join the adventure today!

The Pearl of Africa is calling you for a very special tour this fall. Summer is over, everyone is back in school, and it’s a perfect time for you to see the amazing ministry you’re involved in. Clearly godly leaders are essential to unraveling the mysteries and complexities of poverty. While every sponsor tour is unique, this specific experience will focus largely on the culmination of your ministry of Compassion, the Leadership Development Program graduation ceremony. We’ll spend time meeting children currently in the process of moving through child development to set the stage for a deep understanding of just how miraculous is considering where every graduate started. Whether you have a graduating LDP student or not, you will surely beam with pride as we watch gifted, young leaders emerge from their cocoon of Compassion and take flight in their spheres of influence. See you there; I wouldn’t miss it for the world!

*This tour is in direct partnership with Compassion's Advocate Network, and Advocates are encouraged to attend! If you are active in the Network, please email your interest for this tour to advocate@compassion.com prior to registering. Please include your full name, the tour country with travel dates, and the state where you live. Thank you!

For more than 3 consecutive years Compassion has been offering an incredible sponsor tour experience in Haiti. While Haiti may be the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, quietly, yet steadily amazing changes are taking place. Children are being provided with comprehensive, transformational intervention that meets them right where they are to give them just what they need to reach their full potential. Emerging young leaders are being equipped with the education and Christian leadership training so that they are positioned to create opportunities and generate new thinking. Young moms and dads are being rescued, nurtured and disciple so that they are able to gain the skills needed to create healthy families who can provide for their children. Join us on a tour to Haiti and you’ll experience all of this an more and you’ll spend an entire day with the child/children you sponsor. What could be better than that? This tour is limited to the first 20 people who register, so don’t delay, sign up today!

Back by popular demand is our East India Sponsor Tour. November is one of the best months of the year to travel to India as it is less humid and not nearly as hot as other times. India is home to over 1.2 billion people and struggles under the weight of massive poverty. Through Compassion’s partnership with evangelical churches in the Easter part of India, the poorest of the poor are being reached, nurtured and fully developed so that they are positioned to change their country. On this tour, you’ll feel like you have stepped back into bible times as you rub shoulders with passionate believers who love the Lord and serve His children with passion and distinction. See you soon!

Would you love to get away to a sunny, tropical climate when winter may be bearing down on you in November? Come make a difference and join Compassion for a unique, guided tour to the country of the Dominican Republic, a gem on the island of Hispaniola. Be inspired and encouraged through visiting centers where children – from precious little ones through ambitious young adults – participate in impactful programs designed to help them become all the Lord intends for them. Spend a wonderful day with your sponsored child and make lasting memories. Experience the lovely culture, people, and scenery with fellow Compassion sponsors. Our Dominican Republic tours fill up quickly, so sign up for the adventure today!

Hello friends! You are invited to join your fellow US sponsors on a beautiful trip to the exotic country of Brazil! Picture this…A beautiful getaway in the Winter and an opportunity to meet the courageous child you sponsor in person! And, just in time before the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends! This is going to be an exciting tour to a beautiful, albeit desperately poor, country where we will be able to experience gratefulness in a whole new way. Come share the experience with amazing country hosts, committed staff and pastors, and bring your families along. This trip will widen your perspective and renew a heart of thanks as you connect with your international family and return home recharged and ready for all God has in store!

This tour is currently full. Please call (800) 336-7542 to be added to the waitlist.

Kenya is, by far, one of Compassion’s most popular destinations for sponsors. When you think of Kenya, the first thing likely to come to your mind is “going on safari” and Kenya offers some of the best safari experiences. For more than a hundred years, tourists from all over the world have been traveling to see what Kenya is all about and Compassion has taken groups of sponsors to Kenya for over 20 years. Kenya is truly a one-of-a-kind experience that you really must be experience to believe. Have I piqued your curiosity? Well, early next year is your chance. Join our tour in January and you can see what all that interest is about and of course you will also have the special opportunity to spend a wonderful day with your sponsored child. Other days you’ll be learning about your partnership in Compassion’s ministry and we’ll have fun ministering together among the staff and children. This tour will also include a day on safari in the game park as the ultimate adventure.

*This tour is in direct partnership with Compassion's Advocate Network, and Advocates are encouraged to attend! If you are active in the Network, please email your interest for this tour to advocate@compassion.com prior to registering. Please include your full name, the tour country with travel dates, and the state where you live. Thank you!

Come visit the land of smiles! Experience the diversity of Compassion’s work in Thailand, from the hidden slums of Chiang Mai to a mountain Karen tribal village to our work with Burmese civil war refugees along the northern Thai border. All of this and the opportunity to meet your sponsored child face to face! Join us for an unforgettable experience!

*This tour is in direct partnership with Compassion's Advocate Network, and Advocates are encouraged to attend! If you are active in the Network, please email your interest for this tour to advocate@compassion.com prior to registering. Please include your full name, the tour country with travel dates, and the state where you live. Thank you!

This is a shorter version of our sponsor tour that has become increasingly popular among sponsors who very much want to experience the country and culture of their sponsored child! This trip offers less time away from home and a more economical cost than the full length tour. So, are you ready to invest some time into a truly life- shaping experience that expands your heart and awakens a new perspective on your life and the lives of others around the world? If so, register to today for this sponsor tour to Guatemala and you will find what your heart has been longing for. This trip will still be full of great experiences and plenty of opportunities to meet wonderful people that serve God in Guatemala as well as the children of our Student Centers. Of course you’ll also have the amazing opportunity to meet and spend time with the child you sponsor. So, don’t hesitate, just check out the rest of the information on this trip and register before all the available spots are full.

Compassion International has been working diligently in Mexico for many years understanding that true transformation for a country steeped in corruption, violence and political instability can only permanently come by focusing strategically and intently on their greatest natural resource – Her Children. Poverty screams at children messages of worthlessness, hopelessness and discouragement. Perhaps that is why you decided to sponsor a child in Mexico. You understand that the child you are coming to know and care deeply about is filled with potential just waiting to be realized. I want to tell you about an incredible opportunity to join other believers from all over the United States to form a ministry team intent on bring a counter-message of hope, encouragement and significance. When you join a sponsor tour, you not only share this message face to face with your child, you have the opportunity to do the same for 100’s of other children we will meet along the way and the real heroes of our ministry, the tutors and staff of our child development centers. Wouldn’t you love to tell them in person how much you admire their ministry as unto the Lord? As you read this message, I know you heart is stirred, so read on for more information on what you can expect on a one-of-a-kind sponsor tour in Mexico.

*This tour is in direct partnership with Compassion's Advocate Network, and Advocates are encouraged to attend! If you are active in the Network, please email your interest for this tour to advocate@compassion.com prior to registering. Please include your full name, the tour country with travel dates, and the state where you live. Thank you!

It's 2014, the holidays are over, and you're thinking about a vacation. But you want something different. Something where you can make a difference. You think of Compassion and then southeast Asia comes to mind. Bangladesh, a fascinating country in southeast Asia, lies in the world's largest delta. The Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers form this low-lying area as they empty into the Bay of Bengal. Each year their flooding brings silt to renew the rich soil and fertile land. Most people are subsistence farmers and even though this fertile area allows three rice harvests a year, Bangladesh remains one of the poorest areas in the world. Compassion opened their work in Bangladesh in 2004 and are doing amazing things with your partnership. We would love for you to join us early next year and experience this for yourself on our exciting sponsor tour. The children, staffs, and partner churches are eagerly waiting for you.

*This tour is in direct partnership with Compassion's Advocate Network, and Advocates are encouraged to attend! If you are active in the Network, please email your interest for this tour to mailto:advocate@compassion.com prior to registering. Please include your full name, the tour country with travel dates, and the state where you live. Thank you!

Come visit the beautiful country of Burkina Faso this coming spring with Compassion! Due to the geographical situation in the heart of West Africa. This wonderful country, at the heart of western Africa will attract those fond of adventure and tourism: diversity of the landscapes, richness and diversity of its cultural and ethnic inheritance, not to mention the warm hospitality of its inhabitants make it a desirable place to see for yourself. As one of Compassion’s newest country partnership you will see the vast work taking place in a short period of time. Along with see student centers, all of Compassion’s program, and meeting our dedicated staff, you will also have the opportunity to meet your sponsored child! We’re thrilled at what the Church is doing here. Join us and see it for yourselves! Sign up today!

*This tour is in direct partnership with Compassion's Advocate Network, and Advocates are encouraged to attend! If you are active in the Network, please email your interest for this tour to mailto:advocate@compassion.com prior to registering. Please include your full name, the tour country with travel dates, and the state where you live. Thank you!

The holidays are over and it’s a new year. Why not consider joining Compassion for a unique, guided tour to the beautiful country of Honduras? Compassion is expanding work in this country to combat poverty’s stronghold, and our tour will begin with an incredible experience in the northern city of San Pedro Sula, followed by travel south to the colonial capital city of Tegucigalpa. Be inspired and encouraged through visiting centers where children through young adults participate in significant programs designed to help them become all the Lord intends. Spend a wonderful day with your sponsored child and make lasting memories. Experience the lovely culture, people, and scenery with fellow Compassion sponsors. Our Honduras tours fill up quickly, so sign up for the adventure today!

Have you ever thought about visiting your sponsored child in Colombia? You can do that and so much more by joining this upcoming sponsor tour to Bogota, Colombia. You will surely enjoy the history and beauty of this beautiful country as you see first-hand how Compassion’s work is impacting the lives of children in poverty. You will meet other sponsors from all over the United States who, like you, love the Lord and are eager to share their gifts and talents to be a blessing. Together we will remind the children that they do have a “hope and a future” while encouraging the incredible ministry teams we meet at the various child development centers we will visit throughout our trip.