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Compassion Provides Booklets to Children Affected by Hurricane Katrina

In an effort to provide help to the children traumatized by Hurricane Katrina, Compassion, in cooperation with International Bible Society, will be providing English and Spanish versions of The Survivors, a booklet specifically designed to help children in these areas deal with crisis and loss. These booklets will be distributed by ministries and churches working with those affected by this disaster.

Compassion has also created the Hurricane Sponsor Assistance Fund. More than 1,800 Compassion sponsors live in areas that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Any monies donated to this fund will cover affected sponsors' payments and allow them to continue the sponsorship relationship with their Compassion-assisted children. Donate now.

Here is a list of other ministries responding to the hurricane Katrina disaster:

World Relief
World Relief is equipping churches with both the financial resources and the much needed supplies to both clean up what Katrina has left behind and, when necessary, rebuild.

Network for Good
This web site provides an easy way to donate online to all the major relief groups providing aid to the victims of Katrina.

 

Learn more about sponsoring a child

Dr. Wess Stafford, President of Compassion International, recorded two 30 second Public Service Announcements explaining Compassion's role in The Survivors booklet distribution.

To download the public service announcements, please right click on the link below and "save as target" to your desktop.

Survivors PSA 1

Survivors PSA 2

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