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 | | Walking a Journey of Faith
March 23, 2009
Faith never believed that within a year her life would look completely different. Compassion's program would educate her all the way to the university level. |
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 | | Safe Haven of Learning
February 9, 2009
Bernard dreaded what he would find when he arrived at home after school. It was not a safe place. Read how Compassion helped Bernard reach his true potential. |
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 | | The Hands and Feet of Jesus
April 15, 2008
"Jesus loves you." The words roll easily off of Zipporah's tongue. She speaks them to her friends on the playground and to her neighbors as they bend over steaming pots of rice. Zipporah doesn't just speak about Jesus' love. She lives it. But she wasn't always this way. |
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 | | A Safe Place to Turn
March 12, 2008
Paul dreams of one day meeting his sponsor, to thank her for the life-changing support she has offered. "Most people do not know how it feels, but getting a gift from your sponsor lifts you, encourages you that someone loves you no matter what you are going through. This makes me realize that God had a purpose in my life. " |
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 | | Compassion Responds to Crisis in Kenya
February 15, 2008
Nearly a thousand Compassion-assisted children and their families crowd into refugee camps throughout Kenya. Few understand this tribal warfare that is ripping Kenya apart. But they all understand that now there are no blankets and there is no food and water. |
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 | | Jesus Is Passing This Way
February 12, 2007
A Kenyan family relies on Jesus through difficult times. |
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 | | A Journey Paved With Prayers
December 21, 2006
LDP student Esther Amati experiences the blessings and trials that come with education. Her mother strongly believed she would attend a university and through the help of her LDP sponsorship, she is able to fulfill her dreams. |
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 | | Dreaming of the Future
August 21, 2006
Anthony struggled with a reality gripping millions of families across Africa. When AIDS enters your life can there be anything else but death? Can a family find a reason to continue when reality says the future is futile? In the midst of Anthony's struggle, Compassion's Child Survival Program at the Kiserian Child Development Center would offer this young father the courage to continue. And soon Anthony would find enough faith to believe in a future that reality told him couldn't exist. |
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 | | Food Crisis Looms in East Africa
March 20, 2006
Drought conditions in East Africa - notably Kenya and Tanzania - have forced another food shortage crisis to loom in the area. Read how Compassion's focus on long-term development and emphasis on releasing children from poverty is helping defeat the persistent enemy of hunger. |
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 | | A Green Famine
March 10, 2005
Kenya's famine during the past year has affected 3.3 million of the East African nation's citizens. Read about the "Green Famine" phenomenon and how Compassion Kenya's relief efforts have given hope to the communities hardest hit by ongoing drought conditions. |
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 | | Journey to Victory
November 30, 2004
Harrison Mbugua knows that Compassion sponsorship works.
At the AIC Thigio Child Development Center (KE-722), young Harrison found a staff that believed in him and encouraged him to believe in himself and, most of all, in a loving heavenly Father. Although he didn't go far in school, he found a way to make his dreams come true: He started a series of successful businesses. On weekends, Harrison is a member of an evangelistic team. He thanks the Lord for his sponsor and Compassion's help. |
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 | | Jonathan Agunda — Standing Tall
August 30, 2004
Now in his sophomore year at Nairobi University, Leadership Development Program (LDP) student Jonathan Agunda grew up in one of the world's most notoriously impoverished communities. Though only 21, Jonathan is already a living example of how God's love lifts us up and enables us to stand tall. |
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 | | Morans Come of Age
March 10, 2004
Morans (warriors) are the pride of Kenya's Maasai community. A few Morans from Compassion's Najile Child Development Center (KE-901) have banded together to share what they have learned about Christ with their neighbors. |
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 | | Improvements for Kenya's Children
May 1, 2003
Kenya's children have greater assurance of a brighter, more hopeful future thanks to a landmark measure passed in December 2001. |
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 | | Christmas in Kenya
Monday, December 23, 2002
In Kisumu, a town where most adults are impoverished day laborers, Christmas is a special time for families whose children attend the Kisumu Deliverance Child Development Center. |
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Reclaiming the Outcast
Wednesday, November 27, 2002
AIDS is not only incurable; its victims are social outcasts in many corners of the world. And it is the innocent-the children-who pay an incalculable price. Read how Jesus' example provides the model for ministering to AIDS victims and how one AIDS-ravaged family is receiving His healing comfort and acceptance. |
