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 | | When Effort Isn't Enough
March 4, 2009
Each morning Francis makes food to sell with a smile. She no longer despairs about about herself or her family's future. Compassion is providing hope. |
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 | | Peace Amid the Violence
January 26, 2009
Mariela knew José had learned much of his violent behavior from his father. The rescue that she prayed for came the year that Compassion opened the Linaje Escogido Student Center. |
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 | | Compassion Registers 1 Millionth Child
May 23, 2008
Jeffrey recently became the millionth child Compassion serves through the Child Sponsorship Program. |
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 | | Faith Nurtures Hope
March 29, 2008
As a child living in poverty, Luisa faced a grim future. But through the support of her sponsor, Luisa's future changed. Luisa doesn't know what she wants to be when she grows up. But she does know that whatever her occupation, she will be an example that poverty is not the end of life. |
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 | | Finding the Treasure
February 29, 2008
On good days salvaging in the dump earned Sara and her family $1, enough to buy a bit of beans and rice. On bad days the family went home hungry. But Sara's future changed when workers from the Hands of Compassion Student Center (NI-155) learned about her family's desperate situation. |
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 | | God Answered My Prayers!
February 12, 2007
A little girl in Nicaragua prays a simple prayer … and sees a big answer! |
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 | | A Touch of Technology
October 31, 2006
When sponsors and donors give to Compassion's Complementary Intervention program, staff are able to purchase educational tools, including the computers at the Mirra Student Center. In just five months, almost 50 children were trained in basic computer programs, which was a life changing experience. |
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 | | Nicaragua's Environmental Dangers
May 17, 2005
Like most second graders around the world Beatriz Castillo would like to play in her neighborhood. But unlike many 8-year-olds in the Western world, Beatriz's playground is a large city dumpsite just one mile from her home. But thanks to a Compassion-assisted project Beatriz can play her childhood games in a safe, nurturing and environmentally friendly location. |
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 | | A Young Timothy
May 17, 2005
Michael Cordoza didn't feel he belonged until age 12 when he joined a street gang. But help from Christian missionaries helped Michael turn his life around. Now as Project Director of El Pasotcito Student Center, the young man helps Compassion-assisted children avoid the same path of gangs, drugs and violence that shadowed his life. |
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 | | Compassion Nicaragua Turns One
September 10, 2003
As Compassion prepares to start ministering to children in Bangladesh and Burkina Faso, it's encouraging to look back on all that's been accomplished during our first year in Nicaragua. |
