About 13 percent of Ethiopia's 46 million children have lost one or both parents, according to the United Nations. The country staggers under the weight of caring for the nearly 5 million orphaned children who wander its streets, flood its labor market, and appeal to its officials for food. But Dagim Fanta has been spared this life of homelessness, child labor and hunger—thanks to the care of his grandparents and help from Compassion sponsors.
Through Compassion, Rasmata's heart problem was discovered and she is now receiving treatment. While heart disease claimed the life of Rasmata's father, she has been given hope for her future.
Adalid Toleo was born into a Salvadoran neighborhood saturated with despair – violence, illiteracy and unemployment. Read how his experience at a Compassion project transformed his future from bleakness to brightness.
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.
As a child, Harriet was so poor that she had to share her only dress with her three sisters. But with encouragement from her Compassion sponsor and support from her LDP sponsor, Harriet excelled and graduated from a university in her native Uganda.
