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Yanelly's Story

Abandoned by her father and trapped in poverty, Yanelly had no hope for her future — until her sponsor and center believed in her. Learn how Compassion changed her future.

Choose a gift. Change a life!

$55 provides children with the following:

Food for a Baby and Mother

Chickens

Emergency Food Pack

Global Food Crisis Fund

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Urgent: Food Crisis Support Needed

Every day, our global church partners see how the food crisis devastates impoverished communities. And we need your help. With your support, local leaders can intervene in urgent situations like this to provide essential items and sustainable solutions for struggling children and families.

Join Us. Fight Hunger.

Lizbeth is wearing a white shirt with a floral pattern on it. She is standing in front of a green board in her classroom and she is holding up one of her sponsor's letters.

What Is Sponsorship?

When you sponsor a child, you care for and encourage them through prayer, letter writing and financial support. That support empowers a local church to individually and holistically meet their needs in a loving, safe community where they can learn, grow, play and dream.

When you become a sponsor, you are personally connected with a child who will know your name and treasure the thought that you care about them.

Your support gives a child life-changing opportunity to develop spiritually, emotionally, physically and economically. It's a relationship more powerful than poverty — changing their life and yours!

Your donation provides

Health Care

Age-Appropriate Christian Teaching

Hygiene Training

Education & Vocational Training

Nutrition & Water

Mentorship, Guidance & Love

A Three-Cord Approach

Our holistic child development model is delivered primarily through child sponsorship and is Christ-centered, church-driven and child-focused.

Children at a Church in Oloontoto, Kenya standing in front of their hall and church building at the project.

CHILDREN PLAYING | Bagamoyo, Tanzania

According to a poll of top development economists, child sponsorship is THE most effective long-term development intervention for helping the poor. It not only addresses immediate physical needs but also helps build self-esteem and self-respect.

Delivered by the Local Church

Our program is run entirely by local Christian churches in Africa, Asia, Central America and South America. Why? Local churches are experts on their communities' needs.

Kennedy, an alumni from Kenya, is wearing a yellow shirt and black pants. He is holding out a picture of himself as a child.

CHURCH CENTER | Oloontoto, Kenya

Through partnerships with local churches, we empower people from each child's community to care for them so that, regardless of location, our model is culturally appropriate and relevant. But in all cases, we provide love, education, health care, nutrition and opportunities to hear the gospel.

An Overview

Since the Rev. Everett Swanson first ministered to orphans living on the streets of South Korea during the Korean War, Compassion has expanded to serve over 25 different countries and over four million children. Through frontline church partners, we provide children with the opportunity to rise above their circumstances and become all God has created them to be.

“My life is true confirmation that God has a plan for each one of us and has mysterious ways to fulfill the plan. The way God used sponsors through Compassion to transform my life is one of those mysteries.”

— Christine Uwase

Child Protection Officer, Rwanda

Compassion Alumna

Independently Verified Stats*

Children who participate in Compassion's programs are

40%

more likely to finish secondary education

80%

more likely to graduate college

18%

more likely to have salaried employment as an adult

75%

more likely to become leaders in their community

*2008, Dr. Bruce Wydick, University of San Francisco

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We consistently receive some of the highest ratings possible from charity evaluators and watchdogs.

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What Is Sponsorship?

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