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Ten-year-old Nayely announces she’s going to change out of her slip-on flats, then disappears inside her adobe home.

An alumnus of Compassion’s program shares about his childhood in poverty and how his sponsors’ kindness helped him persevere.

Georgina, a Compassion-assisted student living in Ghana, wants to change how sponsors communicate with the children they sponsor. She’s using her drive and a degree in computer engineering to strengthen the bond between Ghanaian children and their sponsors!

Children in the Karen tribe in Thailand are inspired to dream about the future.

As the sponsor of a toddler, you get to partner with a mom who is doing the hard work of raising a child in a developing country! Take our quiz and learn some of the same lessons mothers of babies in our program are learning!

Invite the kids in your life to help make this comforting Asian food, which is similar to chicken soup with rice.

To battle gang recruitment in one of the most dangerous cities in Honduras, a Compassion center starts a soccer program to keep kids safe. Read how Davwin and Angel, two brothers at the project, have found a place of refuge from the violence of their neighborhood.

"When my family was falling apart ... it felt like this family from Colorado was holding us tightly."

This powerful piece in Explorer, our website for kids, tells the story of kids in the Philippines and how they used to swim across a dangerous river just to get to school. But see how Compassion helped change that journey!

We're all specially gifted to serve others in our own creative ways. Take this quiz to reveal how you're uniquely wired to help people in poverty!

A baby born with severe physical disabilities becomes a source of joy for his entire family. See how the Survival program helped support David and his family.

Franklin’s poor health affected every part of his development. But his Compassion tutor was dedicated to showing the scared boy that the church was a safe place.