Category: Compassionate Partners

Raya loves learning about Easter and can't wait to grab her bamboo torch to celebrate. What does a bamboo torch have to do with Easter? Discover Easter traditions at Raya's local center in Indonesia and learn more about spiritual development in Compassion programs.

Enjoy reading about the meaning of Easter in the words of Compassion children from Ecuador.

Mercy, a Compassion alumna, recalls the seemingly insurmountable obstacles on her path to education. Despite the abundance of support from staff at her Compassion center, there was one moment when Mercy lost all hope.

Being a photojournalist is full of surprises and challenges. But Nico shares the beauty and hope of learning amazing life lessons from children.

Letter writing is a joyful, difficult, precious and confusing experience. We all want to make a difference in our sponsored children’s lives. But we don’t always know how to connect well on paper.

Hear how Piyamary finds hope in the shadows as she documents the lives of children who live in poverty in Thailand.

Grace was just 9 years old when she hosted her first Compassion Sunday event; then she hosted a second one a year later. Over both events she helped 56 children find sponsors!

Mylene was ecstatic when she found out her son, Jasper, had a sponsor. But when she learned that he would need to write letters, her heart sank. There was one problem: Jasper was born without arms.