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Trips and Visits

Visits on Hold due to COVID-19

While all visits are currently suspended due to COVID-19, we hope you’ll continue to dream about and plan for a time when you can experience Compassion in person. You can still submit a visit request for July 1, 2021 or later.

Request a Custom Visit

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Visit Your Sponsored Child

A custom visit may include sharing a meal, touring the child development center, and visiting your child’s home. You may also request that your child be brought to your location.

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Visit a Child Development Center

You’ll experience Compassion’s work first-hand with a trained guide during a child development center visit, located in a city with a country office.

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Visit as a Group

Group visits may include an outing with sponsored children, sharing a meal, and a visit to the child development center. Discover more about visiting as a group.

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Why a Custom Visit?

Learn about the choices available with a custom visit and read first-hand experiences from other sponsors.

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What You Need to Know

Everything you need to know and do to get started on planning your very own custom visit!

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Contact Custom Visits

Please call (800) 336-7542 ext. 2, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MT, or send an e-mail to [email protected].

Please note that Custom Visits require a minimum of eight weeks advance notice in order for Compassion to coordinate a visit. Requests with less than eight weeks advance notice will be considered on a case by case basis.