Tackling a Root Cause of Poverty
Compassion is working to ensure all vulnerable children and adults have access to the support needed to journey out of poverty.
How We Work
All vulnerable children, youth and adults deserve access to education, medical care, employment opportunities, economic prosperity and representation. With these needs met, they can more effectively break the chains of poverty in their lives.
Compassion is actively increasing its efforts to ensure girls and children with disabilities have the access and opportunities they need to thrive. This effort, which includes hiring program design specialists at all levels, and the following are critical parts of our strategy to weave opportunity and access for vulnerable populations into the fabric of our work.
Conducting opportunity and access studies: These studies provide critical insights into the state of equal access and social inclusion within our organization. The findings have been instrumental in shaping future directions for Compassion on gender equality and disability.
Breaking down barriers that hinder equal opportunities: Compassion empowers girls through education and helps children with disabilities gain access to support and vocational training.
Building partnerships: We’re actively partnering with organizations to implement opportunity and access initiatives. For example, we partner with Tearfund to address sexual and gender-based violence by equipping staff and local church partners with tools to help communities prevent violence and integrate needed interventions.
Stories of Impact
Girl Power: Rising Above the Norm With Vocational Skills
Child sponsorship changes lives. But why sponsor a child through Compassion? Learn what makes us different (and see the impact for yourself) here.
The Bold Girls Using Sports to Escape Poverty
Sports can be a game-changer for kids in poverty. Meet four girls who are skating, fencing, lifting and kayaking their way to a brighter future.
When Hope Enters: This Inspiring Kenyan Rescues Pregnant Girls
As a child living in extreme poverty, Maureen came to believe that her family would be better off dead. But when a new message entered her life — one of love and hope for a better future — she held tightly to it. See Maureen’s remarkable journey from a desperate child in Kenya to the director of a nonprofit that serves girls in crisis.