Provide Aid When Disaster Strikes
Disasters strike without warning. Cyclones, floods, earthquakes, conflict and hunger can change a child’s future in a single moment. When crisis hits the communities Compassion serves, children and families need help immediately.
Your gift helps ensure the local church is present, connected and ready — bringing food, care, prayer and hope in the critical first days after disaster.
Millions of people are threatened by disasters each year, especially children living in poverty.
7
Major disasters occur every week on average.
101.8M
People were affected by disasters in 2021 alone.
$252B
U.S. dollars in economic damage due to disasters in 2021.
Your gift helps the local church respond right away.
When catastrophes like Cyclone Ditwah strike, children in poverty often suffer the most. Families lose homes, access to food and clean water, as well as the stability they depend on, with no savings to fall back on and no way to recover alone.
Your gift empowers local churches — already trusted and embedded in their communities — to act quickly. Disaster Relief funds help provide immediate, life-sustaining support such as food, clean water, hygiene supplies, safe shelter and medical care. How can you enable Compassion to respond following disaster? Watch a short video about how you enable Compassion to respond following disaster.
Your Contributions Are Stewarded Wisely
Every gift you give through Compassion is handled with integrity and care. We follow strict financial guardrails to ensure accountability, transparency and the flexibility to invest wisely for long-term impact.
We invest every dollar in one of three ways
Implementing our program today
Inviting the next child (and their supporter) into the program
Sustaining and enhancing our ability to deliver excellent programs
These investments are typically referred to as “Program,” “Fundraising” and “Administrative” expenses, respectively. Compassion’s rigorous annual strategic planning and budgeting process determines the resources allocated to Program, Fundraising and Administration. Our policy is to ensure that 75 to 82 cents on the dollar will always be allocated to Program expenses.
When many step forward, the burden is shared and hope moves faster.
Supporters like you help Compassion respond immediately when disasters strike, ensuring children and families are not left waiting in moments of crisis. Your generosity helps communities recover, rebuild and find hope again.