MINISTRY EXPANSION

The local church is a child’s greatest hope for a better future.

  1. A gift of $1,500 enables a local church partner to welcome five additional children from their community.
  2. A gift of $5,000 funds one-fifth of the average cost of launching a new child development center!
  3. A gift of $12,000 enables a local church partner to welcome 40 additional children from their community.
  1. A gift of $25,000 enables local church partners to welcome 83 additional children from their community.
  2. A gift of $75,000 enables local church partners to welcome 250 additional children from their community.
  3. A gift of $200,000 enables local church partners to welcome 667 additional children from their community.

The Problem

The need is vast for Compassion’s child development programs and child sponsorship model: More than 365 million children globally live in extreme poverty. We feel called to step into the gap by connecting children who desperately need help and care with Christ followers who have the resources to help. Currently, we partner with more than 8,600 frontline churches in 29 countries to serve more than 2.3 million children. At each Compassion child development center, children receive nutritious meals, educational support, medical care and love and encouragement from their pastor and center staff. Our strategy is to expand into regions with the greatest need within countries we already serve. Even in just those countries, over 170 million more children in desperate poverty need us, so we are strategically opening new centers in rural areas where the need is greatest.

Where We Want to Go

600+

New Centers

In the next two years, we plan to open more than 600 new centers in local churches across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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Priority Countries

In the next two years, we aim to open 116 centers in strategic high need regions of Burkina Faso, Togo and Ethiopia.

250K+

New Children Registered

In the next two years, we plan for more than 250,000 new children to be registered at both new and existing centers.

We are committed to providing immediate and consistent support to every child in our program, even while they wait to be sponsored or when they’ve lost their existing sponsor.

Empower more local churches to welcome even more children.

Compassion works exclusively in partnership with the local church, God’s agent for change in communities. We equip local churches with tools, training and ongoing support to run child development centers and serve kids in their communities. This model is effective — and scalable.

Each new church led center we open provides a path for more than 200 children to experience God’s great love through medical checkups, nutrition monitoring, educational assistance and in hearing the word of God. With your help, we can partner with more local churches around the world and welcome more children at existing centers, expanding our effective, research-backed programs. Together, we can bring hope and help these children discover their God-given potential.

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