Compassion Stories

4 New Countries: Expanding to Reach New Children 4 New Countries: Expanding to Reach New Children
In our constant effort to end extreme poverty and help children thrive in their God-given potential, Compassion is working to reach children in additional countries! Find out why, where and how we’re compelled to expand.
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Innovation
4 New Countries: Expanding to Reach New Children
4 New Countries: Expanding to Reach New Children
In our constant effort to end extreme poverty and help children thrive in their God-given potential, Compassion is working to reach children in additional countries! Find out why, where and how we’re compelled to expand.
Uganda
Alumni
This Amazing Woman Rescues Girls From Sex Abuse
This Amazing Woman Rescues Girls From Sex Abuse
As a child, Doreen lived in poverty and was sponsored in Compassion’s program. Wanting to serve God and give back to her community, she now runs an organization in Uganda that saves girls from sex trafficking and abuse.
Faith
God is Love: 5 Attributes That Show Us This Truth
God is Love: 5 Attributes That Show Us This Truth

The Bible makes it clear that "God is love" (1 John 4:8). He isn’t just loving, but he is the very definition of love.

Uganda
What Really Happens When You Give a Goat?
What Really Happens When You Give a Goat?

Have you ever wondered what actually happens when you give a goat to charity? Learn how a Ugandan family’s entire livelihood was transformed by livestock given through the Compassion Gift Catalog.

Letter Writing
Sponsorship
5 Things Your Sponsored Child’s Center Staff Want You to Know
5 Things Your Sponsored Child’s Center Staff Want You to Know
Compassion workers around the world share insights that every sponsor should know.
Photos and Videos
Kitchens Around the World: 10 Fascinating Photos
Kitchens Around the World: 10 Fascinating Photos

These 10 fascinating photos of kitchens show the ingenuity, adaptability and diversity of the families who cook and gather in them.

Crisis
Food
5 Reasons the World is Facing a Global Food Crisis
5 Reasons the World is Facing a Global Food Crisis

Our fragile world is facing an impending global food crisis. As extreme weather and drought collide with the impact of the pandemic, war, and rising inflation, more and more people are facing food insecurity. Here’s how we’re mobilizing to meet the need.

An Answered Prayer
An Answered Prayer

"For those of you who are still waiting for something, please don’t give up. Don’t stop praying. I prayed for almost five years and God answered my prayers." Tivani, 11, prayed for five years for a Bible of her own, even when she knew her father couldn’t afford it. Learn how God answered her prayers.

Letter Writing
Sponsorship
3 Things Your Sponsored Child Wishes You Knew
3 Things Your Sponsored Child Wishes You Knew

Children in Latin America and the Caribbean share what they wish their sponsors knew and how much their words, prayers and gifts mean to them.