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A Gift, A Godsend
A sponsor’s gift allows one struggling family to open a new business and set up an education fund.
Fortified Future
Sponsorship changes everything for a girl who lives in a crumbling home and can't afford school.
The Bank of Oink
Kids living in poverty recycle plastic bottles to make toys like this piggy bank. Your kids can too!
Church Sheds Light on Critical Needs
Solar panels provide power to an African community and safe water to sponsored children and their families.
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April 2018
A sponsor’s gift allows one struggling family to open a new business and set up an education fund.
March 2018
A recent graduate who served impoverished children in the U.S. returns to Uganda to help orphans and widows there.
Jan/Feb 2018
In case you missed them: Our most popular stories and photos of 2017!
December 2017
A church in Togo fights occult-based traditions to free a 6-year-old girl from a Voodoo shrine.
November 2017
As you prepare for Thanksgiving, find out what makes children who live in poverty feel grateful.
October 2017
An innovative teenager shows how far a little encouragement can go.
September 2017
Sponsorship allows a widower to envision a better future for his 8-year-old son.
August 2017
A mother and daughter find love and acceptance in their local church after fleeing death threats.
July 2017
How sponsors and donors enabled the Church in India to transform lives over nearly half a century.
June 2017
Sponsored children live in the toughest environments but receive help and the hope for a better future.
May 2017
Without running water at their home in Tanzania, Nyabwiri and her family devote a significant amount of time to water-related chores.
April 2017
Our church partners around the world keep kids thriving through education, medicine and infrastructure.
March 2017
Forced to end our work in India, we are mourning a painful loss while remaining hopeful.
February 2017
How sponsors and church mentors help kids navigate life.
January 2017
Traditional and modern cultures collide for Kenya’s Masai.
December 2016
See how 11-year-old Samuel celebrates Christmas in his Indonesian village.
November 2016
When sponsored children's families face increased struggles, Compassion's church partners quickly coordinate to help.
October 2016
Love overcomes despair in this month's stories.
September 2016
Fifteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, a sponsor’s legacy still lives on.
August 2016
This month's stories show how sponsorship helps families survive, grow and connect.
July 2016
In this issue, meet children who are daring to dream after suffering through war, abuse or other trauma.
June 2016
The Journey Prayer Guide
Compassion Magazine presents 30 days of prayer points and gripping photos to remind and inspire you to pray for people living in poverty.
May 2016
In this issue, discover how special training helps sponsored children and their families become self-sufficient.
April 2016
This month's stories show how Compassion's program helps prevent and treat health problems among children and their families.
March 2016
In this issue, two Kenyan parents living in poverty embark on a desperate search for help.
February 2016
In this issue, learn how Compassion's program helps heal children’s bodies, minds and souls.
Fall 2015
Knowledge sets Compassion-assisted children and their parents on a course out of poverty.
Summer 2015
Meet children whose difficult lives are changing because sponsors went the extra mile for them.
Winter 2015
Since the 2010 earthquake, Compassion has built schools for sponsored children and helped survivors start businesses.
A sponsor’s gift allows one struggling family to open a new business and set up an education fund.
Sponsorship changes everything for a girl who lives in a crumbling home and can’t afford school.
Kids living in poverty recycle plastic bottles to make toys like this piggy bank. Your kids can too!
Solar panels provide power to an African community and safe water to sponsored children and their families.
Benedicta is shy 11-year-old girl like so many others in her community in Ghana. But she smiles a lot. She smiles because a generous gift from her sponsors allowed her father to open a small store that has changed her family’s lives.
Infant survival rates have gone up as Compassion centers in the Dominican Republic help moms care for babies through regular checkups, care coaching and food supplementation. There’s nothing that brings a mother more joy than having a healthy, thriving baby!
Did you know that in many countries, parents don’t even name their newborns until one or two months after they’re born? Infant death rates are so high —especially immediately following birth — that parents wait to see if the child will survive. But God said He knows and cares for each child. Help us care for women and babies through the Survival initiative.
Because of sponsors and supporters like you, children desperate for hope are receiving the love of Christ. To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning. (Isaiah 61:3, NLT)
