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Longing to Learn
When schoolteachers stop showing up for work in a hard-to-reach village, Compassion’s local church partners intervene on children’s behalf.
Value Beyond Words
Bolivian mothers in Compassion Survival gain life-changing literacy skills along with parenting and spiritual support.
Recipe: Lugaw
Invite the kids in your life to help make this comforting Asian food, which is similar to chicken soup with rice.
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September 2018
When schoolteachers stop showing up for work in a hard-to-reach village, Compassion’s local church partners intervene on children’s behalf.
August 2018
How sponsorship is helping prevent exploitation of ethnic minorities displaced by war.
July 2018
Parents who intervened after a tragedy find help caring for their new family member
June 2018
Children who live near a landfill in Guatemala City can now go to a safe school, thanks to an alliance between a church in Guatemala, an U.S. church, and Compassion.
May 2018
It takes a village, a church and a sponsor to help the new mother raise the boy.
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.
When schoolteachers stop showing up for work in a hard-to-reach village, Compassion’s local church partners intervene on children’s behalf.
Bolivian mothers in Compassion Survival gain life-changing literacy skills along with parenting and spiritual support.
Invite the kids in your life to help make this comforting Asian food, which is similar to chicken soup with rice.
This mother and baby in Honduras receive medical care, nutritional support and spiritual guidance from their local church. Donations to Compassion Survival equip our church partners to help women give birth safely and care for their little ones through the most vulnerable years.
Sejoti, left, plays with a friend at their Compassion center. Sejoti wastes no time after school changing into her play clothes and hurrying to the center for games, Bible lessons, food and tutoring. Her sponsor in Texas makes it all possible. After Compassion activities, Sejoti will return home to help her parents with chores.
Ten-year-old Nayely’s parents sacrificed a lot to give her a family. But when they couldn’t meet Nayely’s needs beyond love, a generous sponsor and church stepped in. Now when Nayely works up an appetite playing soccer at her Compassion center, she eats a warm meal afterward and doesn’t go to bed hungry.
