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Compassion In-Depth - Learn More About Our Beliefs

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+ How Compassion Approaches Child Development
Child Survival Programs (pdf, 61K)
Compassion Child Development Framework (pdf, 24K)
Children as a Resource (pdf, 105K)
Criteria for Selecting a New Country (pdf, 10K)
How to Respond to those Who Claim Sponsorship Is Not Good for Children (pdf, 33K)
Maximum Project Size and Risk Management (pdf, 13K)
Principles for Project Enhancements (pdf, 91K)
Principles of Christian Child Development (pdf, 108K)
Some Sponsorship Operational Principles (pdf, 51K)
The Economics of Formal Schooling (pdf, 227K)
Understanding Ministry Choices (pdf, 77K)
What Does Compassion Mean by Partnership? (pdf, 10K)
What Does Scripture Say about Facilitation? (pdf, 23K)
Why Are Project Committees Important? (pdf, 39K)
Why Does Compassion Partner with the Local Church? (pdf, 77K)
Why Register Only Three (pdf, 12K)
Why Work Directly with Children? (pdf, 16K)
+ Compassion's Child Development Program
Characteristics of Effective Vocational Workshops (pdf, 8K)
Ensuring Financial Integrity (pdf, 12K)
How Are Children Chosen for Assistance? (pdf, 45K)
How Does Compassion Select Communities? (pdf, 46K)
How Does Compassion Strengthen the Local Church? (pdf, 60K)
Learning for Life (pdf, 23K)
Ministry Implementation Models (pdf, 37K)
Program Attendance Records Are tools of Child Development (pdf, 11K)
Project Size and Quality (pdf, 14K)
Project Staff and Organization (pdf, 66K)
Project Standards and Child Development (pdf, 83K)
Principles of Project Staffing (pdf, 47K)
Six Enhancements to the Project Learning Environment (pdf, 12K)
The Importance of Attendance (pdf, 89K)
Understanding Child Sponsorship (pdf, 285K)
What Is a Student Centre? (pdf, 45K)
Why Is Attendance Irregular (pdf, 94K)
Why Do Children Leave Compassion-Assisted Programs Early? (pdf, 127K)

Think of this section as “Compassion 101.” It is where you can learn more about Compassion’s...

  • Key beliefs on issues/concerns related to children and child development; and
  • The inner workings in programs in our countries of activity.

Ministry Insights - Nuggets of wisdom

Ministry Insights is a booklet that answers just about every question you can come up with about a Compassion project, such as:
  • What does a program facilitator do and know?
  • What are the economics of formal schooling?

Each ministry insight is a short summary relating directly to the concepts and practices of child development and sponsorship. Use Ministry Insights for training and orientation of those who want to learn about child development.