10 questions about year-end giving with a financial planner

Canadians are generous people! At Compassion Canada, we see that firsthand, especially in December. When the snow starts falling, we also see a flurry of year-end giving. With these gifts, we can help more children to be released from poverty in Jesus’ name and change the communities in which they live.   This year, we’ve […]

5 socially conscious gifts you can put under the tree

When it comes to giving a gift, it has always been the thought that counts! This year, why not show the ones you love that you are not only thinking about them, but also the environmental and ethical impact that giving has by giving a socially conscious gift this Christmas. We love that Canadians are […]

How Compassion is responding to global HIV inequalities

Each year on December 1st, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. It’s a time when people around the world unite to show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to create more awareness and understanding around the epidemic. This World AIDS Day, UNAIDS is urging each of us to address the inequalities […]

How to pray for the global food crisis

2022 has been a year of an unparalleled global food crisis. According to the World Food Program, as many as 828 million people go to bed hungry every night. The number of those facing severe food insecurity continues to rise as countries teeter on the brink of famine. And for people already living in poverty, […]

Global poverty statistics in 2024

In 2024, progress is urgently needed to address the many sobering global poverty statistics we see and hear. With information flying at us at record speeds, we don’t often let it all sink in. But numbers and statistics can speak volumes. The needs they represent are embodied in real lives and experiences. Behind every statistic […]

How community kitchens can fight malnutrition

When you have guests in your home, where do they tend to congregate? We wouldn’t be surprised if you said the kitchen. Kitchens have a magnetic pull and become the central gathering place in many homes. It’s not just the irresistible smells that waft from that room that draw people in, but the warm hub […]

NEW GIFT: Give Solar Power to families in poverty this Christmas

What feelings does a beautiful sunset elicit in you? For so many, seeing the sky ablaze with splashes of colour just before dusk evokes feelings of awe and wonder. But for eight-year-old Neymar in Peru, sunset is one of the least favourite parts of his day. Around 5 p.m. each day, single mother Cintia oversees […]

Fruitless to flourishing: How family gardens are transforming Nicaraguan communities

“The biggest blessing is knowing that the Lord has given us resources to create our own jobs and change our realities.”

The global food crisis needs our response for the sake of children

Big brown eyes blink up at Thamilselvi as they ask, “Why can’t we have chicken, amma?” “Why is there no milk in my tea, amma?” “Why can’t I have a biscuit, amma?” Thamilselvi doesn’t have the answers to her children’s questions. The truth is that hunger has changed everything in their home. “When they keep […]