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Links to Compassion Foundations: What does it mean for Compassion to be child-focused?

Compassion Foundations: What does it mean for Compassion to be child-focused?

Christ-centred. Church-driven. Child-focused. These phrases are what we at Compassion call “the three C’s”—and they set the tone for everything we do. If you’ve been journeying with us for any length of time, these words may ring familiar in your ears. But what do they really mean? In our new three-part blog series, Compassion Foundations, […]

date: September 4, 2024
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Links to WATCH: A father’s legacy woven in love

WATCH: A father’s legacy woven in love

This year, both Father’s Day and the Day of the African Child fall on the same day. To celebrate these unique but significant days, we’d love to draw attention to one of the treasured elements of family that Africa cherishes so well—tradition. Today, we share the inspiring story of Kwabena, a master Kente weaver from […]

date: May 30, 2024
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Links to New Compassion centre alert: Zambia officially launches its first Compassion program

New Compassion centre alert: Zambia officially launches its first Compassion program

Do you remember when we announced that Compassion is expanding into four new countries?! Malawi, Zambia, Cambodia and Myanmar are all brand new program countries, totalling 29 program countries for Compassion altogether! We are so excited to see how God will work through our incredible church partners in these countries in the years to come. […]

date: May 23, 2024
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Links to 6 entrepreneurs that inspire us

6 entrepreneurs that inspire us

When you think of entrepreneurs, what comes to mind? Perhaps someone with a lot of passion? Someone with great ideas? Someone with a strong work ethic? By all accounts, these are very accurate. What comes to mind first for us is someone who creates opportunities. This is the pivotal connection between entrepreneurship and poverty. Creating […]

date: May 10, 2024
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Links to Teen girls participate in staged bridal shoots to protest child marriage

Teen girls participate in staged bridal shoots to protest child marriage

Note: This content includes photos from staged bridal photoshoots to raise awareness against child marriage. The photoshoots were conducted with parental permission and the girls in these images are not actual child brides. Tisha gazes blankly at the camera with kohl-lined eyes. She is veiled in silken red fabric and festooned with golden jewelry. Her […]

date: October 11, 2022
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Links to What does creation care look like around the world?

What does creation care look like around the world?

Why should we care for creation? What is our role in environmental stewardship? What does concern for the environment have to do with the fight against poverty? For children, families and communities experiencing poverty, creation care isn’t just a set of intellectual questions. For them, the impact of environmental degradation is an everyday lived reality […]

date: September 29, 2022
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Links to Eric’s story: What makes life meaningful?

Eric’s story: What makes life meaningful?

Each of our lives is one story comprised of many. The stories of our families, the stories of our communities, the stories of our circumstances and perhaps most importantly, the stories whispered to our hearts. It is those stories, the quiet and unrelenting narratives, that can have the biggest influence on our lives. Eric’s life […]

date: August 11, 2022
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Links to Day of the African Child: Empowering communities through education

Day of the African Child: Empowering communities through education

As an African child myself, I was raised in the culturally diverse country of Nigeria with a consciousness that formal education is a privilege. Albeit, not in a way that I ever had reason to fear that this access to education could ever be taken away from me, but in a way that allowed me […]

date: June 14, 2022
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Links to Martin’s story: A life of service and giving back

Martin’s story: A life of service and giving back

One of the beautiful things about children is their pure and contagious joy. Their ability to see goodness and experience happiness in the small, seemingly insignificant things around them. Childhood naivety can be a gift from God, especially when the circumstances surrounding a child’s life are not the best. It’s as if the harsher realities […]

date: June 2, 2022
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Links to Miracle triplets say “Thank you” for their new home!

Miracle triplets say “Thank you” for their new home!

Together with friends across Australia, Canada and the United States, your support provided a safe and secure home for single mother Annet and her miraculous triplets just in time for their fourth birthday! A year and a half down the track, we check in on the triplets.

date: November 21, 2019
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