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 […]

WATCH: Compassion alumna Ria connects with her former Compassion centre

On July 13, a small group of Compassion sponsors were part of a first-of-its-kind Compassion Canada virtual event. They had the opportunity to join Compassion alumna Ria on a virtual visit to her former Compassion centre, hear more about the impact of sponsorship, and listen in as Ria was reunited with several important people in […]

‘Thirteen Lives’ soccer team: Meet the boy who first spoke to the rescue divers

Thirteen Lives is a film directed by Ron Howard that brings us back into the story of the Thai soccer team that first gripped our hearts in 2018. Many of us can vividly remember the first time we watched the video of rescue divers John Volanthen and Richard Stanton’s first contact with the soccer team. […]

Resilience and impact: Celebrating Asian Heritage Month

I have been Asian for over 25 years. In the many different seasons of my life, navigating my Asian identity has looked different as I’ve also fit the pieces together of my identity as a woman, Canadian, writer, daughter… and ultimately as a follower of Jesus. This most recent season has been a particularly striking […]

How child sponsorship prevents human trafficking

Poverty puts children at a higher risk of being trafficked. That’s why releasing children from poverty is key to preventing human trafficking—and that is exactly what child sponsorship does.

Cybersex trafficking targeting children in the Philippines

*Warning: This account contains disturbing details of sexual violence. There’s a new kind of darkness that’s preying on Filipino children in poverty: online sexual exploitation. Online sexual exploitation, otherwise known as cybersex trafficking, refers to the act of forcing children to remove their clothes and perform unspeakable acts in front of a cell phone or […]

Thai Cave Rescue Updates: 12 boys and their coach rescued

Below are updates about the rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team who were trapped in Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Northern Thailand when it flooded in June 2018. One member of the team, Adun, was a Compassion-sponsored youth. Update: October 1, 2018 One of our photojournalists, Ryan Johnson, had the opportunity to interview […]

Displaced by war, these families have found new hope

Eleven-year-old Thidarat from Thailand is afraid of two things: Snakes—not surprising, given that she lives near the homeland of the Burmese python—and war. She lives in a peaceful village on the border of Myanmar, but the memory of war still casts a shadow of fear over many of her neighbours, nearly all of whom fled […]

Where do you get your water? 8 photos from around the world

When you need a glass of water, need to brush your teeth or wash your dishes, where do you get your water? Do you turn on the tap in the kitchen? Or get water out of the fridge? In 2019, access to clean water might not seem like an issue that we should still be […]