What makes Compassion special? Watch our country impact videos to see your love in action!

 There are so many organizations working for good that you might wonder: what makes Compassion different? We asked some Compassion kids around the world to tell you what life is like in their country and how Compassion has been right beside them. Here are the big three things that make us unique! 1. We’re Christ-centred […]

Top 10 blogs of 2022: A year in review

Clarity. At the end of 2022, we can see this theme pulsing through the heart of our ministry but also in the hearts of our supporters, too. Perhaps this year has been a clarion call to what is really important, as we have waded through the impact of the past couple of years and begun […]

WATCH: How can Christians respond to a crisis?

All of us are affected by rising costs of living as well as complications from recent world events. But some regions of the world have been harder hit than others. Haiti has experienced devastating earthquakes, political unrest and a deepening food crisis. Canadians have reached out with compassion to help.  But have you ever wondered […]

Compassion Canada welcomes Jerry Sen, CMO, and Kevin Cawthra, CFO, to executive leadership team

Compassion Canada is pleased to welcome two new executives to our executive leadership team: Jerry Sen and Kevin Cawthra. ____ Jerry Sen joins Compassion Canada in the role of Chief Marketing and Digital Officer (CMO) Jerry is a transformative digital and brand marketing leader who brings first-hand experience, honed expertise and an impressive legacy of […]

Canada’s top charities in 2022: Compassion Canada receives 5-star rating from Charity Intelligence

We are proud that Compassion Canada is once again among Canada’s top charities in 2022, as named by Charity Intelligence Canada. Additionally, Compassion Canada once again received a 5-star rating from Charity Intelligence. Charity Intelligence Canada seeks to move Canadians towards “a better way of giving”. In the Top 100 Charities report, they write, “What […]

Leadership update: CFO Tim DeWeerd steps into new chapter after 13 years with Compassion Canada

After 13 years with the organization, Compassion Canada’s CFO and Executive Director of Business Services, Tim DeWeerd, will be stepping into his “next assignment”, joining Make-A-Wish Canada as Senior VP, Finance and Business Operations. In his time at Compassion, Tim has been a steady and faithful leader, both in his prior years leading finance, technology […]

‘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. […]

How Shana went from hating math to becoming our Director of Finance

When Shana was 15, she was in an accounting course that she absolutely despised. As a young girl schooling in Zimbabwe, accounting was the one hurdle it seemed she couldn’t overcome. After multiple attempts at trying to pull up her grades, she only felt increasingly discouraged and unmotivated. Not too long before her exams were […]

Part of our story: Haiti update

I’ll let you in on a secret: this is a part of our story. Unforgettable. Life-altering. Traumatic. These are words that describe August 14, 2021 for the country of Haiti. 650,000 Haitians were thrust into a humanitarian crisis—260,000 of whom are children—due to the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that is now known as the world’s deadliest […]