Through Compassion’s Christmas Gift Fund, each child Compassion serves gets a gift at Christmastime. The gifts vary from country to country, and all of them are bought locally by our church partners.
Here’s a peek at just a few of them!
1. New clothes
These toddlers in Rwanda got a set of nice clothing. In many African countries, it’s traditional for parents to get children a nice set of clothing for Christmas. It looks like these little ones have some growing to do!
2. Food supplies
At this centre in Ghana, the children received nice clothes the previous year. As the children’s clothes were still in good condition and most families struggled to provide enough food for their children each day, this church partner decided to give food supplies for a Christmas present.
3. Blankets
Often the gifts are practical. This girl in a cold, mountainous region of Guatemala got blankets to keep warm and a ball.
4. A new backpack
This student in Rwanda received a new backpack for his studies.
5. Toys
In other places, church partners will allow children to request what they want. At this centre in Peru, some children got toys, some got shoes and some got clothes.
6. Games
In some places, children can go shopping for their Christmas gifts, either using vouchers or by returning receipts to Compassion. These boys in the Dominican Republic got clothes, flip-flops and games.
7. A sleeping pad
This little girl in the Philippines went shopping with her mom and got a sleeping pad, some hair bands, a shirt and a necklace.
Compassion staff always carefully track presents to ensure each child receives a gift.
When you give to Compassion’s Christmas Gift Fund, you equip our local church partners to give a personalized Christmas gift to every child in Compassion’s programs around the world. Christmas gifts are personally given by local Compassion staff and volunteers who uniquely know each child and their family.
Our local church partners take extra care to ensure that every child feels known and loved and is reminded of Jesus’ love for them.
