Help for Children

Helping Children Who Are in the Greatest Need

Children living in extreme poverty are among the most vulnerable in the world. These children are unable to meet their most basic of needs, from food to clean water to medical care.

As the hands and feet of Jesus, we’re called to step in. You can help children in need by partnering with us as we connect children to local churches who care for them physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

The Local Church: A Shared Heart for Helping Children

One of the best ways to help children in need is to equip those closest to them with the tools they need to fight back against poverty. That’s exactly what we do at Compassion.

We’re 100% for each child, and we work to help them experience full lives. To do so, we equip churches within their impoverished communities to set children free from malnutrition, deliver lifesaving medical care and more.

Most importantly, these local church partners share the hope of the gospel, which changes everything.

The local church is best suited to support these children as they know each child’s needs best. And by being established within the community, the church is a constant and stable source of support as children journey out of poverty.

As a result of this partnership, children can go from surviving to thriving, mind, body and soul, as they grow into adults no longer trapped in poverty.

How Can I Help Children in Need?

Children and youth living in poverty need safe places to live and play. They need nutritious food and clean water. They need educational opportunities and a chance to dream. They need caregivers who know them, love them and protect them. And they need the hope only found in Jesus.

Through our Child Sponsorship Program, you can help us deliver all of this and more. By becoming a sponsor, you’ll provide monthly support to a child as they grow and develop into who God has called them to be.

You can also help children in need by making a one-time donation. No amount of support you can give is too great or too small!

How Does Child Sponsorship Help Children?

Child sponsorship enables children to see past their right-now needs and into a brighter future outside of poverty. Through your monthly gift, you help the local church provide nutrition support, medical care, education, protection and love to a child in need.

With their physical, emotional and spiritual needs met, children have the health, confidence and strength to break the vicious cycle of poverty in their lives. And as they grow, they can help others do the same, creating a ripple effect of impact that can last generations.

All Compassion-sponsored children have the opportunity to develop their God-given potential and be released from the poverty that has trapped their families for generations.

As a sponsor, you’ll also get to provide life-giving words of encouragement as you pray for the child you sponsor and send them messages.

Child Sponsorship Works

Child sponsorship works because it meets a child’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual needs. Sponsorship*:

• Helps deepen relationships with Jesus. 86% of Compassion alumni say that letters from their sponsor helped them learn more about Jesus.
• Increases self-confidence. 82% of Compassion alumni surveyed agree that their relationship with their sponsor increased their feeling of self-worth.
• Equips children to change their communities. 90% of Compassion alumni surveyed serve in their communities, helping others break the cycle of poverty within their families.
• Inspires lasting hope. 90% of Compassion alumni surveyed agree that their relationship with their sponsor motivated them to be hopeful.

*Independently verified stats