Hope Changes Lives.

Growing up in poverty in Tanzania, it was difficult for Emmanuel to attend school or have enough food. But when he was enrolled at the local Compassion center, everything changed. Watch this powerful video to see how the local church and the love of Christ rewrote Emmanuel’s story.

Growing up a Christian in Indonesia, Oka felt hopeless. His family was rejected by the community and couldn’t afford education. The support of his local church and Compassion center changed all this.

As a child living in extreme poverty, Maureen came to believe that her family would be better off dead. But when a new message entered her life — one of love and hope for a better future — she held tightly to it. See Maureen’s remarkable journey from a desperate child in Kenya to the director of a nonprofit that serves girls in crisis.

Poverty spreads a message of despair. The Church in the Dominican Republic spreads a different message — one of hope. Meet three inspiring Dominicans whose lives show the power of hope to transform entire communities.