Compassion International is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long-term development of children living in poverty around the world. Compassion was founded in 1952 by Reverend Everett Swanson to help children orphaned by war in South Korea. Today, Compassion International functions in 24 countries and helps more than 703,000 children. Beliefs Though enormous diversity exists in the beliefs of those who self-identify as Christian, it is possible to venture general statements which describe the beliefs of a large majority . ... A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ... Sponsorship can refer to several concepts: A sponsors support of an event, activity, person, or organization. ... A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows his find. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Reverend is an honorary prefix added to the names of Christian clergy and ministers. ...

Compassion equips children for the future by providing for their core needs; spiritual, physical, economic, and social. By working with local church partners, Compassion International's program offers educational opportunities, health care and health-related instruction, and supplemental nutrition. Compassion also offers life-skills training and opportunites to hear about and respond to the gospel. For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ...

Child sponsors can communicate with their children through letters and email. If they wish to travel, sponsors are generally able to visit their sponsored children. When a sponsored child lives in a small village without an airport, Compassion will even make arrangements to either bring the sponsor to the child or bring the child to a larger, neighboring city.

Where the $ Goes

Compassion is committed to seeing that 80 percent or more of our expenditures are used for program activities, including cash grants to projects, field training, program evaluation, communication between sponsor and child and other critical activities. We are also committed to carefully managing our administrative and fund-raising costs in order to provide the most effective and meaningful programs possible.

Compassion advertises on the internet and at Christian concerts. Many Christian bands have championed their cause and they encourage attendees to visit the Compassion International table between bands or even between songs and sponsor one or more children. CI is featured at the annual Spirit West Coast music festivals. Spirit West Coast is a Christian music festival that features Christian artists from several different genres. ...

External link

• Compassion International