about compassion

Compassion is an international Christian child development ministry, committed to child advocacy and working in partnership with local churches around the world to foster the spiritual, economic, social, physical and emotional development of children living in extreme poverty in over 25 developing countries.

The Compassion Difference

The distinctive feature of Compassion's ministry to children is that we are unapologetically Christian. Therefore all our child development programs are uniquely:

• Christ-centred
• Child-focused
• Church-based

Compassion believes that it is not enough to simply feed the poor without introducing them to the source of life: Jesus Christ. Therefore, we must provide for the spiritual needs of children, as well as their economic, social, physical and emotional needs. Changing circumstances rarely changes a person's life; however, when a life is changed by the love of Jesus, circumstances invariably start to change.