About Us

About Us

Compassion is a Christian international holistic child development organisation. Through our Child Sponsorship Program, more than 2 million children are currently being released from poverty in Jesus' name. With over seven decades of experience, Compassion's unique approach to solving poverty works: research proves it.

Right now, inequality is trapping billions of people in poverty. It's causing a record number of people to lose their livelihoods, struggle for essentials and face extreme hunger — all while a handful of people hold inconceivable wealth.

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The Compassion Difference

The Compassion Difference

Our response to poverty is different. Our focus is one child at a time. We build long-term relationships between children and their local church family.

What We Do

Countries where we work

Countries where we work

We are a member of the global Oxfam confederation, which works in 77 countries around the world

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Our strategic framework

Our strategic framework

How we plan to achieve our vision of a just and sustainable world without poverty

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Our approach

Our approach

How we work through our network of partners and allies to relieve and eliminate poverty on three fronts

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