Compassion Australia
“Children may be born into poverty – but poverty is never born into a child.”
—Dr Wess Stafford, Compassion International President
Compassion is a child development and advocacy organisation focused on holistic child development. It works with local churches to deliver its child development programs—programs that cater to children in all stages of childhood, from pregnant mothers and babies through to university students.
Founded in 1952, Compassion began by providing Korean War orphans with food, shelter, education and healthcare. Today, Compassion International supports more than 1.3 million children in more than 26 developing nations, working with the poorest of children, and their communities, in Asia, Africa, Central and South America and the Pacific. Australia is one of 11 partner countries from around the world who provide the funds, resources and assistance for the implementation of Compassion’s programs around the world.
Compassion’s approach to child development is holistic, starting in the earliest stages of a child’s development and continuing all the way into young adulthood. We believe children are the community’s greatest resource and our programs address all forms of poverty: spiritual, economic, social, physical and emotional.
This long-term approach benefits children today and tomorrow, by equipping them with the skills they need to become independent adults.
1.1 billion children live in poverty. That’s half of the world’s children.
If the world were 100 people:
20 would be children; 80 would be adults
82 would be able to read and write; 18 would not
1 would own a computer
1 would be dying of starvation
17 would be undernourished
15 would be overweight
With Compassion, we are assisting those most affected by poverty and the least able to do anything about their circumstances: the world’s children.
A percentage of all profits from our LOVE range go towards the important work of Compassion's need of the month.
Visit www.compassion.com.au today!
"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
—Nelson Mandela
