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When Effort Isn’t Enough

March 4, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Each morn­ing Fran­cis makes food to sell with a smile. She no longer despairs about about her­self or her famalies future. Com­pas­sion is pro­vid­ing hope. Read more at http://author.compassion.com/sponsordonor/features/compassionstories/default.htm

A Heavy Load

February 25, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Chil­dren like Rat­ifa can’t skip chores to play with friends. If Rat­ifa doesn’t take on adult jobs for her fam­ily, no one eats. Her mother Malian found hope in Com­pas­sion…

A Team That Won’t Quit

February 12, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Mar­lon has worked five hours on a water truck. He then heads to school. Despite his fatigue, Com­pas­sion is help­ing him fin­ish school and achieve his dreams. Read more at…

Safe Haven of Learning

February 9, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Bernard dreaded what he would find when he arrived at home after school. It was not a safe place. Read how Com­pas­sion helped Bernard reach his true poten­tial. Read more…

Guiding Light of Love

February 2, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Maria wanted her son to attend school, but the school made it dif­fi­cult for San­ti­ago, born pre­ma­ture and blind, to attend. Read how the Com­pas­sion Devel­op­ment Cen­ter turned dif­fi­cul­ties into…

Peace Amid the Violence

January 26, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Mariela knew José had learned much of his vio­lent behav­ior from his father. The res­cue that she prayed for came the year that Com­pas­sion opened the Linaje Escogido Stu­dent Cen­ter.…

Chosen By God

January 15, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Mary under­stands loss. She sur­vived the geno­cide in Rwanda. Eight years ago she took in Yamuragiye, who was aban­doned. Now the lit­tle girl sees a future with the help of…

The Greatest Gift

January 5, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Sathyapriya believed she did not have worth, that no one cared for her. When Com­pas­sion stepped in, her sponsor’s encour­age­ment gave her the great­est gift…love. Read more at http://author.compassion.com/sponsordonor/features/compassionstories/default.htm

Look What God Has Done

December 18, 2008 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
From the time Dámaris was small, she knew she would be a doc­tor — even when nobody else thought she could. With the help of Com­pas­sion, she impacts hun­dreds of…

Knowledge Is Freedom

December 10, 2008 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Com­pas­sion work­ers use edu­ca­tion to pre­vent forced teen mar­riages among Hmong girls in Thai­land. Read more at http://author.compassion.com/sponsordonor/features/compassionstories/default.htm Unlike