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I was a Volunteer & I serve a volunteer Area Coordinator for Compassion
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I have been a donor and volunteer for Compassion for many years. I am impressed by this organization's commitment to financial integrity and by the effectiveness of programs that save the lives of babies and release children from poverty in the long-run.
San Pedro Sula Nov 2005
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- I've seen the results of this organization in... terms of the relationships my wife and I have built with our sponsored children through letter writing. I can see their lives being changed.
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- In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are... the need for more donors and sponsors since there is a need to reach millions and millions of more children impacted by poverty.
I was a Donor & I make a relatively small monthly payment.
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I have sponsored children through Compassion for more than 25 years and can wholeheartedly endorse their efforts. Their help in areas they serve is long-term and fully integrated with people working/living in that area. My first child was in Haiti; today I sponsor a boy in Tanzania. Compassion kids go to school, are fed, clothed and taught basic human values in a Christian context working with a wide variety of local denominational churches. Entire families and communities benefit from the support given a single child. Kids that grow up in this program are able to support themselves as adults.
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- I've seen the results of this organization in... ...direct communication from my sponsored kids who tell me what they learn in school and thank me for specific gifts, such as a goat purchased with an extra $20 sent at Christmas.
- What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is... ...having a specific child write me reporting medical problems addressed, progress in school and plans for the future. My first sponsorship allowed a 12-year-old girl to start school. She became a nurse.
- The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were... ... professional, caring and sincere. These people, particularly those in the field, live lives that focus entirely on getting help to children who could not possibly help themselves.
- If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could... Make a $100,000,000 difference in the world.
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- My experience would have been better if... ... would take advantage of the opportunity to visit one of their third world sites.
- If I ran this organization, I would... ... experience tremendous satisfaction that my efforts made a life-changing difference. And I would wish more people had cared enough to give so that help could go further.
- In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are... the need is so great and the degree of compassion needed in potential sponsors too rare. They do such commendable work where they can, but there are so many unreached areas they can't afford to serve without more sponsors.
- One thing I'd also say is that... Please support this trustworthy organization.
I was a Volunteer & I sponsor a child in El Salvador and occasionally work a booth to recruit sponsors
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I currently sponsor my second child through Compassion International. I went on a sponsor tour and was able to see first hand the work that CI does. I have seen the children at their projects as they were learning crafts as a work skills. I also saw them getting their snacks and going to classes where they learned about Jesus and how they are valued and loved (in a culture that doesn't value children other than as workers). CI doesn't presume to know what the children need, they work with local churches to identify the needs of the children. They see a doctor and a dentist and are provided uniforms. I also get to write to my child and I get letters from her regularly. This organization is doing great things in the lives of these children.
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- I've seen the results of this organization in... one of the tour guides that grew up as a sponsored child. He was able to attend college and break out of the poverty that he had been born into.
Ways to make it better!
- In my opinion, the biggest challenges facing this organization are... getting money from people who feel as if they can barely make it during these tough economic times.