Compassion International Is One of the Best Charities to Financially Support, Here’s Why
Which child-centered charity for 14 years in a row has received the highest rating from Charity Navigator, began with South Korean war orphans, and currently serves over 1.7 million children in 26 countries on four continents? If you said “Compassion International” you would be correct! These reasons and so many more make Compassion International one of the best charities to financially support. Here are four more reasons to consider giving them aid:
1. Research from the University of San Francisco has shown that Compassion International’s model of advocating for children by directly helping the sponsored child actually produces long-term positive outcomes. Children who are sponsored through Compassion International are more likely to finish high school and find jobs as adults than those children not given the same opportunities (footnote 1).
2. Compassion International not only produces positive outcomes for children but they also have other programs helping many other members of the community. They have created centers for helping Mothers and their babies who are living in poverty and equipping college students to become Christian leaders in the community. At the same time, they also give emergency aid during natural disasters in those communities.
3. They are different from other child-sponsored charities in that they are Christ-centered with 122,588 children and Mothers inviting Jesus to be their savior over the last year, child-focused, church-based with 6,900 international church partners, and committed to integrity.
4. One of the best reasons to help and partner with Compassion International is their featured stories of children like Lalitha from India. Lalitha’s father wanted to force her into marriage during her teens which would have prevented her from continuing her education. Lalitha with the help of Compassion International community leaders had the courage to stand up to him and fight for her right to finish her education. Today she is completing her education as a pharmacy student in one of the best colleges in her state. She hopes that through her example in her village she can help stop the antiquated tradition of child marriage so that these young girls also have the opportunity to experience the love of God and reach their full potential.
Lalitha’s story and so many others demonstrate the real work Compassion International is doing in these impoverished communities by both taking care of the needs of individual children and furthering the Great Commission by helping them to become responsible adults following Christ. Please consider supporting Compassion International through one of their many programs and make a long-term positive difference in the life of a child and community.
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