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Beating cancer with the support of community
It was news that no mother ever wants to receive. “Your child has lymphoma and leukemia.”
Comparing the 20’s: How the world has changed in 100 years
We’re back in the 20’s! Here are a few events that happened in the 1920s are still having ripple effects today.
Brothers Pioneer a New Way of Life for their Migrant Family
Oosamai’s family used to move to find work wherever they could. Thanks to the support of a local Compassion centre in Thailand, they’re now settled and his sons are attending school consistently for the first time, empowering them for a different, sustainable future.
Want to Peek at How Canadians Outloved Poverty Through Gifts of Compassion 2019?
You raised your hands. You opened your heart. And you loved large.
Raising more than $1.25 million dollars, Canadians rallied together to ensure children in poverty received gifts that were practical, desperately needed and completely life-changing.
How child sponsorship prevents human trafficking
Poverty puts children at a higher risk of being trafficked. That’s why releasing children from poverty is key to preventing human trafficking—and that is exactly what child sponsorship does.
9 Awesome Things You Were Part of This Year
2019 was an incredible year in many ways for Compassion Canada! Because of our supporters, we were able to see more children and families empowered to break the chains of poverty and oppression. From providing shelter for refugees to giving a family of triplets a brand new home, you served those around the world in creative ways. Take a look at some good news stories from 2019 illustrated by us, just for you!
Postures of Advent: A Compassion Advent Series, Week 4
How and where we spend our money matters. What would it look like if this Christmas, we chose radical generosity instead of habitual consumption?
A Gen Z teen shares about peer pressure, temptation and Jesus
Amnivabol is a teenager from the southern Philippines. She and her friends live simply in their town— far from shopping malls and a strong internet connection, unlike many other kids their age. But though they’re half a world away, their lives aren’t much different than the typical teenager here in Canada.
Allison Alley, president of Compassion Canada, joins the Word Made Digital podcast to chat about How to Mobilize Generosity in Millennials and Communicate Global Needs in Effective Ways
7 times Jesus advocates for protecting children in the Bible
As Jesus followers, we know we serve a God whose heart is for children. This is why Compassion works for the rights of children in Jesus’ name. Jesus is not an accessory to the work we do. He is the guidepost. Let’s take a look at the different times Jesus advocated for children in the Bible!