To their credit, it appears they are interested in improving their knowledge base and methods. I talk about some of the letter issues you mention in another blog post. Mindy, I appreciate your care and support for Alanael during this difficult time in his life. I asked myself how they were going to provide clean water for a childs family if there wasnt enough money to spend for the entire village. Then there is the sponsor another child notice that comes every few weeks and would you like to donate more money for this or that. Last I heard is that it was about 1/2. I completely understand your eager desire to hear from her, and I can imagine its been extremely difficult to go through this pandemic without any letters. I want to believe this organization is on the up and up, but its hard. My email is [emailprotected]. I am praying for everyone who decides to become a sponsor, as well as your sponsored child(ren)- YES, it does take trust, but remain hopeful and firm in your belief that you were called to this ministry. They are real and at least they are working hard todo as much as possible for that $38/month. We appreciate you and please let me know if I can assist you further! [VIDEO], http://www.givewell.org/International/charities/Compassion-International, http://www.missionsinaction.tv/episode3.php, https://blog.compassion.com/tag/emilda-soriano/. Thank you SO much for taking the time to share it. We really have doubts about CI now and the trust we had is breaking, which is not good. However, many times the tutors will write down ideas on a board to write to their sponsors on letter writing day. My husband and I have sponsored many different children at Compassion over the years, and as of right now we may be looking to find another charity where the CEO actually makes a normal living wage. Rest assured that your new photo of your sweet boy is the correct photo. Let me explain something about the monthly. God bless you! What did you write about? That was so thoughtful of you and I want to encourage you that you can still send your children bookmarks, but they have to be made of paper and flat. It is an honor to have you in our Compassion family! If you continue to receive letters that dont answer your questions, please email us at [emailprotected] and we can have our tutors work with your child. It can be frightening for children to get their picture taken as it isfor children in all cultures. Do you recall if you received this one? Majority of these peoples in these places do not see anyone get into their cars and go to work every day, they may see a neighborhood aquaintance in their community get into a little make shift wooden buggy with an old field horse to carry them around a neighborhood to sell vegetables because they were lucky enough to have ground in their possession to grow them, and go around every day hoping to sell a little for their own food and maybe their rent-IF they were that upper class!! Id encourage you to look us up on their website if you havent already. Hi Lisa! Please pray for her.. Please know if you ever have any other questions you are always welcome to reach out to us at [emailprotected]. Hi Noel! You can also email our social media team directly at [emailprotected]. I am so sorry that the changes Compassion has gone through over the last few years have been so disappointing for you :(. Thankfully, God opened up doors for us to update our systems and make our letter process more digital. On a last note, youre finances are actually a bit misleading. Latif, an NYU alum, traveled to Turkey on Feb. 13 to deliver aid and speak to victims with Islamic Relief USA, a non-profit humanitarian agency. You didnt help. In other words, your sponsorship helps provide your child with: -educational opportunities to defeat illiteracy We definitely want you to be confident that your children are receiving your loving letters and gifts. You are not upto standard at all and failed the accurate testing as in:http://www.givewell.org/International/charities/Compassion-International They talk about the letters that were so valuable from their sponsors and how much they treasured those relationships. Zero! We value the one to one relationship that our program offers our sponsors and children to build. Management & General $80M. The initial information that was given to me was that he lived with his mother. Im so sorry that we didnt get the opportunity to answer your questions and clarify your concerns. Nevertheless, this miniscule calculation impacted Compassions overall 4 Star rating. Please know that we do regularly ask outside, non-biased watchdog organizations, such as Charity Navigators, to research us. That could be because so many of the children in our program begin working as young teenagers. Overall, I dont think a Christian-based holistic child development organization would fare well in Givewells evaluation process, simply because Compassion deals in outcomes that arent easily quantifiable increasing childrens self-esteem, quality of life, education, stability within the family, overall child safety, protection from abuse/child trafficking/gangs, spiritual development, etc. Nope, those public school fees are paid by the parents (not like the property taxes we have in the us) and compassion only reimburses the family once the fees are paid. Now Im off to prepare a new birthday letter with his correct age to celebrate his new double digit number. The other day we received updated pictures (Thank you for that!!!) I also believe the CEO salary is excessive . In one letter they tell me the child lives in such and such place, but in another letter it says somewhere different. I held the letters together, and placed the drawing side up to a window for light to come through, and there was not one deviation in any part of the drawing, from one drawing to the other. Look at their facilities, nothing wrong with a nice work place but it is obvious they put themselves in front of the children they claim to help. Once your child reaches their final year in the project, we send reminders to you so that you can prepare to say goodbye. I appreciate the blessings I have received and pray earnestly for the continued integrity of Compassion. Compassion provides holistic child development spiritual, physical, social and economic supports. not used for drugs or alcohol etc.). I totally understand your frustration and as I sponsor myself Ive questioned almost everything over the years but ive gotten answers to most of them. We sincerely look forward to earning your trust and proving our hearts for serving our sponsors and children with excellence. This will draw the project staffs attention to the questions. Charitable Services $899M. Now its his birthday and I dont want to put in the card what Im sending if he is not going to get it. To heal or to harm. I think that it is worthwhile. We so appreciate all that you have done for Prasanth, but if you are no longer able to continue we will understand. We certainly want to ensure youre receiving these. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs. I know He led me to do this. What would Jesus do? Thanks! I understand that it can become discouraging to receive similar letters repeatedly. The translations do not appear accurate; the letters do not appear detailed from my child; questions I ask to the child are not answered back; he as Christie said, asks for pictures of me after Ive already sent pictures; just a lot of inconsistencies that I dont feel good about. This child might be in high school whereby in east Africa we say Senior five (S.5) yet in the USA and other Countries it would be High School. I am so sorry that you have doubts and you are disappointed with the letters from Amele. I have been aware all of my life of the conditions in which some children throughout the world find themselves in, and this organization gave me the means to pick one child and tell them I love them and care about them with my entire being, and back up those words by means of prayer and financial assistance. Questions I asked went unanswered. I wrote a letter to Compassion explaining I might not be able to continue because of medical expenses and such, but for now I would try to keep giving the 38.00 a month. When I receive your letter, I will contact our office in Ethiopia to ensure that your boy is doing alright and find out more about his home situation. I do absolutely believe these are written by my children. For example, I wrote out a recipe for my favorite banana bread, and my child said that she would try and make it in her next letter. 80% or more of all monthly support goes towards programs that directly impact the lives of the children. Simple math, more sponsors = more children let into the program. One thing could be imnporved upon, with modern day tech it is so easy to take videos and photos, we would like to see more photos of the real life improvements that Compassion bring to these kids around the world. Hello. I also felt hassled by Compassion International for not including prayers in my letters, not a big deal, but annoying. Youre such a blessing and care so deeply for these children. The most obvious one: Compassion has stopped sharing children's full names. There are 8 jobs at Compassion International Explore them all Browse jobs by location Remote 8 jobs See all available jobs Salaries Salary estimated from 315 employees, users, and past and present job advertisements on Indeed. If you have any other questions, please feel free to email our team directly at [emailprotected] and we would be happy to help! Before you cauncel your sponsorship which is already at graduation level (you have completed your sponsorship with the child and she is supposed to leave the program at 22 years), get to know the whole truth about your child. Experience has shown us the power of a letter is tremendous, and for an impoverished child to know that someone from across the globe cares about them can make the difference that helps release that child from poverty. Thank you for your reply :). A year after the tragic deaths of four divers trapped in a Paria pipeline; their families . I am very interested in sponsoring a child, but dont understand why the CEO is paid so much. I love them and now occasionally find myself mixing he or she just by association with them. Inoussas last letter was processed on February 5, so I will set a calendar alert to send his inquiry tomorrow. Regrettably, there are scam organizations out there and they have made it very difficult for organizations that are legitimately doing good work. Can someone please explain this kind of error to me?! On your site all it says is maybe supplemental food and learning about God. Thank you!!! Thank you so much for sharing your honest story about your experience with Compassion! I sponsor Josue Pina Garcia of Peru North of Lima. it is hard to imagine how you can justify for yourself this type of salary in a Christian mission organization (which unfortunately became a business enterprise). You can watch her story at http://www.missionsinaction.tv/episode3.php and also We never want this to become a burden to anyone but rather a joyful opportunity to give to those in need. When Compassion is trying to get people to sign up and sponsor a child, they say here is what 38 dollars a month will do. Conversations with Alumni: Proof Thats Real [VIDEO]. I have included a link to the 990 form posted on our website here: https://www.compassion.com/multimedia/2015-2016-form-990-compassion-international.pdf. Might it be better for those of us who are very keen on writing to our children to cut back on our letters for awhile to ease the burden of getting this new system ironed out? By The Numbers. Youve been a faithful sponsor with us over over 12 years now according to our records (wow!) I appreciate and understand your desire to use your money wisely, and I am sorry that the way we pay our staff does not line up with the way you want funds to be used. That girl has completely blossomed into a confident young lady over the years. Its $300,000 something! However, I just want to encourage you to keep writing to your kiddos. We love you always, Elisa (your sponsor mom) Become a Child Sponsor! What I can say is that Feed My Starving Children may do it differently than we do, but we are all trying to do the same thing bring children out of poverty and I am thankful that they are there too and are doing the best possible job that they can. ? I said to myself this cant be true so I decided to call them and find out where the money is really going and how are they helping these children. He did ask for a chicken but I have not heard if he got it. There are no employees but only volunteers. I fully believe you will be greatly encouraged. I found a director at Compassion who complained because they have status and could not get the upgraded seat they wanted. You do have responsibilities in that relationship it isnt just you pay some money, and sit back and get letters to entertain yourself once a month, or whatever. He does have a sibling, but we do not have specific details about his sibling. In no way did we expect or intend to force you to give more. We want to ensure our sponsors are staying up to date with our program and with your children and we know not everyone uses email. Please explain. Their questions would be more than answered!!!! We are so sorry to hear that you did have some hesitations about Compassion and we were not able to help you through that, which ultimately led you to cancelling. Read the research that was done by a third-party researcher about the effectiveness of our program. Im in the exact same position Lisa. Rest assured weve received your letters and theyll get to your boy. Although video chat is free and would definitely be a fun interactive way to engage with your child face to face, its not currently a feature that Compassion is taking on right now with over 1.7 million children in our program as it would involve much staff time and would in turn cost Compassion money for the time to provide these chats. My family has been sponsoring a young boy named Alanael. Talk about a way to eliminate scam fears!!!!! We want our program to be effective, so we monitor the child development centers to make sure they are making a difference in the lives of the children we serve. Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns. We were able to use that donation to purchase a Christmas present for him, but it might have been a little early for him to mention the gift in that specific letter. So now my concern is that, if his situation involves abuse by his mother (or her death), my letters will be depressing instead of encouraging and uplifting. We actually just received the letter and photo back from the country office in Bolivia regarding the $500 gift you sent to his project :). Also, some more testimonials from teens and adults, who have been long in the programme or finished the programme, would be very impactful. Again, thank you Emily. This means that it is not normal to go more that six months without hearing from your child. Founded in 1952, Compassion partners with more than 8,000 local. Id encourage you to ask him in your next letter what he received, highlighting the question so he remembers to answer it :). Now I realize the school system might be different but its kind of strange that a 22 year old would be in grade 5. If you have, we will have to wait for it to be processed before we can cancel your sponsorship. Compassion has consistently averaged more than 80 percent of total expenditures being used for program activities, with less than 20 percent being used for fundraising and administration. We are proud to say that for every dollar you send 82 cents goes directly to programs that benefit your child specifically. If compassion International really cared that much for the kids there are enough volunteers available to replace many of their employees. I hear your heart for this ministry and your desire to foster a meaningful relationship with your sweet boy. A monetary gift takes about 2 months to be received by the child. At this point we havent heard from her in nearly 3 years (since Feb. 2019). Thank you for blessing Leos family with a gift so they could purchase a chicken! I was kinda sad upon hearing this, but I proceeded to ask my neighbor the birthdays of her two boys and she didnt know! I dont know what youve included in your packages but unless its paper, it didnt go thru. Don't forget! I would like to know if vaccines are a part of the health care that a sponsored child receives as a result of the funding? If you send a gift over $60, you will also receive a photo of your child (and sometimes a family member or entire family) with the items they purchased with your gift (livestock for example, or the clothes or food they purchased). Not that I dont trust Compassion, but rather that I do trust Compassion. Trying to invade these families with video chats etc would be very STRANGE on so many levels!!! May the Lord, as only He can, provide you with the grace, peace, and wisdom to face whatever is in front of you. Im glad I came across this discussion as I decided to sponsor a beautiful girl from India after church on Sunday. So I did my homework, found the center location, and bought the plane ticket and boarded the flight to Tanzania. We have the opportunity for donors to give to different funds such as income generation for families, donating livestock, or classes on health and parenting skills. 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