Compassion International allows individuals to sponsor children in need around the world, impacting over a million children by providing education and healthcare. Poverty affects over 1.4 billion people, especially women and children, who make up almost half the population in developing countries. Each day, about 10,000 women die in childbirth and 10,000 newborns perish within a month, with over nine million children under five dying each year, two-thirds preventably. Compassion International enables sponsors to change these statistics for over $1 per day by ensuring children get food and education.
2. Introduction
Compassion International allows individuals to
sponsor children in need around the world.
The organization has made an immeasurable
impact on more than a million young men and
women, providing them with the means to
seek a quality education and good healthcare.
Poverty affects more than 1.4 billion
individuals in developing countries and
especially women and children. Children
comprise almost half of the populations of
undeveloped countries.
3. About Compassion International
Each day, about 10,000 women lose their
children in childbirth and 10,000 newborns
perish within a month of being born. Each
year, more than nine million children under the
age of five expire. Two-thirds of these deaths
are preventable. Compassion International
gives people the ability to change these facts
for little more than a dollar a day. Sponsorship
ensures that children get the food they need to
maintain health and seek an education to
change their futures. This year is the charity’s
50th year of operation.
4. About the author
Paul Diguiseppi, a devoted philanthropist,
supports a number of groups, including
Compassion International.
