Baptist World Aid Australia moves to protect children’s privacy in sponsorship process
Geelong, Australia It’s a process familiar to many of us – approaching an NGO’s stand in a church or shopping centre to see the images of scores of children laid out on a table in a bid to find sponsors for them. In what is believed to be a first in Australia, however, Baptist World […]
Wow!: No longer solely a recipient of Compassion support, Philippines sets about raising its own funds
DAVID ADAMS reports on how how the Philippines has become just the second country where Compassion’s child development programs have been run to start its own fundraising efforts in support of them…
Essay: How ‘Chosen’ is empowering and supporting children as they look to a future free from poverty
Ahead of an Australian tour this year, GARETH GILKESON, drummer with Irish band Rend Collective, writes about a visit to Honduras with World Vision last year where he experienced a “choosing party” as children selected their sponsors under the organisation’s new model of child sponsorship known as ‘Chosen’…
REACHING OUT TO A “BROKEN WORLD”: REV NODDY SHARMA’S PASSION FOR THE CHURCH AND ITS MISSION
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Rev Noddy Sharma, World Vision Australia’s new head of church engagement, about the nexus between the church and the organisation, his own journey of faith, and World Vision’s new model for child sponsorship – Chosen…
Essay: World Vision tinkers with its 70-year-old child sponsorship model
In an article first published on The Conversation in the US, DAVID KING, author of ‘God’s Internationalists: World Vision and the Age of Evangelical Humanitarianism’, looks at how World Vision has adapted the way it raises funds…
MUSIC AND MINISTRY: COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL’S ROADSHOW TOUR SET OFF ACROSS THE US
STEVE RABEY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reports on Compassion’s 10th roadshow in the US…
Lifestory: From war-torn Africa to sowing seeds of love around the world
Mike, Oswald and Kosto, from Democratic Republic of the Congo join Christelle from Rwanda in sharing their incredible story through their dynamic band: The Sowers Group. In an article first published on Compassion Australia’s website, Mike talks about the DRC and what life is like on tour as they speak up for children living in […]
Lifestory: “I am not forgotten” – how Ugandan Richmond Wandera found new hope
ZOE NOAKES, of Compassion Australia, writes the story of how Ugandan Richmond Wandera – currently on a speaking tour of South Australia – found new hope in Christ through his encounter with the child sponsorship organisation…
Heart of Compassion: Wess Stafford’s mission to change the way we see children
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Wess Stafford, president of Compassion International, about his work to bring hope to children across the globe…