Compassion Australia CEO’s mission to end child marriage

Sydney, Australia For Clare Steele, International Women’s Day is personal. A mother and advocate living in Newcastle, New South Wales, Steele believes International Women’s Day is “not about empowering ourselves; it’s about promoting others”. As a result, she’s working hard this March to speak up for women – and especially girls – whose voices are […]
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: Answering hunger with hope – the impact of the global food crisis on children

CLARE STEELE, CEO of Compassion Australia, says we must act now to tackle the “devastating” impacts of the global food crisis…
International Women’s Day: Australian women Christian leaders look to empower women and girls across the globe

PETA MCCARTNEY speaks to three Christian women leaders in Australia – Clare Steele, CEO of Compassion Australia, Melissa Lipsett, CEO of Bapist World Aid Australia and Sharon Hollis, president of the Uniting Church in Australia – about the challenges females are facing around the world…
Confronting challenging times: How Australian Christian agencies are reinventing their work through the COVID-19 upheaval

CHRISTOPHER GILBERT reports on how Australian Christian agencies are adapting during the coronavirus pandemic…
Wow! Why these remarkable dads proudly make reusable sanitary pads

In a story first published on Compassion Australia’s blog, CAROLINE MWINEMWESIGWA and ROZ WALSH look at how a program training people to make sanitary pads for girls in Uganda not only addressed the issue of “period poverty” but changed mindsets…
CYCLING FOR A CAUSE: RIDERS CROSS AUSTRALIA TO SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON CHILDREN IN NEED

DAVID ADAMS speaks to Rodney Olsen, one of 24 riders who have cycled across the vast Australian continent to raise money and awareness of the work of Christian child sponsorship and development organisation Compassion Australia in lifting children out of poverty…
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…
Typhoon Haiyan: Compassion at the coal-face as relief efforts continue to gather momentum

DAVID ADAMS speaks with Tim Hanna, chief executive of Compassion Australia, about the unfolding situation in The Philippines…
Essay special: A beacon of hope

In the first of a new monthly series of articles surrounding the launch of Compassion Australia’s new campaign – Compassion Child Sponsorship. IT WORKS – LINA ALARCO and CHOE BRERETON report on the difference child sponsorship in making in one Colombian neighbourhood…