Compassion UK

Last weekend in between being ill and photographing a wedding Kate and I visited some friends, Chris and Louise Bland. Louise has recently started a new job working for a Christian charity called Compassion who arrange sponsorship for children around the world.

Compassion is an evangelical organisation that matches sponsors with children in 24 countries who are living in poverty to provide them with education, healthcare, social and emational care, vocational training and spiritual care. They only work with local churches to ensure that every child that is sponsored has a chance to hear and respond to the gospel. Every child is given their own Bible amd has Christian role models.

In explaining what Compassion is their website states:

In all we do we focus on three core values. We are:

• Christ centred
  We put Christ at the centre of all we do. Our desire is to show the love of Christ to those in greatest need.
• Child focused
  We aim to help children develop economically, physically, socially and spiritually. This enables them to become adults who can make an impact on the world around them.
• Church based
  We partner with local churches, and can facilitate local Christians to teach, train and mentor children.

Sponsoring a child costs