I can say it has been a wonderful experience. Thank you so much for blessing him with that! Founded in 1952, Compassion partners with more than 8,000 local. It will take them some time to iron out the kinks in the system although i keep hoping and praying they revert back to the old way. Am sure there are many others with similar testimonies. On account of Compassion UKs handling Ive found myself making extremely tough choices at their expense. Thank you so much for your feedback and Im sorry that you feel you havent been getting updated information on your kiddos :(. Ive been to Colombia, and have seen the work that Compassion is doing with my very own eyes. Please rest assured that Lilibeth is currently on hold specifically for you, and she will be placed on your account soon. I apologize for the inconvenience and if this makes you hesitant in what you send. Your letters of love and support boost Ediths spirit in ways that sponsorship alone cannot. For those of you wondering, here are my thoughts: We, as Christians, are called to be good stewards of the resources God has given us. I send a family gift yearly and a birthday gift and Christmas gift . I sponsor four children and I love each of them dearly. Even my district administrators dont earn 1/3 that much. I think those are the only third-party letters I have received. They are non-profit what can they do to fix the problem of you leaving? I supposedly am getting a little drawing and coloring from the child, but they are very inconsistent in the way it is done.One is very neat and in the lines while the other is scribbled and messy. Always. He told me that the head office of Compassion in Kenya was ran by the very men and women that were once sponsor children themselves. Social Shares. Thank you for the role you play as a caregiver and nurturer of those who are sick. 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. We are so grateful for your prayers for these children, their sponsors, and future sponsors! This means that 15-20% is the administrative fee on monthly donations. Children do not always know how to express their thanks or communicate their feelings, plans and dreams butwe encourage you to keep feeding love into your childs life. Here are a couple of my favorite blogs talking about Why Do My Sponsored Childs Letters Seem So Impersonal and What to Expect from Your Childs Letters that may be more helpful for you :). In reviewing your account, I show the last letter that we received from Leo was on April 9th. Hi Lee! Im so sorry that when you spoke with us, we referred to your child as a girl instead of a boy. The question of trustworthiness goes beyond financial accountability. On letter writing days, the staff put suggestions for topics and questions on the board for the kids to write to their sponsors. I know they do some coaching with the little ones to thank you, etc but, that is okay. It looks like the last time you received a letter from him was April 2015. accountability / financial integrity / frequently asked questions / integrity / trust. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs. The teachers, the kids, the families they are real. Hmmmm, I think I am beginning to get the picture now. After exchanging a couple of letters I noticed something she never failed to thank me for sponsoring her, and she always asked me to pray for her, and her family, and her country. I have another sponsor child who I do sponsor fully, and so that has given me somewhat of a reference for how to interact through letters. Compassion International Colorado Springs CO 80997 800-336-7676 Colorado Spgs CO | IRS ruling year: 2014 | EIN: 36-2423707 Compassion International is a Christian child development organization working to release children from poverty in Jesus' name. There are no employees but only volunteers. Our children are required to write to their sponsors twice per year, whether they are receiving letters back or not. I pray with every part of me that you find that faith. It may seem far-fetched to our culture where time is so fixed, but it is reality for so many people! Your support is helping to provide all of these needs and more for him and his family. Let me explain something about the monthly. In no way did we expect or intend to force you to give more. Some of us get letter writing blues, too . -key life skills training and vocational programs to provide a brighter future By the way, a comment that I actually posted first, yesterday, was a reply to Kay, but this morning I am seeing it below my comment to you and your reply. Please know that I am willing to personally double check that your gifts are designated correctly in the future. When i visited their home my family picture, the only picture we ever sent almost 4 years ago was hanging on their wall. Therefore, we protect, develop, and deploy all of our resources (people, time, money, knowledge, reputation and materials) with great care and wisdom. In order to develop quality staff at Compassion while at the same time managing our financial resources with great care and wisdom, Compassion offers competitive salaries for the various positions necessary to successfully execute Compassions mission statement. You will also receive an updated photo of your child every two years as we know how much sponsors enjoy watching their children mature and grow. I agree they could be more resourceful by doing paperless statements, but thats almost like saying you wont tithe at church because the church spends money on the bulletins that they hand out, or on the coffee they offer.? I do agree that the CEO salary is very high considering it is paid by donations; however, charitable organizations are typically rated on the percentage of donations that go directly to the cause of sponsorship vs. those that go to administration (which includes salaries). I did get photos, and they tell their own story. However, the child and their family or the center ultimately decide how the gift is used and will be able to use the money on their greatest needs. The agency surveys compensation levels of similar faith-based sponsorship, poverty and relief non-profits in the United States. Fundraising Costs Ratio: 0.062 vs. 0.086 For this reason, I encourage donors of any organization to do their research. I was not happy to hear that when I send money he may or may not get all of it. I am sponsoring a young man. 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 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. Therefore, we protect, develop, and deploy all of our resources (people, time, money, knowledge, reputation and materials) with great care and wisdom. In order to develop quality staff at Compassion while at the same time managing our financial resources with great care and wisdom, we seek to offer competitive salaries for the various positions necessary to successfully execute Compassions mission statement. It sounded more authentic than the letters I was getting from Uganda, at least. For some people it is nothing to give 38 a month and for others it could be a sacrifice.Everyone has a specific situation. May the Lord, as only He can, provide you with the grace, peace, and wisdom to face whatever is in front of you. Id encourage you to ask just a few questions per letter and highlight one or two so the translator can help her remember those are important to answer. The website of Compassion is much improved these days, which allows us to easier communicate with the children from time to time, by writing them letters. I really dislike the whole new mail system but Compassion is completely legitimate. Letter writing tends to be a foreign concept to most of them, and they do not always know how to express their thanks or communicate their feelings, plans and dreams. i speak in tongues with perfect prayers for you all in the name of Jesus Christ AMEN, I enjoy Compassion magazine and its importance It was true. I have been sponsoring a child from Rwanda now since 2007. I am very sorry for the concerns that we have caused regarding the salary of our CEO. Also please provide me with the childs full name, or child number, and the dates of these letters. I think the best way to eliminate confusion is to do it all yourselves. I am so sorry that you havent heard from Farel in a long time. We never divide up gifts specific for your child, family, or student center. Hi Kristen I started sponsoring a little boy in Indonesia November 2015 8 weeks before his 6 birthday on Christmas day.most of his letters tutor helped but they reflect his thoughts and usealy asks for prayer about different things.I chose this age so I could build. and I felt God pulling my heart to give my testimony. I cannot express how sorry I am to hear of the doubts you have about Compassion and whether your one-to-one sponsorship of Mugisha is real. I have in the past four years been led by the spirit of God to contact philippieans families ..I have directly helped with finances and economic development directly.. it took basically about 100 USD to feed and invest for family independence.. we managed to build a sari sari and increase the chicken (Monika) live stock start a baby or pig crip mating pigs and developing multiple pigs for consumption and sale.. we where able to bargain a share keep over a rice field.. also sent one of the adult women to college who will be graduating this year.. also one of the adult women was able to go out abroad to work and increase income and searched and gained work for the eldest boy.. clothes the family gave spiritual as well as materials to celebrate Christmases and birthdays.. the family after 4 years is flourishing in their own at this point in the leyete area burgs..behat will you do to help create family financial independents with my donations.. also is this a spiritual ministry or a Catholic organization.. signed interested to help. Since a tutor is helping her write the letters, they may simply put her quick response down to a few of the questions she wanted to answer from the board. Briefly and surprisingly though I received information that I got a church from South Korea to sponsor my education. Why choose a specific child if the money is given to other children. And if I want a new picture I need to send $60.00. To some people 38 dollars is not a small amount. Compassion UK has not worked for me. I wish I received more but I am happy with what I receive. Mworia, I will pray that these few scams, along with any others that crop up, will be dealt with soon, that the guilty parties will be firedunless the Lord convicts them in their hearts, bringing true repentence. It might look different in different communities sometimes we build wells, sometimes we have industrial water filtration plants, sometimes we give water filters to each family but it is a mandate that all of the children and families in our program have access to clean water. She wasnt in school One and 1/2 years later? We value the impact of the relationship that each sponsor can build with their child and the hope they can bring through letter writing. I called again today to inquire about my little Lydias letter, which has said in translation to me since 6-2. Please accept my personal thanks for your wonderful correspondence to Leo. Im sorry to hear that so many people feel their letters are generic and not coming from the children. She responds to my questions, she draws me pictures, and I am consistently recieving updates, not only on her & her family, but her school as well. Like one person said, send me something asking me to do it, next week send me a letter to make sure I got the first letter, next week asking me to consider doing it again. It all depends on how old your child is and who if anyone helped them to write the letter that day. Compassion International is one of Ministry Watchs 30 Shining Light Ministries judged on the following criteria. I am so sorry to hear that you have mistrust with Compassion due to these letter errors. The most shocking thing was the amount of sponsors that have visited that site. You are encouraging them in more ways than you know, and I pray that your open heart will help them begin to share more about themselves as well :). Your child is always told however, that the gift she receives for Christmas is from you. As Christians, we understand that every $38 we receive is really the Lords and He has called us to steward it wisely. Stop wasting this money on paper, printing, postage, staff time to send it all. They currently have a full-time staff of four two hedge-fund managers and two research analysts. You are such a blessing to your sweet sponsored child and I appreciate what you do for her and for the Lord! From the booklet we picked up when we decided to sponsor, to the info we received in the Welcome Package, to the info it had on the CI app, we believed our sponsor child was born in 2010. Cheryl, Im so sorry for the confusion about your sponsorship of sweet Lilibeth in Colombia. I want to double check on something. During that time, I have sponsored as many as 8 children at once. I find it unconscionable that you could communicate for ten years and not know of a disability if that is an important issue to you. We understand that you are giving selflessly out of the goodness of your heart and that is why stewardship is so important and integrity is a high priority for Compassion. Please dont let translation issues or logistical issues beyond anyones control rob you of the joy of choosing to love and assist a child in the Name of Jesus. Yes its true. Hi Mindy, Ive been a sponsor for three years and it is the best decision I have made. God bless you! Karen, I am so sorry to hear that our CEOs salary has deterred you from sponsoring and impacting the life of a child. I understand that it can become discouraging to receive similar letters repeatedly. The center staff in Alanaels area know him personally and are visiting him on a regular basis. God used Compassion International to change my life. We would be more than happy to look into this for you, so that we can help get rid of that doubt youre having. But they're children!! This may have been a misunderstanding during the translation of her letter, but we will be sure to clear this up for you :). Hi Pam! I completely understand that you want ever dollar you donate to count. I remember that the most generous sponsors were from Australia and some of us kids get silently jealous to those who were lucky enough to get Australian sponsors. (They have instituted an internal and external review process.) It is a Xerox copy! When children are registered into our program, the parents often times dont know the exact birth date of their child as birthdays are not as important in other cultures as they are here in the US. Each country that we partner with has a maximum age that the children are able to attend the program and it varies per country. Hi Barbara! Thank you so much for choosing to bless her with your love and support! But theyre children!! To make sense of the salary we pay our president and CEO, please understand that his income is well under the average salary range of other presidents and CEOs of other organizations who are within the same categorization as Compassion. Why would it be dated March? They are closely monitored by governments, religious organizations, and by us pessimistic sponsors. When needed, part of the $38 for sponsorship may go toward paying for the childs school fees such as books or uniforms. Our staff who enter the childs information are locals to that community. Thanks! Its $300,000 something! In other words, your sponsorship helps provide your child with: -educational opportunities to defeat illiteracy Dear Vicki, I was on the fence about selecting a child to sponsor but your letter and hearing about your faithfulness for 14 years with this organization and the children has made up my mind to take a chance and sponsor a child! It is now August. The children are required to write at least two letters a year and reply letters to each letter their sponsor writes for up to six letters a year. year in college, I found out that a lady working for Compassion UK was the one continuing to support me and Ive only received one letter from her during my senior year in college. And do not judge me for what I have said. I do apologize for that! I see you already called and canceled, but if you need any further help, please let us know! I expect an explanation soon or Ill be cancelling. With this new process, we are scanning all child letters and sponsor letters, as opposed to mailing them. Eventually I made the hard decision to stop my sponsorship. Through those goat pics ive seen my kid, her mother, and her father. I am concerned as well with the letters we receive. There is One that loves you and your family so much more than we do! Compassion has grown significantly year after year, even during difficult financial times in the economy. New sponsors should receive this introduction letter within the first four months of sponsorship. Lisa, I am deeply sorry for the concerns you have that have caused you to doubt the integrity of Compassion. We are still working through all the bugs in this new system (which I am guessing you will understand as a programmer yourself). I am no longer interested in sponsoring this child after reviewing the site. 1,157 Pins 16w C A 192 Collection by Compassion International , Aleesa Harris Shaw and 9 others Compassion international 13 Pins Similar ideas popular now Letter Writing It is hard to write letter after letter and never hear back. but his birthday was different. Many thanks again Compassion for your very important, life changing work. The House passed a finalized version of the $768 billion defense authorization bill late Tuesday night with overwhelming bipartisan support, moving legislation hamstrung by delays, amendment fights. Hi Dotty! I too, am in a similar position. I just received a letter from her and it looks very much like all the letters from the past 10 years (the same very generic details anyone could write) but it said she is currently in grade 5. The other day we received updated pictures (Thank you for that!!!) They confirm that someone far away in the United States thinks she is valuable enough to write to and care for. Compassion International "His letters were the most sweet, spirited letters I have read from any sponsor, but he kept giving hints as to who he could be," Stafford said. 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. and everything always mentions my husband and I and is rather generic. Sponsor a child. If you are on Facebook, follow their pages and get to know some of those who comment on posts. Hi Vicki! At one point, months after the event, I was told their mother was taken into hospital which, should have made that child an orphan if she had died. Both my children have indicated that they visit the center once a week (4 times a month). They may not know how to express themselves to you in a letter, but you never know how impactful your letters are to them. Lots of inconsistencies are emerging. 36. They are also helping his family with the medical costs and any other outstanding needs like food and counseling during this time. Now Ive been a sponsor for 6 1/2 years and dont regret a day of it! Then if you ask yourself why they are asking for a website address. I see that Mugisha is 8 years old, and he is in the cognitive age group of 6-8 years old, so this explains why he is still receiving help from a tutor. I sponsor two children: one in Uganda and the other in Mexico, since they were 4 years old. a.Transparency Their sponsor is the only person they write letters to. Samuel told me that Compassion has been able to reach and get children from here just recently and the number keep pouring in since then. Thanks so much! I hear from each child regularly, and the letters are always personal and genuine. Even if the CEO was paid $100k per year, which is well above the national average pay in the U.S., over 6,000 additional kids could be sponsored with the CEOs over-abundant salary alone. We are honored to have your support and thrilled that you have chosen to be a devoted sponsor to your precious Compassion children! I will be searching for another charity. Our junk hauling services handle just about everything from read more. The monthly donations of $38 is a lot and it does a lot for your child. We value the one to one relationship that our program offers our sponsors and children to build. What did you expect Compassion to say or do when you threatened to quit them? Im wondering if she has possibly actually received the April letter but its just not showing up that way in the account information. Please know that the tutors are all different people who are local community members, not experts, so letter writing may still be a foreign concept for them as well. Questions I asked went unanswered. I cannot express how sorry I am to hear of the doubts you have about Compassion and whether your one-to-one sponsorship of Josiane is real. Please rest assured that your words are powerful and encouraging to your boy and our staff are trained to help him understand your letter if there might be confusion or misunderstanding. Tim, thank you for sharing about your work in the Philippines! If you change your preferences to only receive the email notification and view them online, you will no longer receive the paper copy in the mail. Compassion ensures children are able to get an education, have medical care, nutrition, emotional support, discipleship, and the love and care of local believers. I have received the most precious gift children can share with others and that gift is LOVE!! Yes, I think so but dont just take my word for it. At 22? Instead your response was Sorry to lose you, we will find another sponsor for the child. No Megan what she is saying she wants to help the kids, not pay administration. With much faith and trust I boldly state that I honestly do not believe this organization is a scam. I too was sceptical when I received my first generic letter from my sponsered child! We certainly want to ensure youre receiving these. I would give it some time and re-evaluate how you feel on the issue. Blessings! Sorry for such a disappointment. My wife and I are traveling to the Philippines this year. If you love this topic, please share it on facebook to let your friends know. I guess I dont mind it stuff comes in a mass email that goes to everyone on the list but this stuff by mail has got to end. We want to protect our supporters and vendors from such scams. Many children are behind in their schooling because their parents could not afford to send them to school. If Leo is not answering your questions in his letters, he, most likely, took his letter home and forgot to bring in back on letter writing day. Said tutor would be able to help them answer questions and make it more personal at any age when they are able to write. Founded in 1952, Compassion partners . Sadly, many children feel timid or have a lack of confidence when it comes to writing. I hope it was just this centre and that others are more genuine. For security and privacy reasons, obtaining your childs personal address and communicating with them outside of Compassion is not allowed. Cancel Your Compassion International Membership Over the Phone. You might want to check out our other blog post that helps explain why you may not have been hearing from Gadiel as often as you had been. I wondered how the childs health, provision, mental well-being, without a mother who was in hospital, was of no concern of Compassion UK? I am so sorry to hear that you are feeling disappointed in the letters you have been receiving from your kiddo, and that they are making you question if he is receiving your letters. This has changed and now Compassion will utilize a small percentage of your individual child-gift donation (10 percent) for the ministrys administration and program delivery costs of the gift. -Shannon. When you began supporting your child, we were working with older systems in which processing letters to and from your child was very manual and took 2-3 months for letters to be delivered both ways. Currently serve as a senior education and management consultant to a number of organizations and universities on matters relating to Arabic program evaluation and assessment, curriculum design . Please explain. You didnt help. My child finally aged out and today I got another letter from him. Im not mad, upset, or even mildly annoyed; Im only explaining the presence of a comment that seems out of sync with anything else. Assess them hard for what they say they do for YOUR child, or children you support, with your hard earned money, or the saving you live on and give up on account of them, and hold them accountable for every penny you sponsor to deliver that which they say they will do. I would think it would be more helpful to send them the 3,000 dollars!!!! 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. My sponsored little girl loves Jesus, and her family, and me! 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