Child-Focused, Church-Based and Christ-Centered
Our goal is to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name. To accomplish this, Compassion works through thousands of church partners in 25 countries around the world. Each of these churches welcomes 100s of children and provides them with a holistic child development program. The holistic development program focuses on these key areas:
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- SPIRITUAL GROWTH
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- PHYSICAL GROWTH
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- SOCIAL GROWTH
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- ACADEMIC GROWTH
Every year, Compassion partners with hundreds of new churches to reach thousands more children in need. We help develop children into all God intends them to be.
Ministry partners, like Aventura at Towne Centre, support the launch of new church partnerships. This gift equips each church with staff training, office equipment and classroom supplies to minister well to hundreds of children. Children enrolled with a church partner participate in weekly programming and benefit immediately from nutritious meals, fellowship with other children and a medical screening. In time, children connect with their own individual sponsor.
TG0149 | Eglise des Assemblées de Dieu du Togo de Kassi
Location: Pagouda, Kara, Togo
Initial Beneficiaries: 200
Current Beneficiaries: 215
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- Staff ensure that children benefit from holistic child development.
COMMUNITY PROFILE
- God Alone Child Development Center, located in the village, Kassi, is home to approximately 1,000 people.
- Typical houses are constructed of dirt floors, mud walls and thatched roofs.
- The primary ethnic group is Kabye, and the most commonly spoken languages are Kabye and French.
- The regional diet consists of maize, beans, rice, millet, cabbage, chicken, eggs, plantains, goat, fish and sweet potatoes.
- Most adults in Kassi earn a living by farming and/or raising livestock.
- Due to the extremely high unemployment rate (70 percent), young people have attempted to start vegetable-growing businesses, but more investment and training are needed for them to succeed.
- The average family income is $35 US per month.
To learn more about ways you can get involved, visit Compassion International’s website.