Reaching Children in Need in Savanes, Togo

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:

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.

How Compassion is Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic in Togo

Compassion’s partner church staff members are taking food packages to vulnerable children, monitoring the health of children and families, delivering medical funds in cases of illness, and praying continually. Staff members have been encouraged to limit face-to-face visits when possible for safety and are communicating with families via phone and video calls and local radio programming. They have been able to safely deliver 157,017 food packs and 158,761 hygiene kits to families, in addition to providing medical support to 11,858 individuals. Some church partners have been able to install hand-washing centers for community use.

TG0256 | Eglise de Pentecote du Togo de Badore

Location: Savanes, Togo

Launch Date: February 2020

Initial Beneficiaries: 78 (estimated growth to 200)

COMMUNITY PROFILE

• The church is located in a rural community in a small town in Savanes, Togo. It is home to approximately 1,800 people.
• The nearest major city is Dapaong.
• The primary language is Moba.
• Typical houses are constructed with cement floors, wood walls and corrugated roofs.
• The regional diet consists of beans, chicken, lentils, maize and millet.
• Most adults earn a living as animal herders or through subsistence farming.

To learn more about ways you can get involved, visit Compassion International’s website.