Childhood should be full of exploration, learning, and growth. But children in poverty are often focused on simple survival. Limited access to safe water, education, medical care, and even safe housing result in malnutrition, child labor, abuse, and hopelessness. Poverty is a vicious cycle, but it can be broken.

With over 70 years of experience, Compassion has found the most effective way to care for children is through the local church. We partner with more than 8,000 front line churches in 29 countries to deliver God’s love and care—one child at a time. Today more than 2.3 million children are breaking the cycle of poverty for good.