They told me it was a local matter and nothing to do with them. However, any letter you write online should automatically send a confirmation email with the text of your letter included as soon as you submit it. I get entirely too much mail and the money used to produce and send it could be better spent on the children. Sure they are. Heres my question: Weve been sponsoring a child in India for over a year now. 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. We simply would like to provide the education for those who have the desire to give more on how they can give more. I appreciate and understand your desire to use your money wisely, and I am sorry that the way we pay our staff does not line up with the way you want funds to be used. Sponsors are individually connected with a child who will get to know them personally through exchanged letters. When the kids first get into the program they often write a first letter that is then held to send out to their sponsor once they get one. He should now be going on 13. Very disheartening. Yes, the top employees are paid a lot of money. 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. Regrettably, our processing team is experiencing a significant backlog which has caused a delay in taking care of new sponsorships. 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. 2023 Compassion International. We appreciate your desire to bless others and see them grow healthy and strong. It was at that time I never received another letter. Letters are still taking up to two or three months to be processed and delivered, but they will bring such encouragement to your childrens lives when they do arrive. To date I know next to nothing about the children I sponsor which is a sad reflection of the antiquated and poor service Compassion UK operates. No CEO of such an organization should be receiving that much money for himself. Or did you try to pass off your responsibility as a sponsor to someone else, which is the impression I got. I was so happy. Their questions would be more than answered!!!! Does his sibling have special needs too? You should also begin to see his letters become more personal as your relationship grows. 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 am very sorry for the disappointment you are feeling about our finances, and Im sorry that this has made you decide to no longer support Compassion. Hi, By the way, you are welcome to post here, email [emailprotected], or call 800-336-7676 with any concerns or questions you have. Management & General $80M. Thank you so much for your love and care for each of them! I am happy to answer your questions about Compassion. Of course, one of those children will be the youngest sister of my currently sponsored child. I have long wished for a letter from the project or the pastor of each child, every couple of years, giving an all-over update on how my kids are doing: spiritually, behaviorally (at the project, at school and at home), academically, and any other way that is significant in the childs life. The phone representative put me on hold for awhile to try and help me and said that hopefully I will have access to that letter sometime next week. God bless you! Something has happened now its the same thing every time I ask questions and it seems the letters are exactly the same as the last There is no emotion in them I have 4 sponsored children and I miss the letters I use to get where they were responsive and you were carrying on a conversation To me its all about the relationship with my child and them knowing Jesus. I am hoping that as we are able to clear up the issues with this system and get back on track with processing the letters, you will continue to hear from Gadiel as often as you used to. Maybe they are having a hard time coming up with things to say so the adult helping them is giving them ideas of things to ask not knowing you have already answered them. Mindy, I appreciate your care and support for Alanael during this difficult time in his life. In regards to one child having multiple sponsors, Compassion is a one to one sponsorship program. The Feed my children also sends out Gods message in addition to the meals. Please know that our hearts for these changes have been to make it easier to communicate more frequently with your children because we have received overwhelming feedback from the many children in our programs about how priceless and cherished your letters are. I am not so naive to think that everyone in these organisations is motivated out of selfless motives and I get angry at myself for not holding the leaders of these organisations to a higher standard. If you didnt receive these, please verify that we have your correct mailing address on file and email us at [emailprotected] and we can get them re sent to you. Hang in there. We want our program to be effective, so we monitor the child development centers to make sure they are making a difference in the lives of the children we serve. My wife and I are traveling to the Philippines this year. It took time to develop our relationship, a few years in fact, but now she chatters at me like Im on the other end of the telephone or sitting next to her on the swings at recess. The only possible reason would be to make the organization look more realistic. I would request, too, if possible, that the in translation letters still be made available for viewing, as they were before the system change. All Compassion partner projects are audited annually. I can assure you however that Pransanth is known and loved individually by the staff at his student center. The center visits are in addition to their being able to attend school? Here is a link to all of our alumni blogs, and the interview titled What if I dont write to my sponsored child? I want to be a dad like yours - showing love in tangible ways no matter what., Trouble, challenges, pain, suffering, grief, transition, change and renewal come to us all. In regards to your childs profile on the website, the information under Community, Child Development Center, and Child information are only changed if there is new information to add to it. Compassion strives to be an organization of integrity in all areas. Many sponsors and donors are itching for more ways to give and help people in need. Even my district administrators dont earn 1/3 that much. Before you cauncel your sponsorship which is already at graduation level (you have completed your sponsorship with the child and she is supposed to leave the program at 22 years), get to know the whole truth about your child. Thank you so much for your heartfelt comment! Thank you so much in advance. I started sponsoring a child with CCF/Childfund first but after a few years I discovered child sponsorship through Compassion. I have no idea what 38 dollars a month can do in India. My concern is how are my funds helping him if he cannot attend the Centre? Be patient with your sponsored child if they are not answering your questions or ask you the same questions. We do need an eight week notice before you plan to visit the child so that we can do a background check and coordinate with the childs center staff in planning the visit. I feel ashamed to have thought of my sponsored child as a tax write-off, to have ignored 2 out of 3 of her letters, and have rarely thought of her, and to have been ignorant enough to have thought $38 was all the Child needs! JS Embed. Since Farel has been in the program since 2013, he actually has had two official photos taken by Compassion. Very strict guidelines and almost everything is getting scanned which is a total bummer. The kids are so precious and so thankful. I would rate them one of the best Christian sponsorship organizations that I have dealt with. I am also starting to mistrust this organization. I assumed everyone would know such a important date but if it doesnt play such a important role as it does here and in other countries, then I guess, I can understand how something like this can happen. Our center staff do an excellent job teaching the children to write letters; however, the children in our programs primarily communicate verbally. Many thanks again Compassion for your very important, life changing work. 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. -recreational activities to development self-confidence and social skills Im sorry to hear that so many people feel their letters are generic and not coming from the children. Since some sponsors are not able to give extra, we designate one time throughout the year where we can provide a gift to every child in our program. Our goal is that the children in our program follow Jesus Christ in faith and deed, support themselves and share with others in need, are responsible members of their families, churches, communities and nations; and maintain their own physical well-being by the time they complete our Child Sponsorship Program. I know you gave that gift from the heart hoping to be a blessing to her entire family and felt as though Compassion did not listen to your request. I have sponsored a child through Compassion International for over eight years. They are starting a goat business she said in my letter one day after i asked why they keep buying goats. As long as I know my sponsored kids are being taken care of and receiving my gifts I dont care. We suggest highlighting and numbering your questions in your next letter. Please let me know Please rest assured that Lilibeth is currently on hold specifically for you, and she will be placed on your account soon. It looks like the last time you received a letter from him was April 2015. The practice of asking for a monthly commitment to a specific child is well-knownit's been around since the 1930s, and nearly 9 out of 10 Americans are familiar with it (87%), according to a study. For some people it is nothing to give 38 a month and for others it could be a sacrifice.Everyone has a specific situation. Hello. Debra, I am truly so sorry that your generous Christmas gift to Susi and her family was not processed the way you had clearly requested it to be. Thank you!!! (More) Rating Information Great The other day we received updated pictures (Thank you for that!!!) I woke up the next day with so much love and concern for the children living in poverty I immediately went online and I sign up to sponsor Juana from Honduras in Aug. 2009. Compassion chooses to send dollars to the Implementing Church Partners for our programs that impact children. March 8, 2022 March 8, 2022 Parenting Spirituality by Adam Green. The completion age in our countries ranges from 18-22 years old. COMPASSION IS REAL. Compassion calls this "child development through child sponsorship." Id encourage you to look us up on their website if you havent already. Through those goat pics ive seen my kid, her mother, and her father. Here are two that cover charity organizations in the USA; Hi Paul! Compassion provides holistic child development spiritual, physical, social and economic supports. Proof shouldnt even need to be a debate on these forums. The project staff does an excellent job teaching the children how to respond to letters. However, the childs grade will change and if their performance changes, this is another update you will see to this section. Compassion's core strategy for combating child poverty is one-to-one sponsorship. He will receive the gift around the middle of July and then send you a thank you letter. Children stop using the template letters with help from a tutor around the ages of eight or nine. I started sponsoring my precious little girl in 2020. Yes, I believe that would be helpful to hold off on letters to allow for our staff to get through the backlog of letters before sending more. I see that you emailed us and contacted a representative yesterday after posting this comment. (34 ratings) Duration: 15 mins Frequency: 1x/week Difficulty: Casual Save Practice Mark as Tried Download PDF Print Practice How to do it Why to Try It Quiz 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. With this new method of calculation, Compassion still receives a 4 Star rating specifically for Accountability and Transparency. 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 have been the sponsor of a Iddi Seleman since 2006. My mother was sponsoring 3 kids and having me write letters to 1 of the kids because she couldnt think of anything to say. In April 2016, Charity Navigator informed us that we had once again achieved their 4 Star rating based on the 2015 990 forms filed with the Internal Revenue Service as well as transparency and accountability provisions in place at Compassion. They are real and at least they are working hard todo as much as possible for that $38/month. Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention and for your patience as we work to resolve this situation for you so that you can continue building a relationship with Mesfin and better know how to talk to him in your letters. I like that every kid gets a gift and the only way this is possible is for all of the money to be pooled together. Additionally, your sweet boy is showing to have an education of about a 5th grade level, so he should begin to write on his own soon. Thank you so much for your patience as Im sure that you are excited to begin your relationship with your sweet girl. ? I asked myself how they were going to provide clean water for a childs family if there wasnt enough money to spend for the entire village. I havent gotten a Letterrible or picture from my sponsors child nor I have seen an update. Hi Chrystie! Thank you so much for sponsoring your little girl! It receives an A rating from the American Institute of Philanthropy and is listed as one of their top-rated charities. One final point: I visited Mexico two years ago, and notified Compassion UK to see if a visit could be arranged to meet my child there. Thank you so much for your kind words and support. 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. Compassion International is one of Ministry Watchs 30 Shining Light Ministries judged on the following criteria. That was not our intention at all. Im becoming concerned, and it would be nice to know if shes okay or if its just the letter writing change thats the problem. I think the best way to eliminate confusion is to do it all yourselves. I was told to wait a few more weeks? I noticed you have started writing to Farel more often lately, which is great! Inoussas last letter was processed on February 5, so I will set a calendar alert to send his inquiry tomorrow. Also, as with others, I do not agree with the CEOs salary of $330k. Several from the Philippines in fact. I am so sorry for the disappointments and to hear that you are now doubting our ministry. I am going to email it to you right now! Zero! Hi Pam! I always receive a picture of my child with her gift from the extra money I sent for birthdays. Hi Calvin! 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. Not one mark, from writing, to drawing, was even the slightest bit off. 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). Liza, I am so sorry that your childrens letters no longer seem genuine and that they are vague. Majority of these peoples in these places do not see anyone get into their cars and go to work every day, they may see a neighborhood aquaintance in their community get into a little make shift wooden buggy with an old field horse to carry them around a neighborhood to sell vegetables because they were lucky enough to have ground in their possession to grow them, and go around every day hoping to sell a little for their own food and maybe their rent-IF they were that upper class!! In our cluster here in Iloilo City, Philippines, there had been two project closures. Every financial process undergoes intensive and continual scrutiny to ensure that funds are properly received, tracked, and managed. You may always email me, Susan, and Emily at [emailprotected] any time you have concerns. We never divide up gifts specific for your child, family, or student center. Please email us at [emailprotected], and we would be happy to answer this and any other questions you may have there. 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