Set up your online account. Im sorry that the new information you received about Sarwan made you distrust our ministry. I just said a word of prayer for you and your family. Many children are behind in their schooling because their parents could not afford to send them to school. [25], In 2016, Compassion was ranked the 15th-largest charity organization in the US by Forbes magazine, with $799 million in private donations received. I have the same concerns. We sponsor a young girl and a young man in Kenya, and two girls in Tanzania, so both countries are very close to my heart! Two more will be out of the program in June, 2017. I have been sponsoring my child since January 2016. It broke my heart to have thought $38 covered my sponsored childs school, food, clothing, and medical? I am Joseph Alba, pastor of Salem Christian Life Center, and we are Compassions church partners in the Child Development through Sponsorship Program (CDSP) and Child Survival Program (CSP). Yes, I think so but dont just take my word for it. This year has been so hard on everyone! Youre both right. Imagine that you or your children are in desperate need of food, shelter, or medical aid. This is actually a letter Ive been waiting on (hopefully its the one) regarding a family $ gift I sent last October. Beg you to stay? In Sarwans case, when he was registered, they estimated his birth date as being in 2010. I regularly receive updates from another organisation my wife supports and the change is visible in the children MONTH on MONTH. You can reply on here or email us at [emailprotected]. Business hours may be different today. How many dollars Compassion International spends on fundraising to raise each $100 of contributions. Our reasoning for this is that we want every child to have the joy of receiving a gift and participating in our special Christmas celebration each year. Because of this difference, I am sending an inquiry to our field office is Rwanda. We do this so that no child is left out at Christmas. Please let me know if you would like me to add you on our prayer list so that we can continue to intercede on your behalf. Greetings Andrea, Im sorry my kids. Anything above 10.0% equaled 7.5 points and anything below 10.0% equaled 10 points, so the thousandths of a percentage point assessed Compassion 2.5 points on a total of 100. 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 have not had a chance to visit Iddi in Tanzania but my heart so desires it. I sponsor two children: one in Uganda and the other in Mexico, since they were 4 years old. For these varying reasons, the information might not be 100% accurate for the child but its the best information our staff was able to provide when the child was registered. I am so sorry for the disappointments and to hear that you are now doubting our ministry. But youre welcome to contact us if you no longer want to receive updates from the field and other mail from us such as general appeals and were happy to update your account so that these stop. This is his most accurate birth date. The characterization of the partnership between the global megachurch and . It probably would have done more to convince me to stay, to see for myself, but it never happened. Compassion Internationals profile at the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, Compassion International meets the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliances Standards for Charity Accountability, https://www.compassion.com/donate-to-charity.htm, https://www.compassion.com/multimedia/2015-2016-form-990-compassion-international.pdf, https://www.compassion.com/about/financial.htm, see what we do firsthand and meet your child, Why Do My Sponsored Childs Letters Seem So Impersonal, https://www.compassion.com/newsponsor/visit.htm, our other post about our new letter guidelines, Charity Navigators, has given us a 4-star rating for over 14 years in a row. Im so sorry that when you spoke with us, we referred to your child as a girl instead of a boy. I would like to first thank you for your support for Leo for the past 2 years. Whenever I doubt that I can make an impact upon the world, I pick it up. My own (not so little anymore) girl used to give me very generic answers when she was four and five too, and it was hard to feel like I was getting to know her! I would suggest you would have them make a video at least once a year, on their birthdays, and showing more of their lives to us so that we can be assured there is a positive impact, which we 100% believe there is. Just last year, I had a 6th grader who was positive, based on her moms comments, that she was actually a year or possibly 2 years older than our school documents said. Are you trying to make the most impact? Please chalk it up to my hunger to know how my children are progressing academically, spiritually, and in other ways that the kids might not talk about. Through those goat pics ive seen my kid, her mother, and her father. It is an honor to have you in our Compassion family! This has been very successful so far! They are non-profit what can they do to fix the problem of you leaving? Please know if you ever have any other questions you are always welcome to reach out to us at [emailprotected]. If you donate money at Christmas time, typically this goes into our Christmas fund. I am concerned as well with the letters we receive. I wish I received more but I am happy with what I receive. With this new process, we are scanning all child letters and sponsor letters, as opposed to mailing them. Hes probably wondering whats wrong with us. Especially if you look for them on Amazon or make them yourself. First, I wonder what the person who sponsored this poor child did through 10 years of sponsoring? This is why after 20y of sponsoring with you, you were not able to follow-up nor contact me on my concerns regarding the child I sponsored (the letter translations became very brief, one of his letters informed me you do know I am disabled dont you? after 10years of sponsoring him)? I know that can be frustrating and difficult to build a relationship when it feels one sided. Im starting to think that this is a scam. Which one is correct? Of course, there are many explanations as to why your questions may not be answered or why some letters seem generic, but there is a wonderful blog offering an explanation of why letters may seem impersonal. By participating in this global movement whether through donations, volunteering, or raising awareness you can contribute to a more compassionate and equitable world. We really have doubts about CI now and the trust we had is breaking, which is not good. Im wondering if she has possibly actually received the April letter but its just not showing up that way in the account information. We will also be contacting you via phone as you requested in your email to us, to answer any other questions or concerns you may have. Thank you so much for being a blessing in Susis life, Debra! I returned June 19th with a gift of reassurance from God. Cheryl, Im so sorry for the confusion about your sponsorship of sweet Lilibeth in Colombia. I am doing this with my grandson and he is writing to a boy there who writes a generic letter back to me only no questions answered. Thank you so much for the grace and patience you have extended to your Compassion family during this trying transition to our new letter system. But you dont know that. She is receiving your letters and your hand-made items. I pray that the Lord shows you what a beautiful difference youre making in the lives of the children you pour into. 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. 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. e.Resourcefulness While certainly not a perfect organization, Compassions heart is pure and its mission is pure. Thank you for blessing Leos family with a gift so they could purchase a chicken! Compassion International is looking to change that. It is quite discouraging, to say the least. We understand that some may feel uneasy about the salaries of our upper management and board of directors. My mother was sponsoring 3 kids and having me write letters to 1 of the kids because she couldnt think of anything to say. 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. It has been such a rewarding experience. Something began to not seem right about it anymorewhich seems to be the common thought in this thread. I hope it was just this centre and that others are more genuine. He did ask for a chicken but I have not heard if he got it. According to Compassion International, I was sponsoring an eight year old girl in Ghana named Elizabeth. I love sponsoring through Compassion International and feel that I have a great relationship with my sponsored child. My heart goes out to the work Compassion does. I know the Colorado Springs area well. Whereas other comparable charities CEOs make $80,000. Exact same letter, writing, and drawing, apparently from our sponsored child. 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. Always feel free to email us at [emailprotected] with any concerns or questions you have in the future. The Salvation Army is one of the most well-known charities in the United States. Good Morning, Sorry for such a disappointment. My sense is that the Executives are all reaping from the giving revenue and they are all benefitting, so no one to push back. Working in the contact center, sponsors and donors call me and want to know if we if Compassion is trustworthy or if its a scam. Their smiles are natural and genuine. Compassion International is a very large company. It makes me sad to see so many comments of people ending their commitments to the children they sponsor. Nope, those public school fees are paid by the parents (not like the property taxes we have in the us) and compassion only reimburses the family once the fees are paid. It was at that time I never received another letter. I get entirely too much mail and the money used to produce and send it could be better spent on the children. He will then write a thank you letter back to you and you will likely receive it in the next few months. However, please know we take financial integrity very seriously to ensure we are caring for our beneficiaries the best we possibly can. If you never sent it in, nothing further will need to be done. Our wonderfully hardworking processing team will ensure that Lilibeth is placed on your account as soon as possible. Please explain. It use to not be that way as I had a conversation in my letters with one of my sponsors mother a couple years ago. They are positively impacting lives! Business Based on 53 salaries Director I miss Gadiel. Many thanks again Compassion for your very important, life changing work. -Shannon. No Megan what she is saying she wants to help the kids, not pay administration. The letters are already sent, so I cant undo this; I dont want to cause him grief when the purpose of the sponsorship is to help and support. It is understandable that some may feel uneasy about the salary of our CEO. Now I am getting stuff about taking a trip to hug my child. It provides a variety of services including food, shelter, and disaster relief. It arrived at the country office on January 1, which means he probably wrote it before Christmas. I have received two, maybe three pastor letters, over the years, from different pastors and, I think, different countries. I understand that he has a sibling. So Im not sure how much benefit there is to having my reply on here, now. Regrettably, metal cannot be sent as it sets off the metal detectors in customs when our packages go through for your children. Tim, thank you for sharing about your work in the Philippines! The only possible reason would be to make the organization look more realistic. Also, our leaders are faithful sponsors and donors as well, and personally and financially support the ministry. Im finding it harder and harder to believe that 82-86% of the money goes to the childs care. Please rest assured that every letter from your sweet children is written by them directly or they are assisted by their tutor. Their attendance at the center is in addition to their schooling, it does not replace it. I know you miss him, as I feel the same way about my girls in Bolivia, but the good news is that Gadiel is still writing to you. I urge all supporters of Compassion UK to look past the glossy brochures and the promises, and the heart pull techniques they employ and assess them. Please be encouraged that in the next couple of years, when we roll out our new software and processes, we are looking to give sponsors more opportunities to connect with their children that are quicker and improved! In fact, it's often referred to as the "Red Kettle charity.". I had some of the same doubts as everyone that has posted. We welcome the opportunity to improve. I can see a few different letters in the system that we are working to process for you as fast as we can. The other half was used to purchase a gift for Susi and a gift for another child in the program through our Christmas fund. I am very happy to report that I have five sponsored children and have not had this experience at all! 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. Then in a few days I got another letter asking me,Did you recieve my letter about Compassion Sunday? or whatever it was called. I cannot express how sorry I am to hear of the doubts you have about Compassion and whether your one-to-one sponsorship of Andrew and Yasmine is real. Imagine how generous sponsors would be if they knew what they were doing was going directly to that child!! Sierra, After reading your 990, I will no longer be giving to Compassion. Please send us an email at [emailprotected] with your sponsor number and we would be happy to see whats going on. It definitely sounds like you had a very legitimate concern in your childs letters since they were inconsistent. You are such a blessing to your sweet sponsored child and I appreciate what you do for her and for the Lord! He went on and on excitingly about all the miracles God delivers through that center and does for the children. Just send me the monthly sheet to write my letter on and translate for my child and that is all I need. I completely understand that you want ever dollar you donate to count. However, what Josiane has said in her letter does not align with the information we have in her child profile. Medical emergencies. The project staff works with the children to help them better understand how to write letters to their sponsor and will provide suggestions for the children about topics they can write about or questions they can ask their sponsor. I had to sit down and share something with all of you two years ago I decided to sponsor a beautiful little girl in Honduras, who was then 8 years old. 4. 80% or more of all monthly support goes towards programs that directly impact the lives of the children. I posted a link at the end of this comment for a blog post about this same issue. Thank you for expressing your concerns here. Actually Compassion only has a 3 out of 5 star rating from ministry watch. Nov 04, 2021, 09:55 ET COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Nov. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Compassion International was honored as one of America's Favorite Charities by The Chronicle of. Our statement on stewardship says that, The ministry of Compassion belongs to the children, our Implementing Church Partners, our sponsors and donors, our Supporting Church Partners and ultimately to God. Because of this, children may or may not tell their sponsor in their next letter, what they received for Christmas. It would cost over 3,000 dollars to go hug my child. I hope you enjoy watching him continue to grow and I pray that this helps clarify the concerns and hesitancy caused by this update. Most of us who are contributing $38 a month to sponsor a child do not make anywhere near that much money. Children in the Compassion program are 80% more likely to graduate from college. English is a difficult language to learn and for our translators who know English as a foreign language words like he and she are regrettably often mixed up. Thank you!!! How should I write to her? I miss them, love them, and pray for them. That being said, I understand how it may be unsettling when looking at the salaries of our upper management and board of directors. We understand that sometimes things like this happen and it can be an error at the child center or even in translation. Our statement on stewardship says the following: The ministry of Compassion belongs to the children, our Implementing Church Partners, our sponsors and donors, our Supporting Church Partners and ultimately to God. Wer are both from Grand Rapids Michigan. I do understand your desire to find another organization to sponsor through. Essentially all these organisations are just multinational begging organisations and we , the sponsors, pay the top beggars a lot of money to beg for money from us. Several from the Philippines in fact. We sincerely look forward to earning your trust and proving our hearts for serving our sponsors and children with excellence. You can visit our website at https://www.compassion.com/about/financial.htm and view our tax documents that lists the specific information on our Upper management and Board of Directors salaries. Lots of inconsistencies are emerging. Im sorry if your kiddos dont answer your questions. There is much going back and forth about the integrity of the organization and looking for proof that one should sponsor a child through Compassion or not. 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. For those searchingI wouldnt tell anyone to cancel. The center staff in Alanaels area know him personally and are visiting him on a regular basis. I made the decision when I started that nobody was going to talk me out of it and I was planning to sponsor until my kid turned 18. Did you receive these Christmas letters from Kayivi and Inoussa in February? 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. In one letter they tell me the child lives in such and such place, but in another letter it says somewhere different. I have written two letters to my child, sent a monetary birthday gift, and have not recieved one letter back. This is from the time period of Jun 1, 2015 through June 30,2016. c.Values/Worldview My email is [emailprotected]. Once youve sponsored the child, you can sign up for either a group sponsor tour going to the Philippines or an individual visit through our Tours and Visits page: https://www.compassion.com/newsponsor/visit.htm. Was this for Christina or Adele? Im so glad I took the link to the latest comment, because (a) it tells of another childs having been sponsored (thank you, Joyce! I am so sorry you have not been able to communicate with her! And that we be at peace with unbelievers too. Huh???? Then, Leos response letter will take about 2-3 months to be received by you. Letter writing is a difficult concept for the child that we work with. Compassion coordinates every aspect of the trip, including travel, meals, tips and gratuities, fees related to the travel, and sightseeing fares. You didnt help. My handwriting was terrible at first but then as the years progressed, my penmanship improved. Now its his birthday and I dont want to put in the card what Im sending if he is not going to get it. Then I also sent a check for $100 that I included instructions that it was to be used to buy a gift for her along with gifts for each of her family members so that no one was left out and she would not be the only one in the family to get a gift. Thank you Compassion for following the walk of God. We assign correspondents for sponsors who do not have the time or desire to write, or sometimes a company may sponsor many children and simply cannot write to so many children. Her profile states that she is currently in the US equivalent to 9th grade. On my list of conversations with Lydia, my letters to her are backed up in translation all the way from April. I have received letters from Mexico, but often many many months later than letters sent to them. Lets really think about this: they send emails, right? God Bless. For a complete list of items you can and cannot send, you can review our gift guidelines on our website!. You should also begin to see his letters become more personal as your relationship grows. About Compassion International. I know Im really new to sponsoring through this company, but I have to admit, I received packages in the mail specifically telling me that it would only take 4 to 6 weeks to receive a letter from my child7 weeks later Im highly frustrated and send multiple emails. 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. 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! There is clearly something wrong somewhere. He alone knows the absolute truth about the heart of any individual or organization and whether it would be of benefit to both the sponsor and the donor. This other woman has 14 sponsored children and you wanna tell her that shes lying?! Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns. Do the directors receive similar salaries? b.Truth Claims Thankfully, God opened up doors for us to update our systems and make our letter process more digital. . Program Output Ratio: 0.82 vs. 0.799 I think the best way to eliminate confusion is to do it all yourselves. releasing children from poverty in the name of Jesus Christ. These children also communicate verbally;letter writing tends to be a foreign concept to most of them. Hi Kathleen. It doesnt make sense that my sponsored child would have written the very same thing in both letters. amen. First off, thank you so much for choosing to change the life of a child in poverty! I didnt start sponsering my child until July! Kristin, I am deeply sorry to hear of your doubts and disappointment regarding your childs letters :(. All of the proof I could ever need is in the letters and photographs of my little girl, Ludis. I noticed you have started writing to Farel more often lately, which is great! Then find out which charity project have the best proven outcomes.
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