I never dreamed the changes would have problems this long. Even my district administrators dont earn 1/3 that much. 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. We appreciate your grace and patience as we move over to a new system together. What does it mean for an organization to live with integrity? If you never sent it in, nothing further will need to be done. 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. Hardly. I appreciate the blessings I have received and pray earnestly for the continued integrity of Compassion. Please be encouraged to know that the children treasure the letters they receive from their sponsors. Letter writing is a difficult concept for the child that we work with. I am able to send inquiries when it has been longer than six months since you last heard from your children. I just said a word of prayer for you and your family. Therefore, it is very possible that we have accidentally printed out the same childs letter twice and sent it to you a second time, especially since they are identical. Your letters say to Jhunior that he is worthy, loved, and known, and you are making a difference in his life even if that may not be apparent at this moment. Being able to watch our Compassion children grow and change over the years has been such a gift - and my family and I MOST look forward . 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. The letters I received were obviously written by someone much older. I understand that it can become discouraging to receive similar letters repeatedly. While I do think the organization has things they certainly need to improve, it does not justify SPOILED attacks on every little thing they are not doing just exactly to your thoughts, or are doing. Can someone please explain this kind of error to me?! We never divide up gifts specific for your child, family, or student center. I think those are the only third-party letters I have received. Compassion International Senior Inventory Data Analyst Remote 4d $84K-$105K Per Year (Employer est.) I just wanted to let you know that we would be happy to take a look at these letters that you are referencing, and if it does seem fishy, we would be happy to send an inquiry. For those searchingI wouldnt tell anyone to cancel. Once the gift is received, a thank you letter will always be written and sent to their sponsor. Thank you so much for your wonderfuly encouraging comment! Whileresponses may not be full of quality and value, you are stillbeing a huge blessing inWinfreds life. What a blessing that you want to partner with Compassion and sponsor a child in a country you are able to visit! My wife and I chose to sponsor a child through compassion international 8 years ago and have committed to continuing until our sponsor child is 18. Compassion International Go And Make Disciples Mission Work Travel Humor Human Connection Straight from the mouths of Compassion-assisted students in Rwanda, here's what children really want to hear in the letters from their sponsors. I am concerned and placed a phone call today. For the vast majority of children, our photographs are the only ones they have ever had taken and in some cultures smiling for a photo is not the norm. Ive been a child sponsor for 30 years. Second, the revenue growth metric was replaced by a debt to asset ratio. This ratio measures the assets a charity holds on its financial statements. But you dont know that. All that has changed and I can say this with a little mist in my eyes. All rights reserved. We always want to grow and improve in the way we serve you as a sponsor and so we are grateful for this type of feedback. Sure they are. Hi Lana! A $38-per-month contribution provides life-changing opportunities including: consistent, nutrient-rich meals preventative medical care and check-ups I sent money for her a Christmas present in 2013, money for her birthday for April 1, 2014, and a graduation check for $200, plus a good-bye letter, and never received any acknowledgements for these. Maybe try sponsoring a new child in a different country? I have written 2 letters in a month at times and they are just backing up. Thank you SO much for taking the time to share it. A little insight for the disbelievers of Compassion. This is a recent change that most of the sponsors hate. I send a family gift yearly and a birthday gift and Christmas gift . I can say it has been a wonderful experience. The center staff in Alanaels area know him personally and are visiting him on a regular basis. Hi everyone, I am a person who accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior on Easter Sunday 2009 In Aug. of 2009 I was trying to find a Bible verse online when I saw an ad for Compassion International so I click on the ad began reading about Compassion International and how they help children in other countries with the problems of living in poverty. Im so sorry that we didnt get the opportunity to answer your questions and clarify your concerns. May God bless Compassion International. 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. Enter your e-mail address to have our posts sent directly to your inbox. We would love to speak with you further and offer additional information and assistance. As the children get older, they will begin to add more personal details to their letters and learn how to engage with their sponsor more. That said, we are working hard to work through the backlog of letters and make sure they are delivered very soon. Editorial Year of pain and grief Newsday Reporter 24 Hrs Ago An emotional Venessa Kussie, widow of Rishi Nagassar, and the families of Fyzal Kurban, Kazim Ali Jr and Yusuf Henry out at sea for a memorial for four divers who died in a Paria pipeline in 2022, on Saturday evening. All true. Furthermore, the cover for my child in Uganda stated they were an only child. 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. 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. If you are pessimistic like me, visit that child when he/she turns a teen and see you your own 2 eyes like we did what that money has accomplished. Remember that we dont have because we dont ask. I got the most dull letters and no drawings for years. d.Sectors/Functions -clean drinking water Contribution Reliance Ratio: 0.831 vs. 0.991 In reviewing your account, I show the last letter that we received from Leo was on April 9th. I think I was able to get one last letter in before the system changed and now every online letter Ive written since then is still in translation. Or is this a bogus email like I think it is? I am now considering dropping the sponsorship. My handwriting was terrible at first but then as the years progressed, my penmanship improved. 3 fake / fek/ verb Absolutely. These leaders dont produce anything they simply administer the money that we the sponsors have given and thats worth up to half a million salary plus perks. Im not mad, upset, or even mildly annoyed; Im only explaining the presence of a comment that seems out of sync with anything else. Donna, I am so sorry that you have waited so long for a letter from Juliano and that it has caused you to consider canceling your sponsorship of him. ); and (b) coming on today allowed me to read the two comments above Joyces. I have read this email post quite a number of times, and it concerns me a lot. The letters continued to show that the children writing them had not seen my letters and knew nothing about me. 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. My mother was sponsoring 3 kids and having me write letters to 1 of the kids because she couldnt think of anything to say. Even more so -if one tried to bust in to shove a video chat or something into their lives! Its frustrating. I truly appreciate that you took the time to look up our case and provide us with more details. For His glory. I still pray for my child and hope/trust I made the right choice. They are so excited to get letters from their sponsors the letters are precious to them. Its $300,000 something! It is an honor and blessing to be used in the lives of these children. Again, thank you Emily. You may be aware of the many system updates we have recently undergone, and one of the largest updates has been with the way child letters are processed and delivered. I really hope you enjoy it! I got more Compassion mail today! Your gift was such a blessing to his project, and I cannot wait for you to hear just how grateful they are for you! Others decide to stay in our program for extra vocation training. I have sponsored for 8 years, and I generally do not open any email unless it is from my child. I gave way more than enough. Let us remember He is our provider and our redeemer. Founded in 1952 and headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Compassion International is a child-sponsoring charitable organization that was originally known as the Everett Swanson Evangelistic Association. This will speed up the time it takes to send and receive letters between you and your child to weeks instead of months. 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. Couldnt make me happier. There is little work in that area so the father must live apart from the family for a year and back home for only a couple of weeks at a time! When Compassion is trying to get people to sign up and sponsor a child, they say here is what 38 dollars a month will do. In many ways, Dear Evan Hansen is a . Other than that, I love Compassion and the children and what God is doing through both? Happy writing and God bless you! Look at their facilities, nothing wrong with a nice work place but it is obvious they put themselves in front of the children they claim to help. Compassion International is the world's leading authority in holistic child development through sponsorship. It is such a blessing to know you have been a sponsor for so many years and enjoy it so much! We want to protect our supporters and vendors from such scams. For example, he said that he finished the first semester of College and that he was on vacation with his family. Can someone from CI address this? a relationship with him.Its working ok for me it will be fore you it needs time patients and prayer peter. Today God has blessed me with the courage and a heart to become a child advocate for Compassion International. Hey Mindy, as a long time sponsor i may be able to help you from a sponsor stand point. I see that you emailed us and contacted a representative yesterday after posting this comment. 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