Complementary Interventions

Meeting critical needs

Compassion believes that poverty is best addressed through the transformation of the individual child. Therefore, Compassion does not engage in community development as a stand-alone programme, and neither does Compassion fund community development activities through the funds received from the one-to-one Child Sponsorship Programme.

However, to ensure that children receive the best possible opportunity to break the cycle of poverty, Compassion seeks to address all the obstacles that can hinder and impede the healthy development of children and their opportunity to reach their full potential.

Many of these barriers stem from factors such as the unsanitary conditions of a child's home and community environment, occurrences of natural disasters or widespread health epidemics, or issues that directly affect an individual child's family and home life.

Compassion's Complementary Interventions tackle some of these additional concerns and provide activities which enhance, improve and complement our core programmes. Some of the Complementary Interventions supported by Compassion include:

• Access to clean water and proper sanitation facilities
• Disaster relief and reconstruction
• HIV/AIDS interventions
• Educational resources and vocational training projects
• Additional medical care and nutritional assistance
• Micro-enterprise and income generation projects
• Assistance for orphans and vulnerable children

Visit our Church Partnerships page to learn how you can support one of Compassion's Complementary Interventions through your church.

If you would like to find out more about other funding opportunities please phone 01932 836490 or email info@compassionuk.org

Alternatively, you can make a general donation to support the work of Compassion across the world.