In the bakery
August 2006
There are many poor communities in Fortaleza-Ceará, a state in northeast area in Brazil. Many people live in poverty and all its consequences: violence, drugs, basic sanitation, diseases and death.
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Forensic expert in the making
July 2006
Meet 22-year-old John Mugendi , Kenya's forensic expert (in the making), who is looking forward to a future full of detectives, the police force, government officials, investigators, doctors and lawyers.
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Field Trips
June 2006
As well as formally educating, feeding and caring for the medical problems of the children in its projects, Compassion also seeks to educate them about the world around them. Broadening children’s horizons from the narrow world of poverty’s constraints gives them enthusiasm and a greater hope for the future.
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Dreams of a better community
June 2006
Jazmin is not only a prominent student, an excellent daughter, a faithful project assistant and president of the Zacualpa Nazarene Church youth group. Jazmine is still only 17.
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A biblical gift
January 2006
Compassion seeks to give the children in its care a holistic and broad education. Providing them not just with basic food and care but with a whole range of opportunities and resources.
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More than just a project
January 2006
Compassion seeks to give the children in its care a holistic and broad education. Providing them not just with basic food and care but with a whole range of opportunities and resources.
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Girls at risk
31st May 2006
Five cows was the asking price for any man who would marry Mokonko, a Compassion sponsored child in Kenya. Viewed as the property of their fathers, girls can command large dowries as payment when they get married
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Sponsored child reaches out
31st May 2006
Compassion assisted since a child, Ethiopian student Israel Adugna has started her own child sponsorship programme in her local community. This beautiful, eloquent young woman understands the struggles of poverty all to well, which is why, with the help of Compassion, she has sought to break its bonds.
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A boy from the slums or Rio
31st May 2006
Antonio Carlos Frasão is a shy boy from Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro. But he isn't ashamed to say that he's been missing his mum. The boy is 10 years old, but he has suffered a lot. His mother died in 2003 and he’s not seen his father for many years.
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Advocates visit India
15 December 2005
In November 2005, 16 Compassion Advocates set off on a trip that was to change their lives. Find out more about their Indian adventure.
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Fighting HIV/Aids
2 February 2006
In 2002 a team from Compassion travelled to Uganda to report on the work of Compassion. One of the children they met was eleven-year-old Tayebwa. Tayebwa’s parents had died of Aids and the small boy, who lived with his grandmother, was infected with the virus and had barely months to live.
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Former sponsored child speaks out
2 February 2006
Peace Ruharuza, a formerly sponsored child with an amazing story has been sharing her touching testimony across the country. When she was just five years old Peace was scavenging for food to eat but now she is a passionate spokeswoman for children in poverty. ‘If it was not for Compassion I would be dead,’ says Peace. She wants us to know that she is not exaggerating.
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Safe Havens: More than just a project
18th August 2005
Poor neighbourhoods the world over are often dangerous places for children. Streets resembling open sewers and strewn with refuse are no playground. But Compassion stands against the futility and desperation by offering safe havens for children at risk.
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The face of AIDS: The 12-year-old caregiver
1st December 2004
Janet Root, a Compassion International staff writer, travelled to Ethiopia and Uganda on an AIDS fact-finding trip. While in Ethiopia, Janet met 12-year-old Selamwit, the primary caregiver for her nine-year-old brother. Selamwit and her brother are two of the more than 11 million children in sub-Saharan Africa that have lost at least one parent to HIV/AIDS
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Asian tsunami: A fishing village recovers
14th January 2005
December 26, 2004 began like most other days for Mr Venkateshwarlu, the father of Compassion sponsored child Thammu Valiyah. Venkateshwarlu is a fisherman in the seaside village of Pallepalem, India, home to Compassion's Holy Land Child Development Centre, which Thammu attends.
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Living out a dream: Positive role models provide hope
7th April 2005
Like blood running through veins, the streets of Addis Ababa are always pulsing. But the intensity of life can be deceptive. Whilst dilapidated vans acting as taxis take dangerous numbers of passengers to work, many of Addis’s population have no work to go to.
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