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Philippines
More than
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More than
390
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Serving since
1972
In Philippines
Made up of 7,000 tropical islands, many visitors to the Philippines call it paradise. Alongside the beauty, the nation's residents regularly experience the painful reality of natural disasters and social challenges. The children Compassion serves experience these realities on a daily basis. But at the Compassion project, there is hope.
Pray for Philippines
Pray with us for:
God’s provision for families affected by the recent natural disasters.
Protection and strength for children sponsored by Compassion.
Compassion staff seeking to serve their communities most effectively.
Did You Know?
The national dance of the Philippines is the Tinikling. Barefoot dancers imitate the movement of birds as they step quickly over and between bamboo poles.
Sponsor a child in Philippines
Child sponsorship with Compassion is a unique opportunity to provide a child with food, clean water, shelter, clothing and medical care.
Official Country Name: Republic of the Philippines
Capital City: Manila
Population: More than 109.5 million
Official Languages: Filipino (based on Tagalog), English
Life expectancy: Male 67 years, female 76 years
Population with access to safe drinking water: 47%
Infant mortality rate: 22 deaths / 1,000 live births
Percentage of children under the age of 5 underweight: 19.1%
Adult literacy rate: Male 96%, female 97%
Religion: Approximately 79.5% of the population are Roman Catholic, 9% are Protestant, 6% are Muslim, 4% are of another/unspecified religion or none.
Percentage living on less than $1.90 a day: 2.7%
Source: CIA World Factbook, International Religious Freedom Report, released in 2021 by the Office of International Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State
Providing support in Philippines
Like many Compassion graduates, Aljon dreams of sponsoring a child himself. Since graduating from Compassion’s Child Sponsorship Programme in 2018, he has constantly thought of how he can give back. Finally, he is close to achieving his dream. In early 2019, he became a correspondent to two sponsored children, one in Thailand and another in Ethiopia, on behalf of their financial sponsors who are unable to write. “I decided to be a correspondent and hope to be a sponsor someday because that’s what I have always desired in my heart, to give back,” Aljon says. He was overjoyed when he received photos of the children he is supporting “because I remembered myself in them”. “They are part of my life now, and part of my prayers. My prayer to God, always, is for them to grow up living the purpose God has for them.” Aljon grew up in a crowded, hillside community outside Manila in the Philippines. His parents were out of work, and the family often went without food. Then, in 2003, at six years old, he was registered into the Child Sponsorship Programme and life changed. Today, he works as an academic administrator for a language institute and helps to support his parents and younger sister.