Our Child Sponsorship Program and Critical Needs (including Mums and Babies) around the world are delivered through local child development centres. Every child development centre is an outreach of one of the local churches that we partner with in our field countries.

Each centre:

• Meets regularly
• Uses local church facilities
• Provides program activities for registered and sponsored children
• Has a committee that provides local accountability and support
• Has a director employed by the church to manage the day-to-day activities
• Employs staff and volunteers selected by the local church
• Operates under Compassion International's carefully monitored standards and guidelines
• Provides reasonable levels of safety for children relative to the realities of the surrounding community

Find out more:

Learn more about the Child Sponsorship Program

How much time does my sponsored child spend at the Compassion child development centre?

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Donate to Critical Needs