Social Media Terms of Use

Our social media pages are great places to stay updated with Compassion Australia and engage in respectful discussions. To ensure our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Pinterest communities are safe, respectful and on-topic, the following guidelines apply:

  • We encourage you to share your views but also respect the views of others. Please do not provoke or intentionally disrupt conversations.
  • Please use respectful and appropriate language. Swearing, bullying, racism, intimidation and hate speech will not be tolerated.
  • Misleading or defamatory material about a person or another charity will not be tolerated
  • At our discretion, any distasteful, graphic and highly sensitive material will be removed
  • Please do not include personal information or sensitive details that put people at risk
  • Comments will be moderated. We reserve the right to delete or remove inappropriate content and block offenders
  • Unauthorised advertisements, spam or content that impersonates Compassion Australia will be removed
  • Our 'Profanity Filter' is set to strong, allowing Facebook to automatically remove any posts/comments that involve profanity

A team of friendly staff will be available on our Facebook page to answer any questions or concerns between 9am and 5pm (AEST), Monday to Friday.

You can also view our Privacy Policy here.

FAQs

  • Can I volunteer with Compassion?

    Yes! There are lots of ways to volunteer with Compassion. We are always in need of enthusiastic volunteers from the Newcastle area to help out in our Warabrook head office. Administrative assistance is also often needed in our regional offices.

    Another way to get involved with Compassion's work is to become a Compassion Advocate for children. We can help provide opportunities for you to speak up and take action on behalf of children. You might also like to consider becoming a Compassion Prayer Partner to support our ministry through intentional prayer. As a member of the Prayer Partners Network, you will receive a monthly newsletter that includes prayer points from children around the world.

    Please contact us to discuss any of these volunteer options.

    You can:

  • What is the best way to donate to Compassion?

    There are many ways you can make a donation or sponsorship contribution to Compassion, but by credit card or direct debit is usually the easiest. Recurring contributions can save a significant amount in fees and administration costs, meaning more of your gift can be directed to the program.

    If you prefer to donate by cheques or money order, please make them payable to the Compassion Overseas Aid and Development Fund and consider giving three, six or even 12 months of donations at a time to help reduce administration costs.

    For more information about our full terms and conditions for automatic payments, please read Compassion's Automatic Contribution Agreement.

    You can:

  • Are my donations to Compassion tax deductible?

    Yes! When you give generously to help release a child from poverty in Jesus' name with Compassion, your support helps to share a powerful hope and change your sponsored child's life. You help to give them access to good nutrition, education, medical support and treatment, the opportunity to hear how much God loves them, a safe place to play, learn, and grow ... and much more.

    Your support for your sponsored child is tax deductible and we will send you a tax summary receipt at the end of the financial year.

    Compassion Australia has Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status for its Overseas Aid and Development Fund, as listed on the Australian Business Register under our ABN 67 001 692 566.

    Donations of $2 and over to the following funds are tax deductible:

    Please note, donations to the Bible Fund are not tax deductible.

    You can:

  • How do I contact Compassion?

    If you'd like to find out more about Compassion, ask a question, share your story, offer encouragement or feedback, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!

    You can:

    • Call our contact centre on 1300 22 44 53

    • Email us at compassion@compassion.com.au

    • Connect with us on social media

    • Post mail to us at PO Box 1 Hunter Region Mail Centre NSW 2310

  • What countries does Compassion Australia work in?

    As part of a global network of more than 12 funding countries, Compassion Australia supports local churches to release children from poverty in over 25 developing countries in four regions worldwide:

    Africa:

    • Burkina Faso
    • Ethiopia
    • Ghana
    • Kenya
    • Malawi
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Togo
    • Uganda

    Asia

    • Bangladesh
    • Indonesia
    • Myanmar
    • The Philippines
    • Sri Lanka
    • Thailand

    Central America:

    • Dominican Republic
    • El Salvador
    • Guatemala
    • Haiti
    • Honduras
    • Mexico
    • Nicaragua

    South America:

    • Bolivia
    • Brazil
    • Colombia
    • Ecuador
    • Peru

    You can:

    Sponsor a child

    Learn about our Child Sponsorship Program