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We rise as one

Give today and help protect vulnerable children from the devastation of COVID-19. LEARN MORE

All donations over $2 in Australia are tax deductible and go to the Disaster Relief Fund.

Where Most Needed

Giving to Where Most Needed ensures your donation goes towards the Critical Needs our church partners have identified as the most pressing in their work to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name. Learn more keyboard_arrow_right

Disaster Relief

Help provide emergency relief and ongoing support following a disaster. Your support allows effective and quick response when disaster threatens the safety and stability of Compassion assisted children and their families.  Learn more keyboard_arrow_right

Highly Vulnerable Children

Protect children living in high-risk situations and offer a lifeline to children facing unthinkable hardship. The fund goes beyond the normal response of sponsorship to provide the additional safety and care these children require.  Learn more keyboard_arrow_right

Mums and Babies

Support vulnerable mothers and their babies during the prenatal months and first year of life. For young families living in poverty, the first year of a child’s life is the most critical for survival. Learn more keyboard_arrow_right

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Help build a better world

Every Compassion assisted child will, at some point, require care beyond sponsorship’s reach. Your support helps provide customised care for all registered children, allows for increased preventative action, and continues Compassion’s ministry to release children from all forms of poverty in Jesus’ name.

CRITICAL NEED

Water and Sanitation

You can support initiatives that provide children, their families and communities with access to safe water and sanitation.

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Unsponsored Children Fund

Help children participate in the program immediately while they wait for a sponsor.

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Bible Fund

Give children an age-appropriate Bible in their own language so they can grow spiritually and learn about the incredible love of Jesus Christ.

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Health

Provide emergency medical care, nutrition and ongoing treatment

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CRITICAL NEED

Income Generation

Empower young people and their families to be economically self-supporting

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Education and Training

Provide further education and training to help reach God-given potential

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Christmas Gift Fund

This Christmas, help give children living in poverty their very own gift.

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CRITICAL NEED

Infrastructure

Provide structures that promote safety, dignity and stability for children

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Indigenous Initiative

Support the Indigenous Initiative promoting early childhood development in North Queensland.

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Fund a survival project for one whole year

Help a community of vulnerable mums and babies survive and thrive in the first year of life. Supporting an entire survival project starts at A$18,000 for one year of program activities. Your generosity provides critical perinatal care for around 15 mums and babies, from before their first breath to their first birthday.

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For every $1 donated

80% goes to program, 20% to administration

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Program development and delivery

80% goes to program, 20% to administration

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FAQs

  • What is Critical Needs?

    The effects of poverty are devastating and affect every area of a child's life. Compassion's Child Sponsorship Program sets the foundation for life-changing opportunities for every registered child. But every child will, at some point, require help beyond sponsorship's reach.

    Critical Needs provides the additional support necessary for Compassion assisted children to be released from poverty in Jesus' name. Through Critical Needs, supporters like you who are passionate about particular issues, such as safe water, or caring for mothers and babies, can help children most in need worldwide, or support specific projects in vulnerable communities. There are nine Critical Needs areas that you can choose to support, each area addressing an essential aspect of a child's health and development.  

    The nine Critical Needs are:

    • Water and Sanitation
    • Mums and Babies
    • Health
    • Education and Training
    • Infrastructure
    • Highly Vulnerable Children
    • Income Generation
    • Disaster Relief
    • Where Most Needed

    Because we believe that poverty is best addressed through the transformation of the individual child, Critical Needs provides support alongside Compassion's Child Sponsorship Program, not as stand-alone community development activities.

  • How much does it cost to support Critical Needs?

    The recommended amount to give to one Critical Need is $12 per month. However, you can give any amount of your choosing through either options of one-off or monthly giving. The giving options are flexible, so you have the freedom to support the areas you are most passionate about through Critical Needs.

    You can:

    • Give to Critical Needs
  • How much does it cost to give to Mums and Babies?

    You can give to Mums and Babies for $12 per month or another amount of your choosing. You can also give through a one-off financial contribution. These contributions are pooled to support mothers and babies all around the world. As a Mums and Babies supporter, you will receive updates containing highlights, stories and statistics.

    You can also fund an entire Mums and Babies survival project, or launch a survival project in a new community. The cost to support an entire survival project varies by country, between $15,000 and $25,000 per year. Please contact us to discuss these options further.

    You can:

    • Learn more about Mums and Babies
  • Can I sponsor a specific mother and child in Compassion Mums and Babies?

    While you can now sponsor a child from age one through Compassion's Child Sponsorship Program, we cannot offer one-to-one sponsorship of mums and babies before a child's first birthday. Compassion Mums and Babies provides urgent survival support for young families in crisis situations. In a child's first year of life, Compassion staff are focused on helping babies survive and families adjust to life with their new arrival. Once the critical first year is over, Compassion staff can turn their attention to child development and establishing the invaluable one-to-one sponsorship relationships that help children grow in confidence and have hope for their future.

    Donations of any amount to Compassion Mums and Babies are graciously received. You will be providing young families with critical support during the vulnerable prenatal months and first year of life.

    Alternatively, Compassion's Child Sponsorship Program is specifically designed for one-to-one sponsorship, offering children and sponsors the opportunity to benefit from a two-way relationship.

    You can:

    • Give to Mums and Babies
    • Sponsor a child
    • Learn more about the Child Sponsorship Program
  • What is Mums and Babies?

    Compassion Mums and Babies gives young children critical support during the vulnerable prenatal months and first year of life. It cares for mums and their little ones in their own homes, the centre of their lives.

    Combining Compassion’s expertise and the local church’s loving support, Mums and Babies aims to prevent premature death, secure good health and enable positive development for babies and their mothers across 25 developing countries.

    Your support provides:

    Home-based care for mothers and babies, with perinatal specialists visiting families monthly to offer healthcare, education and emotional support.

    Advocacy for mums to ensure they are treated fairly by local services and can access the essential support they need to thrive, including medical care and birth attendants.

    Community support networks that bring mothers together to combat isolation, learn new ways of earning an income and provide each other with long-term support.

    Compassion centres, where mothers can always turn for support, learning opportunities and expert advice on how to monitor their child’s healthy development.

    When a child turns one year old, the focus shifts from survival to early childhood development, and the child is eligible to join Compassion's Child Sponsorship Program while continuing to receive personalised home-based care until age three.

    You can:

    • Give to Mums and Babies
    • Learn more about Compassion's Child Sponsorship Program
 
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