Compassion International

We don't send packages, you can send money to Compassion to purchase gifts for your child. We only send things that are flat and fit in the envelope with the letter (stickers, coloring pages, pictures, etc.) nothing that will change the shape of the envelope. There should be more info on Compassion's website!

Okay sounds great :) thanks so much!

They usually graduate the program between the ages of 18-22. If you call Compassion they should be able to give you more specific information about your girl.

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good video on the Compassion Share site; http://www.share-compassion.org/AIDSday/default.html

Just prayed for him...that's so sad!

Lifting up Basanta to our Heavenly Father for comfort during this sad time.

Anne, I have seen that happen in some of the letters I've received from my child over the past several years of sponsorship. However, more of them DO have direct responses as time goes on. She also does directly mention my family members, never asks about my husband or kids (since I'm single... I once sent her a childhood photo so she'd know what I... Read More looked like as a kid, but apparently the translation or the cultural issue didn't go smoothly, so she thought they were my kids ... cleared the up the next letter and there's never been a miscommunication of that sort since).... I once also got nearly identical letters a few months apart and found out that it was a practice set because she hadn't received a letter from me (got held up somewhere?) in a little while and had nothing to go on.

I know it's hard to trust organizations these days, and I myself went through the horrorible series of "what-ifs" mid-way through my current sponsorship, but all those who have gotten to visit their kids and the Moody scholars and others attest to the truth of Compassion's work. When I finally meet my own child, I'm going to be able to experience it myself. It's possible that in some countries at some times, customs isn't letting certain packages through or the translations are going slowly --- but they do get the letters and the letters do mean everything.

Anne, another thing that I learned recently is that most of these countries are verbal/auditory countries, they do not understand the concept of letters/letter writing. So, as children they are learning how to communicate in writing. How a letter is set up, and sometimes things are suggested as choices of things that they can say in letters and ... Read Morethey don't always make the connections with our last letters. They do get our letters. Give them time, I have four children and they all write differently. One writes often, while the other three write less. Part of it is their personalities too.

hey jordan. whats up!!! we sponsor 2 kids through compassion.