Our statement on stewardship says that, The ministry of Compassion belongs to the children, our Implementing Church Partners, our sponsors and donors, our Supporting Church Partners and ultimately to God. Rachel, Im happy to address your concerns for you as well as address the concerns you mentioned of Sarahs (sorry if there were a few I missed!). I just got back from visiting my sponsored child in Sumatra, Indonesia. Compassion International Accountant II - Temp Remote 2d $29.90-$37.38 Per Hour (Employer est.) I cannot express how sorry I am to hear of the doubts you have about Compassion and whether our compensation is fair. It has been too long I cant remember how many times in a year we get support). and are currently blessing 14 children! and as compassion says its the Lords money so why panic if you know its going directly to a child in need. Do this do that give this-give that it goes on and on.so much money is being spent on all these mailingswhy not give it to the poor and needy?? Wed love to help you find a child to sponsor and coordinate a visit as well. It looks like the last time you received a letter from him was April 2015. Compassion International, a US organisation leading and funding Christian proselytisation in India, has recently declared that it would shut down its operations in the country after . The most obvious one: Compassion has stopped sharing children's full names. However, please know we take financial integrity very seriously to ensure we are caring for our beneficiaries the best we possibly can. We want to ensure our sponsors are staying up to date with our program and with your children and we know not everyone uses email. I am so sorry to hear that you are beginning to mistrust Compassion. In Kenya, I visited a host family from P.C.E A Nakuru West church family. The children do attend the Compassion child development center for a variety of activities, but they go to school the same number of hours and days as every other child at their school does :). We sincerely look forward to earning your trust and proving our hearts for serving our sponsors and children with excellence. I am also starting to mistrust this organization. She retrieved their birth documents and when I made cakes for them for their birthdays she thought it was a very strange custom lol. Prior to this change you could get letters every few months. Is that more than is taken from the normal monthly amount? You can also view them on our main website by selecting Where We Work and then selecting your childs country and region. Last I heard is that it was about 1/2. I found a director at Compassion who complained because they have status and could not get the upgraded seat they wanted. All the proof of Compassions sincerity was within the first few months of becoming a sponsor. If I want to send extra money there is a spot right on the bottom to do so. Hi, Thank you so much for your feedback and Im sorry that you feel you havent been getting updated information on your kiddos :(. Letter writing is a difficult concept for the child that we work with. Hi Joann! Compassion International Senior Inventory Data Analyst Remote 4d $84K-$105K Per Year (Employer est.) I am so sorry for the confusion about schooling for the children. You probably would not make it one day. Roughly 80% of your monthly donation goes directly toward programming for the children and 90% of your personal gifts go directly to your child and their family. There is little work in that area so the father must live apart from the family for a year and back home for only a couple of weeks at a time! I do apologize that it has felt quite overwhelming to you, which is not what we want. Id encourage you to ask just a few questions per letter and highlight one or two so the translator can help her remember those are important to answer. They have strict guidelines on what they can and cannot do. Hi Vicki! -Shannon. My family has been sponsoring a young boy named Alanael. You can toss the packet as we will not need that back. He went on and on excitingly about all the miracles God delivers through that center and does for the children. 3 fake / fek/ verb What did you do, or not do here? Sarah, I see that you just began supporting a child with us on March 30th of this year. But I was born in a third world country and live in the modern United States. The question that should be answered is that how much of the $38/month actually make it to the Child Development Center?? See our 2018 Annual Report to see where your money goes. I had not done so that night I prayed to God for help. I just read your post from 2010.what I wouldnt give to go back to that time when everything was working smoothly and I was still receiving letters from Gadiel and I felt like I KNEW him. I always noticed that the handwriting was somewhat different, but thought he was getting older and perhaps his penmanship was improving. Compassion makes sure the money is properly spent by the parents by not just giving the parents pure cash. I work with nurses from other countries. Founded in 1952 and headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Compassion International is a child-sponsoring charitable organization that was originally known as the Everett Swanson Evangelistic Association. I agree with the concern for legitimacy of letters as Brian stated from November 2019. I love them and now occasionally find myself mixing he or she just by association with them. I suppose the ICP where she attends the Program must have given her livelihood skills for survival if she really is in grade 5. This is so disappointing. I sincerely apologize that the photos you received were not the same child and that the letters were not personal. He told me that the head office of Compassion in Kenya was ran by the very men and women that were once sponsor children themselves. The question of trustworthiness goes beyond financial accountability. When you began supporting your child, we were working with older systems in which processing letters to and from your child was very manual and took 2-3 months for letters to be delivered both ways. I used to hear from him every month or so. The reason for this is because once a child completes our program, we have no way to require a thank you letter from that child since they no longer attend the project. The teachers, the kids, the families they are real. I completely agree with many of the concerns expressed here about the CEO salary. I have received pictures, letters, and drawings from the girls telling me that they pray for me and the family also theyre both praying that one day I will be able to visit them. Blessings! My husband and I have sponsored many different children at Compassion over the years, and as of right now we may be looking to find another charity where the CEO actually makes a normal living wage. I do have doubts that the children we sponsor receive our letters as the translated letters from them never indicate this, but appear to be generic translations written by adults. I also see a new letter from Danna is on its way as of very recently, and I hope you receive it soon. I pray that I can rectify this situation and help gain your trust back with some clarification on what happened. I ask because I have saved every letter since the beginning, however this past week Ive received two letters written two weeks apart. That was so thoughtful of you and I want to encourage you that you can still send your children bookmarks, but they have to be made of paper and flat. Compassion was transparent i was able to view kids files where they carefully document correspondence back & forth as well as gifts purchased when sponsors send extra money (ie: birthdays, Christmas, etc.) Graduated in 2013 actually with a degree in Communication. I told her in one of my responses that for her to get the best education would open up a very difficult world for her to be and do anything that God led her to do. On account of Compassion UKs handling Ive found myself making extremely tough choices at their expense. Imagine how generous sponsors would be if they knew what they were doing was going directly to that child!! That said, we are working hard to work through the backlog of letters and make sure they are delivered very soon. Then I also sent a check for $100 that I included instructions that it was to be used to buy a gift for her along with gifts for each of her family members so that no one was left out and she would not be the only one in the family to get a gift. Thank you so much for your love and care for each of them! However, other children dont have any interest in writing to their sponsor, or they do when theyre younger but then lose interest as they become older. This other woman has 14 sponsored children and you wanna tell her that shes lying?! It all depends on how old your child is and who if anyone helped them to write the letter that day. Hi Mandy! Choose from the 5 yearbooks available for Somerset High School below to start exploring the extensive Yearbooks collection on Ancestry. Nevertheless, this miniscule calculation impacted Compassions overall 4 Star rating. A note on the whole video chat thing, Look, we live in a very microwave influenced culture here, and the truth is simply, it is a whole other world in which these children live. However, any letter you write online should automatically send a confirmation email with the text of your letter included as soon as you submit it. I had always wondered about organizations like Compassion and when my horoscope said to do my research regarding financial decisions I found this site. In addition, I just sent an inquiry to request that he writes back to you as soon as possible. Please know that while some people feel our CEO makes more than he should, our ministry is committed to the children we serve and your donations truly do make a difference. It may seem far-fetched to our culture where time is so fixed, but it is reality for so many people! In one letter they tell me the child lives in such and such place, but in another letter it says somewhere different. What Does It Mean To Be "A Man After My Own Heart"? Proof shouldnt even need to be a debate on these forums. The Birthday gift I usually send around my sponsored childs birthday always arrives very late! At this point we havent heard from her in nearly 3 years (since Feb. 2019). However, many times the tutors will write down ideas on a board to write to their sponsors on letter writing day. You are also welcome to email us at [emailprotected]. I have gotten many pictures and letters back from them. I have in the past four years been led by the spirit of God to contact philippieans families ..I have directly helped with finances and economic development directly.. it took basically about 100 USD to feed and invest for family independence.. we managed to build a sari sari and increase the chicken (Monika) live stock start a baby or pig crip mating pigs and developing multiple pigs for consumption and sale.. we where able to bargain a share keep over a rice field.. also sent one of the adult women to college who will be graduating this year.. also one of the adult women was able to go out abroad to work and increase income and searched and gained work for the eldest boy.. clothes the family gave spiritual as well as materials to celebrate Christmases and birthdays.. the family after 4 years is flourishing in their own at this point in the leyete area burgs..behat will you do to help create family financial independents with my donations.. also is this a spiritual ministry or a Catholic organization.. signed interested to help. Thank you for blessing Leos family with a gift so they could purchase a chicken! I am so sorry to hear that you have mistrust with Compassion due to these letter errors. Letters are still taking up to two or three months to be processed and delivered, but they will bring such encouragement to your childrens lives when they do arrive. This means that your letter was written on September 3 and not March 9, which would make sense as a first letter if you started in July. This fund is used to purchase gifts for all children in Compassions program. Most of us who are contributing $38 a month to sponsor a child do not make anywhere near that much money. In the beginning of my sponsorship, I too had some doubts, but my eyes have seen what Compassion does for these kids, and I am 100% convinced that they are real and striving to honor God is all they do. I have sent numerous letters with pictures telling him about our family along with my children, husband and dogs names. I have been asked twice to up my giving. Yes its true. a.Transparency In plain English they have some kinks to work out in their process. He will then write a thank you letter back to you and you will likely receive it in the next few months. ; ; I get entirely too much mail and the money used to produce and send it could be better spent on the children. The center staff in Alanaels area know him personally and are visiting him on a regular basis. Your letters of love and support boost Ediths spirit in ways that sponsorship alone cannot. As an ESOL teacher (in the US), Ive also found that to be true. Read the research that was done by a third-party researcher about the effectiveness of our program. Internal and independent audits are regularly conducted for our offices in the field and here in Colorado Springs. But they are still double checked by individuals like those volunteer translators I just talked about, for quality. -And much more! Hi Todd! But the children dont say things like, Plays well with others, or Please pray about behavioral issues, or is struggling, right now. 9.1 miles away from Compassion International. Or the executive who uses their frequent flier miles compliments of the folks who sponsor children to buy air line tickets for friends and family. In my experience no matter how you send it, it goes collectively to the child or family depending on their needs and Im okay with that as they know more of their needs than i do. Thank you so much for your wonderfuly encouraging comment! They were less than a hundred miles away. I also get quotes from the Bible that are not accurate such as this example: Joel 6:8 There are only 3 chapters in Joel. Second, the revenue growth metric was replaced by a debt to asset ratio. This ratio measures the assets a charity holds on its financial statements. Debra, I am truly so sorry that your generous Christmas gift to Susi and her family was not processed the way you had clearly requested it to be. We are about to sponsor a child because she grew up in the Philippines and Ive traveled there many times. This means that 15-20% is the administrative fee on monthly donations. However, on May 3rd, 2016, the staff were able to recover his school records showing his correct birthday of September 26, 2006. Therefore, it is very possible that we have accidentally printed out the same childs letter twice and sent it to you a second time, especially since they are identical. Whenever I asked questions asking for specific things like what type of stickers would you like to get. Sent money for a Christmas Gift, received a letter from the child but no mention of a gift. Shaina is a former team lead in the Compassion U.S. contact center. No CEO of such an organization should be receiving that much money for himself. Please know that our desire is for every sponsor to have an opportunity to develop a meaningful relationship with their child. Now its his birthday and I dont want to put in the card what Im sending if he is not going to get it. Our statement on stewardship says the following: The ministry of Compassion belongs to the children, our Implementing Church Partners, our sponsors and donors, our Supporting Church Partners and ultimately to God. Fundraising $121M. Thanks so much! I received word that my sponsored child/family is not receiving the monthly check I send. Be strong, brave and kind! Yall really didnt think of that? Compassion began using Splunk technology for traditional IT and security use cases, including log management and as a SIEM. . Your right that it can be difficult to get to know them really well when you only know the basics they share in their letters at the younger ages. I enjoy the letter writing and picture updates. Compassions2015-2016 990 form shows our CEO, Santiago Jimmy Mellados reportable compensation from theministry as $330,313 which is actually well below other ministrieswithin this same field. He landed in Istanbul just one week after the earthquakes began. Charity Organizations Writing letters to your child in the Compassion program can bring them love, joy, encouragement and a sense of belonging. I just took care of updating your preferences to receive updates from Compassion and about your child by email :). Couldnt make me happier. For security and privacy reasons, obtaining your childs personal address and communicating with them outside of Compassion is not allowed. As for Givewell, this is a relatively new organization started in 2007 by two 25-year old hedge fund managers. Im going to pass along this feedback so that we can assist this representative with training to call the sponsor back when things like this happen. Now I am getting stuff about taking a trip to hug my child. Hats off to them for wanting to apply their unique talents to the giving process. We sent an inquiry last week to make sure everything is alright with Pamela and ask her to write back as soon as possible. We are still working through all the bugs in this new system (which I am guessing you will understand as a programmer yourself). Ive been happily sponsoring children through Compassion and I can attest to the positive changes I have seen in my children. It takes between six and eight weeks for us to hear back from the country offices regarding inquiries, but I will contact you immediately when we have the results back and letters from your precious kiddos. I am happy to answer your questions about Compassion. This transition has been difficult for everyone, and I know it is hard to hang in there! Since it takes about two to three months for gifts to be wired and delivered, Juliano likely just received the birthday gift in mid July. There is One that loves you and your family so much more than we do! I informed Compassion International but the only response I received from them was them asking for me to sign up additional children. Also, as with others, I do not agree with the CEOs salary of $330k. I know COVID has impacted everyone in multiple ways, but- I am beyond pleased with the communication I have had with my sponsored child so far. Inoussas last letter was processed on February 5, so I will set a calendar alert to send his inquiry tomorrow. Instead your response was Sorry to lose you, we will find another sponsor for the child. Thank you so much in advance. So we do still send some communications via mail. Being able to watch our Compassion children grow and change over the years has been such a gift - and my family and I MOST look forward . We have three active sponsorships in Bolivia, Peru and Uganda, all started when these kids where very young and they are now aged between 10-12. I would suggest you would have them make a video at least once a year, on their birthdays, and showing more of their lives to us so that we can be assured there is a positive impact, which we 100% believe there is. We definitely want you to be confident that your children are receiving your loving letters and gifts. Discover & share this Compassion GIF with everyone you know. Please do let us know if that is the case and we will check to make sure your child is alright. Thank you!!! I have included a link to the 990 form posted on our website here: https://www.compassion.com/multimedia/2015-2016-form-990-compassion-international.pdf. It makes me sad to see so many comments of people ending their commitments to the children they sponsor. Whereas other comparable charities CEOs make $80,000. Here are a couple of my favorite blogs talking about Why Do My Sponsored Childs Letters Seem So Impersonal and What to Expect from Your Childs Letters that may be more helpful for you :). Some of us get letter writing blues, too . I have no idea what 38 dollars a month can do in India. I could understand if they were doing the letters themselves. 36. I would continue my sponsorship until he ages out. Huh???? I hear from each child regularly, and the letters are always personal and genuine. Rather disappointing considering the amount of money I spend, the thought that goes into sending the packages, the hand-made items I come up with that can be sent. I would think it would be more helpful to send them the 3,000 dollars!!!! I am so sorry you have not been able to communicate with her! I played dumb, asked the same question to other Compassion staff, I quizzed the teen children and none had ever seen their sponsor or the sponsor of any other Compassion child. Honestly, I cant explain why your letters in particular are not satisfactory because I dont know whats going on in the lives of your sponsored kiddos. They openly acknowledge on their page that, we are a startup organization working in areas we have little experience with. If you are in business, either for profit or non-profit problems are bound to crop up that is inevitable. Things have changed so much in six years. When I asked about specific things I included in the envelope along with the letter in the letter I received they were mentioned once. Kerith, we cannot express how grateful we are for your loving heart towards your sweet children. We love you always, Elisa (your sponsor mom) Become a Child Sponsor! And are rated higher from ministry watch. We do take new pictures the children every 2 years and update their information so that you can see how they are growing. Autoplay. I encourage those who dont believe or want to find out about Compassion International please keep calling them asking all the entire questions you need to have your hearts filled with the love for others who live in poverty just remember to pray and ask God for help with your decision to help others who live in poverty. Compassion's core strategy for combating child poverty is one-to-one sponsorship. He just wasnt getting the help he needed to write them at the time and the issue was fixed. Responsibilities. accountability / financial integrity / frequently asked questions / integrity / trust. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns. I really dislike the whole new mail system but Compassion is completely legitimate. This is actually a letter Ive been waiting on (hopefully its the one) regarding a family $ gift I sent last October. Are the letters written by our sponsored child, actually written by the child? Its directly taking from the poor which is sad to me. 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