Philippines

The Philippines is a mountainous, tropical nation made up of more than 7,000 islands located between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea.

Corruption, war and natural disasters have all made the Philippines poor.

5,000 people move to the capital, Manila, each day looking for work but many end up living in slums built on the city’s rubbish dumps.

Instead of going to school, many children need to work to earn a living.

Many parents are so poor they struggle to provide for their families.

Compassion’s Child Survival Programmes are helping to care for babies and toddlers living in poverty, to help them and their parents to stay healthy.

Parents come to these programmes and are given advice and practical support to make sure their babies stay healthy as they grow.

Through the Compassion programme, children are able to go to school and learn lots of useful things that will help them to get jobs in the future.

As well as learning, they get to play with friends.

These children have been learning about what the Bible says about how much God cares for them.

Here, the children are writing letters to their sponsors.

This is Mary and she’s reading a letter from her sponsor. Your letters are a wonderful encouragement to your sponsored child!

You are making a huge difference by sponsoring a child. That child will be able to break free from poverty and become all that God created them to be. Thank you!