I am beginning to really wonder if it is all keeping some people in lovely homes in Colorado and paying for recreational activities. Oh hey! Your letters of love and support give Edith the message that she has value, worth and is loved. The most obvious one: Compassion has stopped sharing children's full names. While we in the US might go several months without thinking of the Child outside that monthly credit card charge and thank Uncle Sam for the tax write-off but those children and their families are playing to God, speaking your name, thanking God for you, calling you mommy and/or daddy. I have wondered what St Paul would make of this? I, for one, am always excited to get mail from my child, too, and try to write back. You HAVE blessed Susi and her family significantly, and I cannot wait for you to receive the thank you letter regarding that family gift! Once the letters are received, they are printed out as a high quality print. Top Ranked Companies I feel ashamed to have thought of my sponsored child as a tax write-off, to have ignored 2 out of 3 of her letters, and have rarely thought of her, and to have been ignorant enough to have thought $38 was all the Child needs! Of course, there are so many factors that could explain why your letters seem impersonal and we couldnt possibly include every scenario in that blog post. Liza, I am so sorry that your childrens letters no longer seem genuine and that they are vague. -ongoing Christian training through a local church This other woman has 14 sponsored children and you wanna tell her that shes lying?! The translations do not appear accurate; the letters do not appear detailed from my child; questions I ask to the child are not answered back; he as Christie said, asks for pictures of me after Ive already sent pictures; just a lot of inconsistencies that I dont feel good about. I also felt hassled by Compassion International for not including prayers in my letters, not a big deal, but annoying. They may not know how to express themselves to you in a letter, but you never know how impactful your letters are to them. Again, I am so sorry for the disappointment that reading the 990 Form caused. Because of this, they might tell you an update in a letter that we havent received information about from our field staff quite yet. I will opt out as a donor, however I pray the best is served with the donations received from my family members. This is actually a letter Ive been waiting on (hopefully its the one) regarding a family $ gift I sent last October. I worry about these children continually but dont feel that I have made any difference in their lives and often question the validity of this organization. I wish I received more but I am happy with what I receive. You are doing an amazing job of writing him and encouraging him. Many children are behind in their schooling because their parents could not afford to send them to school. I would give it some time and re-evaluate how you feel on the issue. The teachers, the kids, the families they are real. Hi Pam! We welcome the opportunity to improve. Greetings Andrea, We have a 3rd child graduating from a university in Rwanda this June and will be attending the celebration. God bless you! Many children may attend local public schools. If you werent getting responses, did you ask the child why? and everything always mentions my husband and I and is rather generic. Absolutely. Compassion International Senior Accountant Remote 30d+ I never received a reply from Compassion UK. Thank you again for your comment and for your heart for these children! I am also learning so much through Compassion about various cultures. I made the decision when I started that nobody was going to talk me out of it and I was planning to sponsor until my kid turned 18. I am hoping that as we are able to clear up the issues with this system and get back on track with processing the letters, you will continue to hear from Gadiel as often as you used to. I pray that I can rectify this situation and help gain your trust back with some clarification on what happened. I sponsor Josue Pina Garcia of Peru North of Lima. Please know that our desire is for every sponsor to have an opportunity to develop a meaningful relationship with their child. Compassion is a wonderful organization. (You can read a little bit more about why I love Compassion International here).. We care deeply about each child and want every child to feel seen, loved, and cared for at least once a year if not all year round. For example, the letter that you wrote in February would have been received by Leo sometime around late April to early May. I am pleased and thankful to see Compassion International on their 30 Shining Light Ministries list each year. You can opt into getting the original as i have but who knows when you might receive it as everything involving the mail system with compassion seems to be messed up right now. I hope I answered all of the concerns and questions you have and please know how much we love these kiddos and value your heart for children and desire to see their lives transformed. Many countries do not view a childsupport birthday as important. So, reluctantly, I will have to say goodbye in February 2014 the same month an automatic levy was set up to take more out of my finance to deliver more of the same. If Jesus asked them to sell everything they had and give to the poor (or give up an extremely high salary) what would Compassion say? The only possible reason would be to make the organization look more realistic. I cannot express how sorry I am to hear of the doubts you have about Compassion and whether your one-to-one sponsorship of Andrew and Yasmine is real. Sometime in 2018 or early 2019 I began to feel like the letters I was receiving were not from my sponsored child. where in the junk mail received does it say would you consider volunteering to translate letters for other children? are you serious?? First, Charity Navigator removed revenue growth as a measure they evaluate. To whom in may concern, I am trying to be patient and to understand that the new system of letter sending/receiving has changed, but I am pretty worried. What people have to realize is many of these children do not have the educational resources to be able to effective communicate, especially with a language barrier. The children take their letters home and usually have a special place in their home where they keep all of their letters. Editorial Year of pain and grief Newsday Reporter 24 Hrs Ago An emotional Venessa Kussie, widow of Rishi Nagassar, and the families of Fyzal Kurban, Kazim Ali Jr and Yusuf Henry out at sea for a memorial for four divers who died in a Paria pipeline in 2022, on Saturday evening. I can only hope they are well and that they are truly getting the letters I am writing and the gifts I am sending them, but this is hard to know as well because the letters I write online are in translation for so long. We are still working through all the bugs in this new system (which I am guessing you will understand as a programmer yourself). Not one mark, from writing, to drawing, was even the slightest bit off. Thanks so much! I sent money for her a Christmas present in 2013, money for her birthday for April 1, 2014, and a graduation check for $200, plus a good-bye letter, and never received any acknowledgements for these. Some of the colored drawings are a perfect outline very perfectly colored, some are messy drawings but very neatly colored and then some are just no outline and just something drawn with a color. Of course, there are many explanations as to why your questions may not be answered or why some letters seem generic, but there is a wonderful blog offering an explanation of why letters may seem impersonal. You may definitely visit a correspondent child and give financial gifts! Does the tutor need a tutor? Even my district administrators dont earn 1/3 that much. I have sponsored Compassion children for over 20 years. Would it be better to hold our letters to one every couple of months until Compassion gets the system better underway? I do have a number of letters backed up in translation, but figure its all part of the new system. Its frustrating. To heal or to harm. Anything above 10.0% equaled 7.5 points and anything below 10.0% equaled 10 points, so the thousandths of a percentage point assessed Compassion 2.5 points on a total of 100. There has always been problems with communication and accuracy of information vital to building relationships was low. Our records do indicate that your boy is living with his mother but its possible that she went away for work and so he is staying with his grandmother or that his situation has changed and he is there permanently. Sadly, the letters from my child is in Uganda were laced with political comments too and subject matter no kid would use. For a complete list of items you can and cannot send, you can review our gift guidelines on our website!. Kristin, I am deeply sorry to hear of your doubts and disappointment regarding your childs letters :(. Please know that you are in my prayers. You can toss the packet as we will not need that back. Compassion International is a legitimate, wonderful organization. No kid should go without. With this new process, we are scanning all child letters and sponsor letters, as opposed to mailing them. I am writing to verify that yes they know gender but our pronouns get mixed in conversation. They are closely monitored by governments, religious organizations, and by us pessimistic sponsors. And finally, Charity Navigators new methodology for calculating fundraising efficiency on a three-year average came within thousandths of a percentage point of achieving another 4 Star rating. Very frustrated. Working in the contact center, sponsors and donors call me and want to know if we if Compassion is trustworthy or if its a scam. I will have to trust my intuition and send my support to other organizations that I feel good about. As far as the letters, we see personal pronouns often mixed up by our translators. I still pray for my child and hope/trust I made the right choice. Princess Aurora, also known as Sleeping Beauty or Briar Rose, is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Productions' 16th animated feature film Sleeping Beauty (1959). These are great questions, I am happy to clarify this for you. I really dislike the whole new mail system but Compassion is completely legitimate. Hi Noel! We too have questioned the letters we have received. Our wonderfully hardworking processing team will ensure that Lilibeth is placed on your account as soon as possible. We encourage our sponsors to ask their children specific questions they might have about school, church, their family, and hobbies. You can expect to receive up to six letters per year from him if you are writing regularly (about every two months). This means that 15-20% is the administrative fee on monthly donations. The local Christian Churches are partnered with Compassion and most of the monitoring and supervision is done through the Priest and a couple of local Compassion employees. I also want to sincerely apologize as it sounds like this sponsorship and our mailings have increased the burden. Please know we are praying this is all over soon and that letters start flowing again! It doesnt make sense that my sponsored child would have written the very same thing in both letters. Thank you so much for blessing him with that! I pray this isnt a scam . The Feed my children also sends out Gods message in addition to the meals. I gave way more than enough. I am unsure if the children are receiving the correspondence that we send. I am also starting to mistrust this organization. For the vast majority of children, our photographs are the only ones they have ever had taken and in some cultures smiling for a photo is not the norm. I have not felt good about Compassion from the beginning. Only the photo updates, and any updates that make it onto their pages. Then there is the sponsor another child notice that comes every few weeks and would you like to donate more money for this or that. I am so sorry that you have doubts and you are disappointed with the letters from Amele. I understand why the sponsored childrens personal addresses would not be given but, along with Sarah, I have concerns as well. Two more will be out of the program in June, 2017. The sponsorship model was launched in 1953 and the organization officially became Compassion International in 1963. Hoping things improve for every sponsor soon. . I love getting updates and photos from them, too. I noted my sponsorship had done precious little to raise either of them out of poverty. Again, thank you Emily. A $38-per-month contribution provides life-changing opportunities including: consistent, nutrient-rich meals preventative medical care and check-ups Compassion is the best paying position they can find. We definitely want you to be confident that your children are receiving your loving letters and gifts. 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. Now with this new system, it actually identifies questions that you ask and those questions are provided to the tutors so that they and your child will very clearly know exactly what needs answered every time you ask a question! I informed Compassion International but the only response I received from them was them asking for me to sign up additional children. I was so happy. But you would not believe the difference it makes when the Child has so little. Majority of these peoples in these places do not see anyone get into their cars and go to work every day, they may see a neighborhood aquaintance in their community get into a little make shift wooden buggy with an old field horse to carry them around a neighborhood to sell vegetables because they were lucky enough to have ground in their possession to grow them, and go around every day hoping to sell a little for their own food and maybe their rent-IF they were that upper class!! Mindy, I appreciate your care and support for Alanael during this difficult time in his life. Since 2016, we are your trusted source for Emotional Support Animal and Psychiatric Service Dog letters of recommendation. However, regrettably, these system updates have not been without some bumps along the way. Dates are reversed in other countries Day Month Year is common. COMPASSION, COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL, COMPASSION EXPLORER and the Compassion logo (and elements thereof) are registered trademarks of Compassion International, Inc. 2016 Annual Report: Why Were Stronger Together. I love my Mimi . 21 years that Compassion has partnered with that Church I was the first sponsor to visit that site. Al Amer International Hospital - UAE has, over the years, become the hospital of choice, to citizens and residents of Abu Dhabi through sincere dedication of our medical staff in attending closely to each of our patient's medical needs with compassion, respect and dignity. If he is that wealthy why is he even taking a salary. Can I give Edith a financial gift? I started sponsoring my precious little girl in 2020. Are they going to tell you you cant quit? Sometimes the kiddos just dont realize that we want to know if they actually liked the items we send :). It definitely sounds like you had a very legitimate concern in your childs letters since they were inconsistent. They were at once the lay face of the church, the spiritual heart of civic government, and the social kin who claimed the allegiance of peers and the obedience of subordinates. It can be frightening for children to get their picture taken as it isfor children in all cultures. To try to sustain a conversation with someone theyve never met that is 1,000s of miles away would be very difficult, especially for the young children. amen. They also frequently answer specific questions and reference details that I wrote to them. I wish you all the best in your future giving endeavors, and will pass your comment along. Thank you so much in advance. I pray that the Lord shows you what a beautiful difference youre making in the lives of the children you pour into. It only covers some of the childs expenses. And now do to the new horrible writing system, we are even less able to send things. If you are a sponsor with Compassion and have thought about this before, I encourage you to check out Charity Navigators review of Compassion. I got more Compassion mail today! Im sorry for that as we dont want you to feel that your concern was ignored or unimportant! When Compassion is trying to get people to sign up and sponsor a child, they say here is what 38 dollars a month will do. Naturally, we are going to question who is writing the letters & hoping its not just done for show so we continue sponsorship. We have been sponsoring children through Compassion since 2013. It is just not priority in these culture and in fact, hear me, is foreign!!!!!! Colorado Springs, CO 80997. That meant either my letters to them were not being properly translated to them, or those written back were being written by a person who had little knowledge of them and just filled in the space to make it sound good. 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. Am sure there are many others with similar testimonies. Letter Writing GIF by Compassion. I dont feel like it should be someone elses burden to do so. This comes out to at least 80 cents on each dollar and we do everything we can to be as efficient as possible so that we can send more. Id encourage you to highlight a question about those in your next letter! Im sorry if your kiddos dont answer your questions. At one point, months after the event, I was told their mother was taken into hospital which, should have made that child an orphan if she had died. You should definitely be receiving letters from your childs pastor though. I know that can be frustrating and difficult to build a relationship when it feels one sided. As Mugisha gets older, you will begin to see him write his own letters without the assistance of a tutor/mentor. Responsibilities. Always. I know He led me to do this. I have recieved 3 letters from someone who writes on behalf of the child.Two of the letters have been signed by this person, but the hand writing is different. They couldnt support me anymore when I reached college age. Also, we received another picture in January of this year of him where he looks younger than 10 and more like the age we thought he was. You are welcome to send us an email at [emailprotected] if you would like to speak further with us. In order to develop quality staff at Compassion while at the same time managing our financial resources with great care and wisdom, we seek to offer competitive salaries for the various positions necessary to successfully execute Compassions mission statement. For those searchingI wouldnt tell anyone to cancel. releasing children from poverty in the name of Jesus Christ. 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