The kids I sponsor through World Vision I feel respond much more frequently to my letters and often write to me indepnendantly. For us, I know our family and 4 kiddos will learn so much from the correspondence. In part, that response reads: “Foreign Correspondent sought answers from World Vision representatives on why the organisation’s literature creates the impression that donated money goes directly to the sponsor child.
I should add—though World Vision’s sponsorship money may be spent differently, the child I sponsor through World Vision is still personal. It strengthens the bond I feel. Compassion focuses solely on the child and the needs of the child… rather than try to fix the environment.
Compassion offers sponsorship for $32/month and World Vision has sponsorship for $30,$35, or $40 a month depending on what where the child lives or whether you want to sponsor a family. I realize that by comparing just these two I am leaving out many others. And thank you, Kelly, for further clarifying, because I have gotten letters from my World Vision child. Compassion always works through the local church to develop one child at a time into an adult who can transform their community some day. My wife and I are Christians, but our sponsor child is Muslim, and we respect that.
If you want to see pics of my trip you can visit jeffreynroth.blogspot.com. 3 Questions To Ask A Child Sponsorship Organization Before Giving, The Difference Between World Vision & Compassion International, Podcasting for Compassion Day 3 | Podcasting for Compassion, Should Christians Continue Supporting World Vision USA? I have […], […] Curious about why I choose Compassion International instead of alternative child sponsorship programs (which I do support in other ways)? I sponsor 4 from World Vision and 1 child through Compassion. .., Andrew Geoghegan has sponsored Tsehaynesh Delago for a decade and yet she claims she was unaware, until recently, that she had a sponsor and says the only benefit she has ever received directly from World Vision is a pen and the denim jacket she wore on the day of filming. I’ve sponsored a child through Food for the Hungry for the past 10 years (my first child is no longer with the program, so they assigned a new one). I just started in March of this year and am already very taken with my sponsored children. The more children we can help will make their world worth growing up in. I’m glad both groups fill different needs, and there are certainly plenty of needs…. There is so much more I could say here but I just so appreciate the humility and honesty of the organization in recognizing where they need to improve, how they don't settle but create plans to fix their issues, how they give honest feedback on what is needed and expected of us as staff in our roles and how to encourage us in our faith. Sign up to get my blog posts sent to your inbox along with a free gift. We are really bad about writing letters back to our child, but we get a lot of letters from him(we suck). | My Crazy Adoption – Celebrate life and Love big, World Vision: Why Labels Are Important | Seth Winterhalter, Compassion Family Changes | Water Water Everywhere. Full statement here.). I’ll also add this has caused an incredible debate among Christians and my message on unity from this past Sunday seems to be of particular interest in light of that. I like that WV do not just work with churches and do not discriminate between Christian and other communities. Salary given to organizational Presidents…World Vision ($351k) Compassion ($187k). This would be World Vision and Compassion International. – Justin Taylor, What Do You Feel About World Vision’s Controversial Decision? My decision: We are going to go with World Vision.
A ‘direct benefit’ approach creates jealousy among community members that do not have sponsored children and fosters an ethos of dependency. Thanks for doing that research for me. So, if they receive a letter today, and the letter writing day is still two months away, they will likely forget the questions asked and forget to bring their letter on the letter writing day to respond to. I sponsor two children and cannot give one up to help another. I think while the news article mentioned above may have been overly harsh toward WV, it does make a point.
These days do not coincide with when they receive a letter. Thank you for leading humbly and honestly!
My wife and I have sponsored a WV child for a few years. And finally I’ll include Jen Hatmaker’s post that is also helpful. When one considers how much we have, not just money, but our freedom to choose, giving a small amount monthly to a child like Zemin and others is very rewarding. As an Advocate for Compassion, I want to clarify about the correspondence issue. Very well explained Donna. Compassion always works through the local church to develop one child at a time into an adult who can transform their community some day. Compassion works through local churches and can only go where churches can go. It reduces disease in the community, again providing a tangible benefit to the sponsored child. How would you feel to live in a country where to receive food for your starving family you needed to attend lessons in Hinduism?
So if I sponsor another child it will be through World Vision and congratulations on sponsoring it truly is an enriching experience! Compassion and World Vision are on the same team and they need each other. I like to think I can give hope to non church-based communities.I like that WV can go anywhere and are much bogger.I like that WV’s emphasis is on communities rather than the individual child.Just about everybody who sponsors a child only thinks about their child;they wouldn’t donate funds to that child’s community…but they will donate to a child. I am sure you guys were awesome. See more World Vision International salaries (115), See more Compassion International salaries (200), Read more World Vision International reviews (527), "Healthy, Hard-working Culture - 100% for One Another", Read more Compassion International reviews (229). I like compassion because we have been sponsoring a child with them for 6 years. We sponsor two children—one through Compassion, one through World Vision—and your descriptions are spot-on, in my personal experience.
Maybe the work done by Compassion in Jimma will lead to Jesus being accepted where World Vision is active in Omo Nada. My wife Lorraine and I sponsor Zemin, a child living in Omonada, Ethiopia. If compassion is 3% less of your donation that actually goes towards feeding starving people, or providing medicine to the sick then shouldn’t this be enough? I haven’t done as much research as you but compassion has been fabulous to work with.
The farm aid provided is done in a sustainable way, providing seed and training to a collective of farmers that is paid back at the end of the season, allowing more loans to be given the next year.