Hello and welcome to Compassion UK & Ireland’s Christian blog on child poverty! As a tent evangelist, the Rev. Everett Swanson, the founder of Compassion, was a grass-roots man with a grass-roots ministry. So it was no surprise he started a Christian charity when a pastor handed him a $50 cheque. Rev. Swanson used that small seed to help create a global ministry to fight child poverty.

Over half a century later, Compassion has remained a ministry of the people. Our sponsors, donors and supporters are family to us. And while we’re now an international Christian ministry serving well over one million children, we cling to that homey, under-the-tent feeling from the old days spent evangelising others to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name. That’s why we created a Compassion UK & Ireland blog. We didn’t create a blog because it was the cool thing to do, or because someone else did. We created it as a way to keep Compassion’s ministry partners, like you, connected — with us and each other.

So what’s the deal with the blog? In this blog you’ll get an inside view of Compassion’s ministry. You’ll hear from:

• people who work here
• enthusiastic sponsors
• church staff who work with our children around the globe
• and many others

These posts will give you a behind-the-scenes view of Compassion at work and at play and, of course, exclusive looks at our child development ministry around the world. And don’t be afraid to talk to our bloggers.

We want to hear from you. Share your comments, thoughts or general musings with us. Tell us what you like about our ministry, how you evangelise others to sponsor, what we’re doing wrong, and how we can be better. And if you just want to give us a shout out, that’s cool too.

Our blog will be moderated. But we pledge to allow open and honest feedback here. After all, this blog is a two-way radio — from us to you and from you to us. Oh, and if you just want general information about Compassion or to make a charitable donation, try www.compassionuk.org for UK residents and www.compassion.ie for people living in Ireland or our Sponsor and Donor Relations Department at info@compassionuk.org or call them on 01932 836 490.

Thanks for helping us support the children we serve. And let us know if you like the blog. Good or bad. Remember, we’re family. We can take it.

Author: Joe Henegan

I work for Compassion UK in the Communications department and I manage the Compassion UK & Ireland blog as well as all of our social media channels - Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. I sponsor Wisdom from Kenya.

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