The BBC has a report under the title ‘Is child sponsorship ethical?’ highlighting Wydick, Glewwe & Rutledge’s recent study in the JPE on the effects of child sponsorship, specifically through Compassion International, on adult outcomes.
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The Ethics of Child Sponsorship
Author: Web Team Posted: 15th May, 2013
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Steve Holmes is a Baptist minister, presently employed to teach theology in St Mary’s College, St Andrews, Scotland. This article was first published on Steve’s blog, you can read it here.
Vicky Beeching reflects on the BBC’s child sponsorship article
Author: Vicky Beeching Posted: 10th May, 2013
Category: Child Sponsorship 6 Comments
Today the BBC featured the work of Compassion, after seminal new research was published by Dr Bruce Wydick and the University of San Francisco. See the BBC article here - it’s fantastic. They ask “Is child sponsorship ethical?” – a question that many have pondered over the years.
In my own words – Julio
Author: Becca Stanley Posted: 27th March, 2013
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My name is Julio Cesar Mamani. At my Compassion project I like to read the Bible. I especially like the story about David and Goliath.
In my own words: Radhika
Author: Becca Stanley Posted: 5th March, 2013
Category: Child Sponsorship 2 Comments
My name is Radhika. My father abandoned me when I was a year old. My mother got married a second time and since then she has never bothered about me at all. My second dad won’t accept another man’s child as his child. All this upsets me very much.
In my own words – Benson
Author: Becca Stanley Posted: 18th February, 2013
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My name is Benson. I am orphaned so I live with my grandmother, aunt and sister. Before I was sponsored I used to be always sick and my grandmother could not afford to take me to hospital. This was too hard for me and my family.
