Mahalakshmi stands tall at 11 years, with a charming, open smile that instantly draws people to her. She is in the seventh grade and attends India’s Ramakrishna Girls Higher Secondary School. The young Indian girl dreams of becoming a doctor. She is extremely talented – an excellent singer, artist and a good narrator of stories. However, hers is a sad story.
All Articles in the Community Stories Category
Left To Die Among the Thorns
Author: Web Team Posted: 26th April, 2012
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Knowledge is Power in Fighting Malaria
Author: Web Team Posted: 24th April, 2012
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Despite the fact that Bappi Debnath lives in the mosquito prone District of Netrokona in Bangladesh, he and his family had never heard of malaria. Of course, Bappi had friends who died from headaches, high fevers and vomiting, and he himself had experienced such symptoms, but he had no idea it was as a result of malaria, and certainly wasn’t aware that a mosquito bite could kill. But since his registration as a Compassion sponsored child in the Birisiri Child Sponsorship Programme, all that has changed.
Q&A With a Partnership Facilitator
Author: Web Team Posted: 20th April, 2012
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Nyarko Twum Berima, known as Twum, is a Partnership Facilitator for Compassion Ghana. His role is to co-ordinate Compassion’s responsibilities with our Church Partners to ensure that the projects are achieving holistic child development.
Bible Distribution in Burkina Faso
Author: Web Team Posted: 19th April, 2012
Category: Child Sponsorship, Community Stories No Comments
Compassion exists to meet the needs of children living in extreme poverty and share with them the gospel of Jesus Christ. Every child is presented with their own age-appropriate copy of the Bible and sometimes it will get passed around several families in their village.
Junior’s Story – Resisting The Enemy
Author: Joe Henegan Posted: 18th April, 2012
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Drugs, crime, gang violence, child prostitution and alcohol are just some of the evils that constantly confront the children in our projects in Central and South America. Junior, from Ecuador, is an encouraging example of how child sponsorship can present young people with a better alternative for their lives.
