All Articles in the Respond Interventions Category

 

She has no limitations – Compassion’s Health RESPONSE Fund

Author:    Posted: 11th March, 2013

Category: Child Survival Programme, Respond Interventions  No Comments

When Estheysi was three months old, her mother noticed her heartbeat was too fast. She took her daughter to a doctor and after being examined, she received the news that little Estheysi had a heart murmur. …Read more


We Won’t Let Them Go Hungry

Author:    Posted: 26th September, 2012

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I don’t know about you, but I don’t often think of hunger as a Latin American problem. I was certainly surprised to discover that in El Salvador, one out of every three children under the age of five is malnourished.

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Bibles for Newly Registered Children

Author:    Posted: 17th September, 2012

Category: Community Stories, Respond Interventions  1 Comment

“I have never had my own Bible until Compassion gave me this Bible. Now I have my own Bible. I take it to church, school and the project.” Elorm, 12 years old

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Walter Landaverde, the next Kaka?

Author:    Posted: 6th June, 2012

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It’s the dying seconds of the World Cup final. The eyes of millions are set on Walter. A commentator narrates the last seconds of the game: “… and Landaverde comes forward onto a pass from Valdez… Landaverde jinks past the defence with ease; he aims at the goal… shoots…  AND SCORES!!!”

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Water. Life or Death

Author:    Posted: 22nd March, 2012

Category: Respond Interventions  1 Comment

Living in an area rich with natural resources, it is hard to believe that water would be so hard to come by. The people of Meagama Village in Papua, Indonesia’s largest province, struggled for many years and endured great difficulty to access this fundamental ingredient for life.

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