Or is this a bogus email like I think it is? In that regard, Compassion does well. We appreciate you and please let me know if I can assist you further! I am very sorry for the disappointment you are feeling about our finances, and Im sorry that this has made you decide to no longer support Compassion. The customer service is available Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Please let us know if you have any additional questions or concerns. Just remember that letter writing is a pretty foreign concept for most of the children in our program. What Christ himself would say about Compassion UK in these cases? My mother was sponsoring 3 kids and having me write letters to 1 of the kids because she couldnt think of anything to say. Regrettably, our processing team is experiencing a significant backlog which has caused a delay in taking care of new sponsorships. Therefore, we protect, develop, and deploy all of our resources (people, time, money, knowledge, reputation and materials) with great care and wisdom. In order to develop quality staff at Compassion while at the same time managing our financial resources with great care and wisdom, we seek to offer competitive salaries for the various positions necessary to successfully execute Compassions mission statement. I hear you and understand where you are coming from, and Im very sorry to hear that these are things that are causing you to leave Compassion. However, the beauty of how Compassion works, approaches these aspects on the basis of three fundamentals: Child Focused - chil By The Numbers. Ive been to Colombia, and have seen the work that Compassion is doing with my very own eyes. Compassion Internationals profile at the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, Compassion International meets the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliances Standards for Charity Accountability, https://www.compassion.com/donate-to-charity.htm, https://www.compassion.com/multimedia/2015-2016-form-990-compassion-international.pdf, https://www.compassion.com/about/financial.htm, see what we do firsthand and meet your child, Why Do My Sponsored Childs Letters Seem So Impersonal, https://www.compassion.com/newsponsor/visit.htm, our other post about our new letter guidelines, Charity Navigators, has given us a 4-star rating for over 14 years in a row. If you have any further questions or concerns, please let us know. My handwriting was terrible at first but then as the years progressed, my penmanship improved. Im glad I came across this discussion as I decided to sponsor a beautiful girl from India after church on Sunday. I also see a new letter from Danna is on its way as of very recently, and I hope you receive it soon. It use to not be that way as I had a conversation in my letters with one of my sponsors mother a couple years ago. Thanks for asking such a great question! I always noticed that the handwriting was somewhat different, but thought he was getting older and perhaps his penmanship was improving. Rather disappointing considering the amount of money I spend, the thought that goes into sending the packages, the hand-made items I come up with that can be sent. Our center staff do an excellent job teaching the children to write letters; however, the children in our programs primarily communicate verbally. You didnt help. Sponsor a child. However, many times the tutors will write down ideas on a board to write to their sponsors on letter writing day. I do apologize for that! However, what Josiane has said in her letter does not align with the information we have in her child profile. Other than that, I love Compassion and the children and what God is doing through both? 36. In April 2016, Charity Navigator informed us that we had once again achieved their 4 Star rating based on the 2015 990 forms filed with the Internal Revenue Service as well as transparency and accountability provisions in place at Compassion. Do the directors receive similar salaries? Cheryl, Im so sorry for the confusion about your sponsorship of sweet Lilibeth in Colombia. Jennifer, Each country that we partner with has a maximum age that the children are able to attend the program and it varies per country. Do your research. or give you a full refund? It will take them some time to iron out the kinks in the system although i keep hoping and praying they revert back to the old way. It would cost over 3,000 dollars to go hug my child. Of course, there are so many factors that could explain why your letters seem impersonal and we couldnt possibly include every scenario in that blog post. I cannot express how sorry I am to hear of the doubts you have about Compassion and whether our compensation is fair. It is quite discouraging, to say the least. I enjoy the letter writing and picture updates. http://christiannews.net/2012/12/23/non-profit-organizations-feeding-impoverished-children-serving-up-six-figure-salaries-to-ceos/. It seems this post is still being read by a lot of people who also post concerns about their sponsor ships and getting answers and help here, so I shall try and post my question and maybe Ill get some help and answers here. I do apologize that it has felt quite overwhelming to you, which is not what we want. Michael, we truly appreciate your heart for our ministry and the care and concern you have for your sweet Danna. We sent an inquiry last week to make sure everything is alright with Pamela and ask her to write back as soon as possible. Also, the pastor letters are, necessarily, general about the project and the children, adding nothing specific about my child. This makes quite a stack of wasted paper and effort so I would enjoy not getting it. I had not done so that night I prayed to God for help. I sponsor a child in India.I have many questions and concerns. I didnt start sponsering my child until July! I was quite upset as one can imagine! There is 10% from every gift that is used for the administrative costs of processing the gift and delivering the gift. year in college, I found out that a lady working for Compassion UK was the one continuing to support me and Ive only received one letter from her during my senior year in college. Sarah, we are so sorry to hear your sponsorship experience was not what you hoped. (You can read a little bit more about why I love Compassion International here).. I sincerely apologize that the photos you received were not the same child and that the letters were not personal. Therefore, we protect, develop, and deploy all of our resources (people, time, money, knowledge, reputation and materials) with great care and wisdom. In order to develop quality staff at Compassion while at the same time managing our financial resources with great care and wisdom, we seek to offer competitive salaries for the various positions necessary to successfully execute Compassions mission statement. I love your comment Elizabeth and totally agree with you! The 10% administrative fee is only on child, birthday, or family gifts. I guess the next best thing for non profit is an organization that actually provides proof each and every day, that will be the company that eliminates Compassion. Hi Lee! In my junior year of high school, I went to 722 in Atlanta and Lewi Giggleo gave his testimony and recommendation of Compassion and outside the conference hall I became a sponsor. Yet I have received endless demands for more sponsor for a desperate situation. In the few letters that I received, her information/background was very inconsistent. I do have the perspective. And I just check what their CEO paid, guess how much he get? In no way did we expect or intend to force you to give more. I think the best way to eliminate confusion is to do it all yourselves. My sense is that the Executives are all reaping from the giving revenue and they are all benefitting, so no one to push back. Those arent really things that Compassion specializes in. I have not felt good about Compassion from the beginning. So please have patience and hang in there and please keep writing your children!! See our 2018 Annual Report to see where your money goes. This is a recent change that most of the sponsors hate. That is much too much salary for a non profit Christian outreach. It can be frightening for children to get their picture taken as it isfor children in all cultures. They told me it was a local matter and nothing to do with them. These conversations are difficult because I cannot convince that person through one phone call to trust us, to trust Compassion. Regrettably, there is no way to give a correspondent child gift through your online account yet, so if you ever want to give a gift, please feel welcome to contact us in any way, and we will be happy to help you. Dear Vicki, I was on the fence about selecting a child to sponsor but your letter and hearing about your faithfulness for 14 years with this organization and the children has made up my mind to take a chance and sponsor a child! This is so disappointing. I would be happy to check on the thank you letter for the gift you had sent last October. I have written two letters to my child, sent a monetary birthday gift, and have not recieved one letter back. Yes, I was concerned, but I felt that God was leading me to Compassion and told me that this organization can be trusted. I still pray for my child and hope/trust I made the right choice. The children have always written more letters to us than we to them, which make us grateful. neat to see. Just maybe I need actual proof. We have been sponsoring children through Compassion since 2013. Also, when I started sponsoring her, she was 9 and 1/2 years old. I see that youve already written to him seven times. I am disappointed to know that you cant do paperless statements. I contacted CI for an inquiry by live chat yesterday. I would like to help clarify some things for you and answer any other questions that you may have, as well. Let me explain a little of how our program works so that you know where your letters and your mothers support is going. Hi Lynn, Its one thing for people in ministry to be able to adequately support their families, but it doesnt require $250K-$300K to do that. The only exception to this is our Christmas fund. March 8, 2022 March 8, 2022 Parenting Spirituality by Adam Green. 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