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Compassion International is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long term development of children living in poverty around the world.

Founded in the 1952 by Rev. Everett Swanson to help children orphaned by war in South Korea. Today, Compassion International functions in 23 countries, helping over 600,000 children. Compassion equips children for the future by providing for their core needs--spiritual, physical, economic and social. By working with local church-based organziations, Compassion's program offers educational opportunities, health care and health-related instruction, supplemental nutrition, if needed, life-skills training and opportunites to hear about and respond to the gospel.

Child sponsors can communicate with their children through letters, and some are able vist the children in person.

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Compassion InternationalCompassion International is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long term development of children living in poverty around the world. Founded in the 1952 by Rev. Everett Swanson to help children orphaned by war in South Korea.

CompassionCompassion is a sense of shared suffering, most often combined with a desire to alleviate or reduce such suffering. Compassionate acts are generally considered those which take into account the suffering of others and attempt to alleviate that suffering a

Compassionate conservatismCompassionate conservatism is a political ideology and phrase that was invented by radio talk show host Michael Savage in 1994 and Marvin Olasky, whose book Compassionate Conservatism: What it is, What it Does, and How it Can Transform America was publish

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