Feb 2011 Donation

After checking out the votes, I decided to donate $100 to Compassion for the month of February! What a blessing it is to give to organizations that will turn that money around and change lives. Compassion has such a great track record and history that I know my money will be well spent and will make a difference in a child’s life somewhere around the world. By logging onto Compassion’s website I found this list of programs to give to:

   AIDS Initiative 

   Unsponsored Children

   Where Most Needed

   Leadership Development Program

   Partners of Compassion

   Malaria Intervention Fund

   Disaster Relief

   Water Filter

   Child Survival Program

   Medical Assistance Fund

   Help Highly Vulnerable Children 

The Child Survival Program caught my eye and after reading the below story, I was excited to fill out the form and send my donation. You’ll see why after reading this story about twin baby boys:

Babies born prematurely in the United States have cutting-edge medical technology on their side. And even with highly educated doctors and pristine hospitals, these tiny babies still die.

But thousands of miles away from those safe hospitals, Cyrus and Cyril were born in a tiny shack in the Philippines. Their mother, Maida, felt helpless as she held her sons, weighing a combined 4 pounds. They desperately needed medical attention, but Maida, unemployed and abandoned by her husband, couldn't afford it. Her babies didn't even have a crib — they slept on a cold piece of cardboard on the floor.

But when Cyrus and Cyril were just a few weeks old, Compassion's Child Survival Program intervened. The twins received crucial medical attention, and Cyrus was treated for a heart condition. Maida also learned how to create a healthy and safe home for her fragile little boys. The Child Survival Program was the difference between life and death for Cyrus and Cyril.

"I needed help," says Maida. "I didn't know where my husband was. I had very sick twins. I needed training to become a good mother." You can save the lives of vulnerable children like Cyrus and Cyril and desperate mothers like Maida by giving to the Child Survival Program today.

Today, Child Survival Program projects in a variety of countries are giving young children like Cyrus and Cyril a good start in life and hope for a brighter future.

This program exists to save the lives of the youngest, most vulnerable children, including those yet to be born. They are provided what they need to develop into healthy, thriving boys and girls -- nutritious food supplements, immunizations, ongoing health care and age-appropriate early childhood education and development opportunities. In addition, these children's mothers (or primary caregivers) are provided prenatal care, health care, parenting skills training and spiritual nurturing.

Most important, these mothers and children see God's great love in action every day through the care and love unconditionally shared by the Child Survival Program staff. 

And many of these mothers are making decisions to follow Christ.

Currently more than 11,000 caregivers, children and pregnant women are receiving lifesaving assistance through the Child Survival Program. Your contribution of $35 will provide the basic life needs for one child and mother for at least one month; a gift of $100 will help them for at least three months. And a gift of any size will help us extend this program of health and hope to even more of the world's children in desperate need, like little Cyrus and Cyril. 

Help a child and mother for 3 months? YES PLEASE! Sign me up!

All I had to do was fill out their electronic form and then submit my payment online. If you would like to learn more or donate yourself, please check out the website.