Compassion International

With every prayer, we celebrate the resurrection 💙

Meet Cecile.

Every morning in Burkina Faso, after the firewood is lit and the children are fed, she pulls out her sewing machine and gets to work.

Cecile is in the last trimester of her pregnancy, lives in an impoverished community on the outskirts of the city, and is completely full of dreams.

She says, ”My dream is to improve my skills and become famous for fashion design.”

She still hasn’t had an ultrasound. But when a spot opened up in Compassion’s Survival program at her local church, everything shifted — prenatal support, practical skills and the kind of confidence that doesn’t come from having enough. It comes from knowing you’re not alone.

Many people never hear about the good things happening in the world’s hardest places.

A jungle in Peru. A hospital in Africa. A home where hunger was just the daily reality.

Compassion works through local churches to meet children exactly where they are with what they need most. Sometimes that’s food. Sometimes it’s medical care. Sometimes it’s just someone who shows up consistently.

Every child deserves both. The freedom to play and the future that learning unlocks.

In every child’s smile, we see the face of God 💙

In Chinyanie, a rural village in southern Malawi, the nearest safe water used to be half a kilometer away — and the river was the dangerous shortcut.

What changed it: a solar-powered pump, a raised tank, and three water points built by Compassion International and a local church, with the community’s own hands helping raise it.

Women like Lydia now spend their mornings farming instead of hauling. Children are in school more. And the tap is open to anyone who walks up.

This is one of 22+ water projects Compassion has helped local churches build across Malawi.

Swipe to see what’s come from this one. 💧