Compassion Australia is a Christian holistic child development and child advocacy organisation that works in partnership with local churches to foster the spiritual, economic, social, physical and emotional development of children living in extreme poverty in over 26 countries. Compassion Australia is based in Warabrook, NSW, and has regional offices in Perth, Sunshine Coast, Sydney and Melbourne. The organisation now has over 150 committed team members and many more volunteers who offer their time, energy and skills towards the organisational vision of seeing every Australian Christian become an advocate for children. Compassion Australia is a global partner of Compassion International, whose headquarters are located in Colorado Springs, United States.
Today, Compassion International supports more than one million children through 11 international partner countries who provide the funds, resources and program development assistance that enables Compassion’s programs to be implemented around the world. Over 90,000 of these children are sponsored through Compassion Australia.
Read more about Compassion Australia: History, Programs, Countries of Operation
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