Another and probably better use of your money is a group called Compassion International. They have been around for a long time helping children get food clothing and education. Compassion is a very established organization with a very good track record for helping people, over 80% of what you give goes directly to the child you sponsor, and you get to develop a relationship with the child you sponsor through letters and other correspondence.
I have a friend who was able to go to Ethiopia and meet the child he and his wife were sponsoring, and they also got to meet some of the people involved with Compassion International an he was blown away by how this organization is able to meet the not only the physical, but also the spiritual needs over over 750,000 kids world-wide. For $32 a month they are able to provide medicine, clean water, nutritious food, and hope to people who desparately need it. So cut back on the double decaf mocha lattes and save a kid's life. Most of the developing world live on less than $1.00 per day, so $32 a month is effectively doubling the income of the child you are sponsoring, and through Compassion International they are able to put that money to the most effective use possible to make sure the child is healthy, receives a quality education, and hears the hope of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
This isn't meant to be a substitute for meeting the needs of the people in your own community, but as Christians we are also called to spread the gospel to every nation, and this is a good way that you can do that (until God calls you to pack up and head to Africa or to plant a church in downtown Detroit).
1 John 3:17-18
"But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth."
James 1:27
"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world."
1 comments:
I'm confuse... how are these kids going to pay back the loans? Just kidding, I think Compassion International is a great organization. Here's a point that Dax and I see eye to eye with. I second his statement that this should not replace work at home, but if you have the means to support others this is a great way of doing it. I didn't realize that they spread the gospel through the organization, but even better! I mean really, I'd pay $32 per month just for a pen pal from Ethopia, it's just a bonus that they get an education and food out of the deal.
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