Stories & Updates
Stories & Updates
Expanding Hope The latest report on expansion in our "new" countries, Malawi (MW) and Zambia (ZM), highlights how local churches are deepening their impact as they reach more children and families. The report includes updates on children, caregivers, and church...
Strength in Partnership: Protecting Childhood in ZambiaFor nearly 50 years, Senior Chief Chinyaku worked to protect children in Zambia’s Kanyanja community, but challenges such as poverty, early marriage, and gender-based violence required a broader response. By...
Hope Is Taking Root in MalawiIn Malawi, poverty is not an abstract concept — it is a daily reality shaping the lives of children and their families. Over the past four years, annual inflation has hovered between 20% and 32%, placing enormous strain on already fragile...
Hope Is Rising in ZambiaAcross Zambia, families are facing mounting pressures that make daily life increasingly challenging. Prolonged drought has damaged crops and reduced food supplies, while heavy flooding in other regions has displaced families and disrupted...
In Zambia, Compassion is empowering the local church to assist families in addressing the challenges of the global food crisis.
Struggling to provide for her children, Germaine finds solace in Compassion’s Survival program. But when a frightening diagnosis and the sudden loss of her husband threaten to unravel her world, she clings to faith and the support of those around her. Through the...
From Statistics to Stories of HopeLife in the areas of Malawi and Zambia where Compassion works is marked by extraordinary hardship. Poverty rates in these neighborhoods far surpass the national averages, with estimates rising as high as 99% of participant households...
Watering a Village to SafetyOnce known as a camp for internally displaced people, Chikuse, Malawi, grappled with daily hardship. Water scarcity defined life — women walked hours to collect water, sacrificing time from their families and livelihoods. The few available...
Transcript Helena & Beminet: “We were ever so hungry. We would endure it through the night, and we would often cry. We’d wait for a better tomorrow, but it never seemed to come.” Eyob (Center Director): “Regarding the food crisis in our community, due to economic...