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Haiti Donate OnlineOf course you know about the devastation this week in Haiti.  Perhaps you want to give and have no idea where to start.  Sometimes it’s hard to know what charitable organization you can trust.

I trust Compassion.

I support a child through Compassion, and I have been thrilled with the communication I have received from our dear sponsored child, Samual, as well as his pastor.  I know several bloggers who have attended Compassion blogger trips, and they speak highly of the organization.  They have seen first hand the difference Compassion makes in the lives of needy children all over the globe.

Today I received an urgent message from Shaun Groves with the following information:

Compassion sponsors and donors serve more than 65,000 children in Haiti. At least a third of them live in the areas that were hardest hit.

Compassion International is working rapidly to assess the situation and determine the full extent of damage:
• Sadly, we anticipate there will be many deaths.
• We anticipate thousands of children and families will have lost everything.
• We anticipate many of our church-based child development centers will have been destroyed.

Without a doubt, the children we serve in Haiti are in shock and face immediate needs for food, water, medical care, shelter and counseling. We have teams prepared to respond, and we are deeply committed to helping each child.

We need your help immediately. Please reach out in the name of Jesus to bring relief, comfort, love and restoration to precious children and families whose lives have been devastated by this crisis.

If you are looking for a place to donate towards relief for the people of Haiti, you can trust Compassion.

FINANCIAL INTEGRITY: The FBI is warning of several Haiti charity scams that have popped up in the wake of this earthquake, and they are suggesting that donations only be made to organizations monitored and rated by CharityNavigator.org and The American Institute of Philanthropy. Both organizations have given Compassion International their highest approval ranking. Compassion International is the only non-profit in it’s category to receive eight consecutive years of four star rating from CharityNavigator.org.

FIRST RESPONDER: In this disaster it is crucial that first responders receive support quickly. Because Compassion International ministers through local churches to meet the needs of that church’s neighbors, and because these church partners are respected aid workers in their communities, Compassion is uniquely positioned to assess and meet the needs of it’s sponsored children quickly. This is an advantage of our church-based model in practice for more than 50 years.

IN JESUS’ NAME: Compassion International does not accept government funds which could at times restrict our ability to meet the physical and spiritual needs of children in Jesus’ name. Because of this Compassion International’s primary financial support comes from individual donors.

You can go to Compassion’s Disaster Relief Donation page if you wish to make a donation.

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