Saturday, October 12, 2013

Day 12: Child Survival Program

In our most recent issue of our advocate newsletter, there is an article by Karen Spencer, Advocate Ministry Manager for the Southeast Region. The article is call "Spotlight on CSP...the Child Survival Program".

I'll admit that I don't know all that much about this program, but I do know that it's yet one other way that Compassion serves poverty-stricken children and their mothers.

A few take-away points that I learned from this article are...

  1. CPS (Child Survival Program) will expand to Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Togo in the fiscal year 2013-2014. Once they expand, CSP will be operational in all 26 countries in which Compassion ministers.
  2. CPS provides a home-based and center-based approach to ministry
  3. Survival specialists go on home visits to give their support, encouragement and benefits of this program.
  4. These specialists make sure that babies and toddlers receive nutritious food and supplements to help them grow strong and healthy. They share spiritual guidance and teaching to the mothers.
  5. On a practical basis, they train the mothers to prepare nutritious meals, how to interact with their children, how to recognize when their child needs a doctor, and other great information.


You can start a sponsorship for this program for just $20 monthly. This sponsorship helps to provide food, supplements, health care, and many other development training and tools for the mothers and their children.

I learned a great deal from this article, and I encourage everyone who is an advocate to read it and pray about how each of us can help raise awareness for this program.

In His peaceful presence,

Sharon

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