Spread Joy and Love this Christmas

There’s nothing quite like Christmas to bring out the kid in everyone. Holiday cards, gift giving and receiving, stuffed animals and other toys, hoping for that perfect gift from someone special — the Christmas season is a special time of year.

But for millions of children all over the world who face hunger, lack of clean water, homelessness and poverty on a daily basis, the holiday season isn't something to celebrate, especially for children suffering the economic, physical and emotional impacts of the global food crisis.

They don’t put up Christmas trees or decorations, sing carols, stay up late listening for sleigh bells, or wake up early to unwrap new Christmas presents of toys or gift cards. Feeling unloved and forgotten, these children may never know the true hope and joy that Christmas promises.

We believe that every child deserves to receive Christmas gifts. Thanks to donations from people like you to the Christmas Gift Fund, we make sure that every child in our program feels special on Christmas Day. Your generosity to give back and bless others from the abundance the Lord has given you helps to make Christmas feel special to children living in poverty.

So How Does it Work?

Imagine the joy on a child’s face when he or she receives Christmas gift for the first time ever and realizes that God really sees and cares about him or her! Because in the midst of the backpacks, toys and shoes, the truth of Jesus’ love resonates in a special way at Christmastime — not only for the recipients, but for their loved ones as well. The blessing has a ripple effect that extends into the community as the child’s family shares what God has done for them.

When you make a donation to the Christmas Gift Fund, your charitable gift is combined with gifts from other donors to purchase gifts of equal value for every Compassion-assisted child. That way, no child is left out. Staff members at each child development center, who know the children personally, make the purchases, so every registered child receives Christmas gifts that are appropriate, personally meaningful and useful.

Gifts also help provide for essential needs, and may include these items, as well as toys:

• Food
• Medicine
• Hygiene supplies
• School supplies
• Clothing
• Shoes

Help make this holiday season a lot brighter for children living in poverty. Give to the Christmas Gift Fund today!

Links:

• Volunteer to be our Charity field project mobilizers
• Spread Joy and Love this Christmas
• View All Gifts Catalog

The most wonderful time of the year… Christmas! But not the most wonderful time for some people. Childhood memories, experiences and emotions shape the person you become in the future without you realising it. Christmas is supposed to be the most-happiest time of the year and therefore the best time to build a positive relationship for children to grow up with.

Celebrate being together!

Of course, the pressure is on parents/guardians to make Christmas special for their children, however it’s not about the most expensive presents or the number of presents, it’s about celebrating being together, getting that magical and warm feeling of Christmas that everyone should get the chance to experience. It’s the simple things like decorating the Christmas tree, hot chocolates and Christmas songs. These are all positive reinforcements that children will carrying on and then eventually pass onto their children. It is surprising how much the positive effect can affect so many generations. Life is constantly changing for children, it may seem a little change for us, but for a child a change is a huge thing. Therefore, building a Christmas tradition reminds children that there is structure to life and there can be consistency within life.

Not only is Christmas a time to spread joy to children, but they can also learn valuable attributes such as kindness, forgiveness and understanding. Kindness in the way of giving something to someone else, whether it’s tangible or intangible. Forgiveness in the way that Christmas is a time to be happy. Understanding in the way of different beliefs and how they celebrate Christmas.

Within schools, Christmas is a very much celebrated time of year, the nativity, Christmas crafts, parties. A child who isn’t happy around Christmas can quickly become isolated and even have emotional unrest such as feeling angry or sad. A child therefore misses out on so much within school that could ultimately be positive reinforcements. Within school, Christmas is a time to have a pause on worrying about academic studies and have a little break from the real world and therefore so important that children get the chance to be involved.

Build memories...

Building these wonderful memories for children gives them something to look back on and get that warm feeling of love, joy and excitement no matter what their current situation holds. No child should be growing to up to disregard Christmas when it is most certainly the most wonderful time of year. 

We need your help

As we progress into 2022, we are looking to support 90 children and young people through our one-to-one mentoring programme (our current capacity is 45), however, we need your help in order to help more youngsters across the city. Whether you can spare £5 or £15 a month, setting up a monthly standing order is a great way to support small children's charities like ours. Your monthly gift will enable us to better forecast costs so that we can guarantee long-term sustainable mentoring services for those who use our services.  

Links:

• Share Christmas Eve Blessings
• Donate your birthday to charity &help change lives
• 4/14 window movement; awakening a generation