Survival
Healthy Newborns – Unique Selling Points
Compassion’s survival program gives children the best possible start in life, allowing them the opportunity to escape the cycle of poverty Because of Compassion’s Christ-based approach, thousands of mothers and caregivers are accepting Jesus every year
Read MoreHealthy Newborns – Stats
Every hour more than 650 children die before reaching their fifth birthday More than 800 women die from pregnancy or childbirth complications every day Over the past 25 years, maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa have gone up Almost one million child deaths a year happen the first day of life Every 60 seconds a mother…
Read MoreHealthy Newborns – Benefits
With proper help, healthy newborns can become the norm, not the exception When mothers have access to proper prenatal care, necessary medical treatments, and have a skilled birth attendant present during labor, the chances of survival for the mother and the newborn significantly increase. When this happens … life changes for the better. When a…
Read MoreHealthy Newborns – Context of Poverty
Every year millions of children under 5 die, many of them before reaching their first year of life or even reaching their first month of life. By educating caregivers and providing much-needed resources, the chances of babies surviving and thriving significantly increase. Prenatal care is limited or nonexistent: Lack of prenatal care can miss problems…
Read MoreEarly Development – Unique Selling Points
Compassion’s whole person approach to survival sees to it that each baby and mother is personally known, loved and protected, and cared for over the long term. Because of Compassion’s extensive experience operating 780 survival centers in 26 countries and serving 30,200 babies and caregivers, Compassion is uniquely positioned to help babies survive and thrive…
Read MoreEarly Development – Stats
Every day more than 16,000 children die before reaching age 5 Children in low-income countries are more than 16 times more likely to die before the age of 5 than children in high-income countries (WHO) More than 95 percent of babies born in Compassion’s Child Survival Program are born full-term and at a healthy weight
Read MoreEarly Development – Benefits
With proper support — both physical and emotional/spiritual — mothers can know that their babies’ early development is on the right track rather than on a path of suffering When mothers and their babies receive physical, emotional, social, economic and spiritual support, the early development of babies has a greater chance of success than if…
Read MoreEarly Development – Context of Poverty
Because millions of children under 5 die annually, the first years of life are crucial. The implementation of early holistic child development is important, providing babies and toddlers with opportunities for a brighter future. Without health check ups, babies and young children may face serious illness or death: Lack of medical checkups, including no access…
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