{"id":103,"date":"2024-06-11T21:30:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T21:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2024-10-22T18:00:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T18:00:36","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/compassionlatino.com\/en_us\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jesus cares about children and so do we.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We are a Christian charity dedicated to releasing children from poverty in Jesus\u2019 name.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Our Story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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From Korea to the whole world<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, 'I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.'\"<\/em>

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Pastor Everett Swanson was deeply impacted by the devastation and misery he witnessed during his time in South Korea in 1952. Roaming the streets of Seoul, he encountered orphaned children dressed in rags, sleeping in doorways to shelter from the cold, while scavenging among the debris left by the Korean War. Moved by the situation, Swanson felt a calling to action after discovering that the rags being carried away in garbage trucks were actually the bodies of children who had died overnight.<\/p>

Inspired by his faith, Swanson trusted in God and committed himself to helping these disadvantaged children. Upon returning to Chicago, he founded Compassion in 1952, gathering concerned Christians to support homeless Korean orphans. Compassion's mission was to provide education, clothing, food, and other basic necessities to these needy children.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The name \"Compassion\" arose from reading Matthew 15:32, where Jesus shows compassion towards the hungry crowd. Swanson dedicated himself to working with various disadvantaged groups, including beggar children, widows, single mothers, lepers, the deaf, and the blind. With the assistance of Christian orphanages, 10,000 Korean children were cared for within a span of ten years.<\/p>

To provide ongoing support, Swanson created an individual sponsorship program, allowing people worldwide to provide Christian instruction, food, clothing, housing, and medical care in exchange for a small monthly contribution. This act of love and compassion transformed countless lives and established a lasting model of humanitarian aid.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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