When you sponsor a child through Compassion International you are committing to pray, write letters and give $38 every month so that your sponsored child’s physical and spiritual needs can be met through a church in their neighborhood.
But what if the child’s need is greater than your $38?
In such cases, Compassion International has set funds aside to meet extreme needs that are outside the scope of its basic child development program. These funds are called “Complimentary Intervention” funds. They’re spent on such things as providing water purification systems, disaster relief, construction, providing electricity, or for medical care well beyond basic check-ups and vaccinations.
When a need exists that cannot be covered by the $38 provision of monthly sponsorship, these complimentary intervention funds kick in and literally save lives.
My son’s sponsored child, Achile, was born with a cluster of heart defects called tetralogy of Fallot. First diagnosed at age three, he’s been in pain ever since, unable to attend school regularly.
Compassion has provided medical care for Achile for the last two years at the National Teaching Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo in Burkina Faso in Western Africa. However, doctors there now believe his condition necessitates an urgent heart surgery which is not possible in Burkina Faso. Achile has been transported to a specialized hospital in India for the life-saving operation that will cost an estimated $20,449.
Our $38 a month sponsorship won’t cover this cost. Complimentary intervention funds set aside for medical emergencies will.
When we became Achile’s sponsors, I told Compassion I’d do what I could – and so would you – to raise the complimentary intervention funds necessary to cover Achile’s surgery.
I told them, actually, that you and I would raise more than enough to cover Achile’s operation, sending every extra penny raised into Compassion’s medical fund for future life-saving.
So, here we go. Click the widget or banner below or go here to help cover the cost of fixing Achile’s heart.
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Tweet it, Facebook it, spread it far and wide. Let’s pay for Achile’s heart surgery…and more.
And don’t forget to pray. I’ll keep you updated if I get any progress report on his surgery and recovery.
Thank you!
Christina Egner says:
I will be praying for Achile & adding his
widget to Pooh’s Corner.
Prairie Rose says:
Glad to help out both this sweet little boy and yours too!
Sarah says:
done and done.
JD says:
Shaun,
Contributed, tweeted, blogged, shared, and continuing to pray. I’d love to hear updates…. thank you for the blessing and the opportunity to be the body of Christ to this precious boy.
http://compassioncan.blogspot.com/2010/06/heart-of-compassion.html
Jill Foley says:
Thank you for the opportunity to join you in showing this precious boy the love of Christ.
I have blogged on both of my blogs, have shared with all my family and friends and am praying about an amount to donate.
Will you be able to keep us updated about the money raised?
Meredith Dunn says:
I echo Jill’s request– can you keep us posted on money raised so we can report back on our blogs?
Shaun Groves says:
That was the plan but, wouldn’t you know it? Compassion’s computer system wigged out in such a way that they can’t tell me how much money has been raised until Monday at the earliest. This happened on a blog trip once before – thus the redesign of Compassion’s website coming very very soon!
I’ll do my best. And so will our IT guys. We’ll hopefully have numbers for you all next week early. (hopefully)
Meredith Dunn says:
Compassion’s computer’s wigged out? No way!
*read with intense sarcasm*
Kris says:
Donated and Praying lots! Thanks for giving us the opportunity to help such a sweet kiddo.
JD says:
Praying…!! Eager to hear updates when they become available!
Juli Jarvis says:
I will blog about Achile when I finish my (long) series about our recent trip to Thailand and the Philippines. I finally got to meet Siriporn, whom we’ve sponsored since she was eight years old — she just graduated from the LDP there! What a great event (and long-awaited hug) that was! We also spent a day with our correspondence LDP girl that just graduated in the Philippines — awesome young girl!
I also wanted to tell you — I met a sponsored boy and his mother (on an Advocate’s tour in the DR) that had been flown to Michigan for open heart surgery. He lifted up his shirt to show us his scar — and was doing very well, thanks to God!
I think I posted Achile on my Facebook page already, but will do so again today…
Jill Foley says:
Is there any update on Achile? His condition or the fundraising efforts…. I would love to write another post with some sort of update.
JD says:
Thinking of Achile and his family tonight, praying he is doing well, praying for the fundraising efforts… I wonder if he’ll ever know how much he has touched hearts around the world.