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About Me

Welcome to the ABOUT ME blog! 

The ABOUT ME Experience is an advocacy initiative of Compassion Australia.

Compassion Australia, an international Christian holistic child development ministry that’s committed to child advocacy and working in partnership with churches around the world to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name. Currently over 75,000 children are sponsored through Compassion Australia, (www.compassion.com.au) with over one million sponsored world-wide through our Compassion International partners.

At Compassion we are extremely passionate about seeing kids released from poverty. The aim of ABOUT ME is to help raise awareness of the horrific abuse suffered by children living in poverty, and to inspire others to make a difference.

We want to use this blog to talk about and reflect on issues of child poverty, and to hear more about what we can all do to provide hope and opportunities for kids who are powerless to change their circumstances, simply becasue they were born poor.

We will alert you to new campaigns, events and resources, as well as provide information to equip and inspire you to make a difference. We can all do something to change the world – one child at a time.



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Fourteen steps

I don’t like grocery shopping at the best of times, but I particularly dislike it after a busy day at work when I feel tired and would prefer just to jump in the car and head straight home. However, having been away in Peru for two weeks, I found on my return that the kids had emptied the kitchen cupboards and so I needed to brave my local supermarket. More

15 Apr 2008 by Shona

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One man's crawl space, another man's castle

I have friends in the Philippines right now. As I spent some time praying for them this morning, a strange conviction hit me. More

27 Feb 2008 by Greg Birgy

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Compassion bloggers in Uganda

What could be done if bloggers put the influence of their blogs together to create change in a single moment?

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13 Feb 2008 by Tristen

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Black Stump

My feet are black, I’m sunburnt and there are people randomly jumping in circles … apparently this all adds up … More

9 Oct 2007 by Bec

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Out of whack!

What kind of crazy world humanises pets while millions of children are allowed to be dehumanised every day? More

14 Sep 2007 by Al

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Big Exo Day was all ABOUT ME!

On Saturday I had the absolute privilege of spending time with hundreds of other young people attending the Big Exo Day. More

11 Sep 2007 by Tristen

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Lost in the Noise

In a world where information is being delivered to us from all sides at an ever increasing rate, how do we make sure that the things which matter aren't lost in the noise? More

16 Aug 2007 by Amy

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Modern Day Slavery

Did you know that there are over 27 million slaves around the world today? More

30 Jul 2007 by Shona

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A Timely Reminder

It's amazing how frustrated I've become after losing my voice for three days. However, it's taught me to think about those who never have a voice. More

11 Jul 2007 by Shona

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This time next year


For over 1900 children who were sponsored at Hillsong Conference, this week marks the beginning of a new life where hopes for the future can be realised and the chains of poverty can be finally broken. More

9 Jul 2007 by Amy

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Child prostitution

The sexual exploitation of children through child prostitution, child pornography and child-sex tourism is prevalent all around the world. An estimated one million children enter the multi-billion dollar commercial sex trade every year, often as a result of trafficking. More

3 Jul 2007 by Shona

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