Prayer Partners

Prayer is powerful and effective. In fact, it’s an important way you can help us fight the injustice of poverty.

Join Compassion’s Prayer Partners Network and become a prayer warrior on behalf of children living in poverty. Each month, you’ll receive prayer updates outlining specific issues affecting the lives of children, families and Compassion staff all around the world.

There are thousands of Compassion Prayer Partners across Australia. Together, we can believe God for an end to poverty, abuse and exploitation—all through the power of prayer.

Prayer is powerful and effective. In fact, it’s an important way you can help us fight the injustice of poverty.

There are thousands of Compassion Prayer Partners across Australia. Together, we can believe God for an end to poverty, abuse and exploitation—all through the power of prayer.

FAQs

Are my donations to Compassion tax deductible?
Yes! When you give generously to help release a child from poverty in Jesus' name with Compassion, your support helps to share a powerful hope and change your sponsored child's life. You help to give them access to good nutrition, education, medical support and treatment, the opportunity to hear how much God loves them, a safe place to play, learn, and grow ... and much more.

Your support for your sponsored child is tax deductible and we will send you a tax summary receipt at the end of the financial year.

Compassion Australia has Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status for its Overseas Aid and Development Fund, as listed on the Australian Business Register under our ABN 67 001 692 566.

Donations of $2 and over to the following funds are tax deductible:
- Child Sponsorship Program, including Sponsorship Plus
- Critical Needs, including Mums and Babies and the Disaster Relief Fund
- Christmas Gift Fund (Christmas Appeal)
- Compassion Appeal
- Gifts of Compassion
Please note, donations to the Bible Fund are not tax deductible.

You can:
- Sponsor a child
- Make a donation
- Shop for Gifts of Compassion
- Learn why the Bible fund is not tax deductible
If I live outside of Australia, can I sponsor a child or donate through Compassion Australia?
Yes! We welcome sponsors and donors from other countries where there is no Partner Country office.

Our Partner Countries are:
Please be aware that if you are a sponsor or donor living outside Australia, we are only able to accept credit card donations in Australian dollars.

If you live in a country where there is a Compassion Partner Country office, for example New Zealand or the USA, it may be easier and more convenient for you to sponsor through that office. You can get in touch with them through their website (links listed above).

You can:
- Sponsor a child
- Make a donation
Can I volunteer with Compassion?

Yes! We would love for you to become more involved with Compassion by volunteering.

Currently, our greatest volunteering need is in churches and at events. You can advocate for a child in poverty by presenting in schools and churches, running fundraising initiatives and helping out at events. If you are passionate about advocating for a child living in poverty and would like to get involved, please let us know by filling out the form on our advocacy page.

If you are based in Newcastle, we are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help support our team in the Newcastle office.

You might also like to consider becoming a Compassion Prayer Partner to support our ministry through intentional prayer. As a member of Prayer Partners, you will receive a monthly newsletter that includes prayer points from local churches in our field countries. 

We are expanding what it could look like to volunteer with Compassion, so if you have any ideas, we would love to hear from you. Just email us at volunteer@compassion.com.au with your thoughts.
Why is Compassion Australia not listed with the Australian Council for International Development?

Compassion Australia is not a member of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) because of the church-based nature of our child development programs.

Relying on private funding rather than government grants allows for a primarily church-to-church model of development. We do place a priority on governance, accountability, stewardship and transparency and, as a result, consider the best fit for our organisation are Christian Ministry Association accreditation, Missions Interlink membership, and Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission financial reporting requirements.

However, this does not mean Compassion Australia could not obtain ACFID accreditation, which we would do if pursuing government grants.
Do currency exchange rates impact giving a gift to my sponsored child?

Yes—currency exchange rates vary from country to country and can fluctuate daily. This is why we have a required minimum amount for monetary gifts given to sponsored children, their families and child development centres. While 100 per cent of the gift goes to the child, their family or their centre respectively, a minimum gift limit ensures that once converted to local currency, your gift still has the impact you intended.