Compassion International

Compassion international started in 1952 when American evangelist Everett Swanson’s heart was broken at seeing children orphaned by the Korean War, dying in the streets. Although he was ministering troops at the time, Swanson left South Korea promising to help the children. By 1975, Compassion International had expanded to seventeen other developing countries with more than 25,000 sponsored children. Two years later, Compassion Australia started in Laurie & Olive McCowan’s Newcastle home with the sponsorship of a single child. Compassion International grew to 250,000 sponsored children by 1998, 500,000 in 2003 & eventually 1 million in 2009.

I visited the House of Compassion which is facility in Marshalltown, IA. House of Compassion is a non-profit organization that opened twenty years ago. They are a place of hospitality for those that our hungry, homeless, or in need of medical assistance. The services they have include a supply closet, soup kitchen, emergency shelter, and a Medical Assistance Program. The supply closet enables them to supply personal hygiene products for families in need, diapers is a common need that is often forgotten by the public. The soup kitchen provides food for those that our hungry, and recently the House of Compassion as started a Garden of Compassion which they use to grow food to continue to feed and inform those that our in need. The Emergency

The text in the image, “What is Monsanto doing to help? Improve lives” (Monsanto), provides an obvious message to the reader that Monsanto is helping people by working to improve lives. This itself is an appeal to the rhetorical strategy ethos, as the fact that Monsanto is helping improve lives shows how the company has the power, knowledge and ability to help make people’s lives better, and that they are a credible company and are capable making these changes that they claim, which is presented as a commitment to making lives better. The text is also included in a stand-alone box that contrasts the rest of the image, allowing the message to almost be an entity of its own and be viewed as the most important, or most noticeable part of the image. This also shows the importance that Monsanto has placed on illustrating how they are helping others in order to change the public’s opinion on it, since the text commands a majority of the attention in the photo. The rest of the attention goes to the bright, cheery image of an elderly man and two young children playing happily. This portrayal of a joyful, assumedly multigenerational family, shows that the image is utilizing the rhetorical strategy of pathos to invoke a sense of

In the United States, about 24 million children live in poverty (Ingraham). Poverty is a big issue and has been for a while. It can affect children now and when they become adults. There are children going to bed hungry, not knowing where their next meal is coming from, but Compassion is a Christian organization working to stop child poverty around the world.

“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity; it is an act of justice.”- Nelson Mandela (Pinterest.com). Did you know that over 1 billion people live on less than $1 a day? Also, every 3.5

Children in poverty are becoming the poorest age group in the United Sates. According to the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), a U.S. family of three living in deep poverty survives on an annual income below $9,276, or less than $9.00 a day per family member. Unfortunately, children face many difficulties in the United States living in deep poverty because they are not able to

Max Carver once said, “Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It’s the impetus for creating change.” Empathy is a universal concept used by photographers, journalists, and authors to call about action and influence change. Figurative language as well as rhetoric can evoke as much empathy from an audience as disconcerting photographs. Hence the question is, are words more effective at eliciting empathy than illustrations? “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair, “Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange, and “Harvest Gypsies” by John Steinbeck all evoke empathy. However, I found the figurative language and rhetoric from “The Jungle” to be the best at evoking empathy from me.

Within Pensacola there is a movement of artist and musicians dedicated to giving back to the community. I sat down with event coordinator and philanthropist Ric Kindle to discuss his series Curated Compassion.

Within Christian communities, enthusiasm to respond to injustice around the world with compassion continues to increase. Regrettably, well-meaning people who have good intentions but neglect to consider best practice principles are ultimately doing a disservice to the individuals and communities they intended to help. Moreover, a lack of understanding of holistic social action results in dependency and disregards the dignity of the poor. In From the Roots Up, Dr. JoAnn Butrin challenges Christians, both individually and as the larger body of Christ- the church, to respond to injustice thoughtfully and holistically. Butrin (2010) asserts:

“Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter” (“What is Poverty,” 2016). In the United States, there are 45 million Americans are living in poverty (“45 Million Americans,” 2014). In order to determine if one is living in poverty, the United States Census Bureau has established a poverty line that they then measure, according to the individual’s income and their family size (“Poverty Thresholds,” 2016; “Poorest Cities in America,” 2016). Since the recession in 2008, many states have seen a rise of families living in poverty. Poverty is a vicious cycle and has devastating effects on young children.

health care services are limited, it is necessary that the available services are distributed fairly and in the most equitable way possible. In an effort to comply with the principle of justice, individuals who have unfair advantages over others must give up their privileges for the betterment of all (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2008, p.73). The discriminatory practice of denying health care coverage to individuals with pre-existing conditions while others had insurance was in direct violation of this ethical principle. Although health care reform is often fueled by logical socio-economic reasons and the laws are rationalized within the context of the political sphere, compassion for others is at the base of these changes. Compassion is the ability

This situation makes the audience feel sorrow for these poor family. It is difficult for a child seeing their parents struggle for them and not have enough money for payments. This speech asserts the appeal to pathos in order for the audience feel the struggle and consequences and farm worker goes through, In addition Chavez also showed logo and pathos appeals when he mentions the solutions of the Agricultural Labor Relations Act. He cites,

All over the world, there are over 3,000,000,000 people living on less than $3.50 per day. However, even though there are many men, women, and children in our own country who live like this, there are others who live without a care in the world. These people need to take the time to realize that the basic necessities that they take for granted such as plumbing, water, food, and health care, could be the greatest luxury to someone across the world, or maybe even in their own country.

Doing something about Poverty, could potentially save someone's life. Do you know how many children die a DAY due to poverty? The answer is 22,000, and that is just children according to UNICEF. Just because they don’t have the food and water resources to keep them strong and healthy, 27 to 28% of the gone children, died because they were underweight or stunted; unable to grow anymore, children got diseases that couldn’t be treated due to the price of medical insurance and medical bills. Childhood Poverty is the most common type of Poverty in California. Population of Children in the United States is about 9,102,486 according to a Kids Data organization - Lucille Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. Almost half (47.6%) of all children

TYPE A PROJECT--MSF is a neutral and impartial humanitarian organization that aims first and foremost to provide high-quality medical care to the people who need it the most. It does not promote the agenda of any country, political party, or religious faith, and, as such, endeavors to communicate its history, background, and capabilities to all parties in a given situation so that it may gain the necessary access to populations in need..On any given day, more than 30,000 doctors, nurses, logisticians, water-and-sanitation experts, administrators, and other qualified professionals working with MSF can be found providing medical care around the world..In 2012, MSF medical teams carried out more than 8.3 million outpatient consultations; delivered more than 185,000 babies; treated more than 1.6 million people for malaria; treated nearly 350,000 severely and moderately malnourished children; provided some 284,000 people living with HIV/AIDS with antiretroviral therapy; conducted more than 78,000 surgeries, and vaccinated 690,000 against measles and 496,000 against meningitis