“You’ve given us a message of hope”

A huge thank you to all those who supported our Different Path Appeal. Whether you gave, prayed or shared, we’re so grateful for you! Together we’ve raised an incredible £2.2 million, including match funding from the UK government.

Thanks to your generosity, our local church partners in Togo are providing vulnerable mums with medical support, health screenings, hygiene supplies, nutritional supplements and education. Together, we’re protecting women during pregnancy and ensuring their babies have a healthy start in life.

Our brothers and sisters in Togo have been incredibly moved by the response to the appeal. Compassion National Director, Antonin Azoti, shares:

“The support you have brought to us is more than money. You’ve given us a message of hope that meets the deep needs of people. You’re giving pregnant women and mothers hope that their babies will survive. For all this, you have our heartfelt gratitude. God bless you.”

A thank you from Akouvi



God answered my prayers when two women came to my house and talked about a [Child] Survival project at church. I then realised that God answered my cry. When the twins are sick, the project supports me so I can bring them to the hospital."

God answered my prayers when two women came to my house and talked about a [Child] Survival project at church. I then realised that God answered my cry. When the twins are sick, the project supports me so I can bring them to the hospital.

The difference we're making together

Compassion's Child Survival project tackles maternal and infant mortality at the heart of communities. Thanks to your support, we're caring for women during pregnancy, protecting babies during their first year and giving families a healthy start in life.

The reality...

  • Women in Togo have a 1 in 58 chance of dying in pregnancy or childbirth.
  • Only 45% of mums in Togo give birth with a skilled birth attendant present.
  • 5 in every 100 babies don't survive their first year of life.

Thanks to your help...

  • We're protecting vulnerable mums with quality pre-and post-natal care.
  • We're guaranteeing mums are given the opportunity to give birth with a skilled birth attendant present.
  • We're ensuring precious babies receive life-saving medical support.

Support for a Different Path

Words cannot express our gratitude for your support to the mums and babies in Togo. Through your support, mothers and babies will receive appropriate care, attention and concern, educational skills and be able to run their businesses to take care of their families.

Thank you for your support, thank you for your donation, thank you for supporting us in this journey!

Koffi Ahonon
Compassion Togo

To prevent women and babies dying needlessly, we have to reach them early – before babies have even been born – and support women with essential antenatal check-ups and support at birth. The Different Path Appeal is allowing us to transform the lives of even more families in Togo, ensuring their health and well-being. A huge thank you to everyone who joined with us to change lives in Togo. 

Justin Dowds
CEO Compassion UK and Ireland

Compassion is doing a great job by getting women and children out of poverty and giving them a smile. I want to invite and encourage new supporters to come onboard to support this great programme.

Viwatin
Head of Child Survival, Togo

If you’ve ever carried a baby, or if you know anyone who has, you’ll know how vital the right health care is. To think that so many women have to make a four mile journey on foot just to make sure that things are ok, receive vital treatments or even give birth safely is unthinkable. Knowing people who have tragically lost babies or experienced complications during pregnancy, it’s devastating to hear that so many mothers are facing these situations without help or potentially life-saving intervention. It’s so exciting that we’re standing in the gap for these mothers and babies to make the difference.

Philippa Hanna
Compassion Ambassador and singer-songwriter

Thank you for supporting Compassion

At Compassion, your donation is used wisely to the greatest benefit to children in poverty.

Your questions answered

Some of the questions you may have about A Different Path appeal and Aid Match.

Through our Different Path appeal you’ve already opening 20 new Child Survival projects and are funding three existing projects, including the one Akouvi and her twin boys attend. You’re also enabling 25 further new projects to launch soon. 

Yes, you are more than welcome to donate to the Appeal and make a difference to vulnerable mums and babies. Since your donation is being given after 24 June 2019, your gift will not be doubled by the UK government. Nevertheless, your donation will still bring hope to families in Togo.

Compassion’s Child Survival project supports women during their pregnancy and helps vulnerable babies get a healthy start in life. Trained community workers, based in the local church will work closely with mothers and caregivers to help them access life-saving support. This includes; health screenings, hygiene supplies, nutritional supplements, medical advice and education.

Community workers also visit families at home and lead group activities at their local church where caregivers learn how to prepare nutritious food, monitor their children’s health and development, create a stable home-life and develop skills that will help them generate an income. This focused, personalised support helps families to be independent and build stable, healthy, hopeful futures for their children.

   
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