A Compassion advocate recently visited as part of a medical missions team that was unaffiliated with Compassion, but she ended up being surrounded by Compassion her entire trip.
You can read about her trip and experiences here.
I particularly thought her account of how the new hospital was being built was particularly interesting. Here is an excerpt that stuck out to me:
Julian explained that the hole is being dug by pick and shovel rather than with large excavators.“Because Compassion asked that, rather than hiring one man to work the excavator, we hire lots of local men in order to help as many as possible. Although these men would gladly work for anything offered to them, Compassion requires us to pay a wage that compares to the national average. This is now the largest work force on the island.
Compassion also asked us to not use pre-made items from the United States so we can develop the local economy and teach the workers skills they can use in the future. This same work model will be used for building Compassion child development centers in the future.”
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