A Passion For Compassion

A heart for Compassion

On Wednesday the 1st June, our guided reading group went to the head office of Compassion Australia.

Firstly, we gathered together at school to get our names marked off. We were quickly on the bus and our journey began. When we were on the road we started to play the game sweet and sour. We passed lots of trucks and cars and most of them were sour. We had lots of fun.

After all our fun and games we arrived at the Compassion Head Office at 9:30am. We gathered our equipment and started to head into the main building. We waited at the bottom of the stairs and soon our guide Matt came out of the office. He introduced himself to us and then we followed him inside. When we entered the office we saw some paintings done by indigenous Australians and lots of other amusing things. Next we went into a room and the presentation began.

We all sat down in chairs and took our equipment out. Matt started the presentation by talking about what Compassion Australia does. He said it was a company who supports all the less fortunate children and communities in the world. He also stated that there is Compassion offices in 26 different countries all around the world. He showed us a PowerPoint of what Compassion does and how they help the less fortunate. After that he showed us who is responsible for beginning Compassion. Compassion was started by a man named Everet Swan. Compassion started in 1953 and by 2009 over 1 million were released from poverty.

Next, we went for a tour of the office and split into 2 groups. I went with Matt and our wonderful guided reading teacher Mrs Witenden. When we were taking the tour we were allowed to take photos of anything and I took lots! We went up the stairs were everything of significant value is kept. Some of the staff took pictures of us holding up some pictures of children from countries less fortunate than ours. After they took our pictures our journey was just about over.

When we retuned to the foyer, Laura and I went outside and took some pictures of the front office. Soon we were back on the bus and I was thinking that with Compassion the world is a better place. It would nice to think that we can stop world poverty and people from every country can live a life that we take for granted in Australia.

By Georgia C