In the fiscal year ending June 2012, Compassion International Ghana disbursed a total of GH¢11,042,171 being support from sponsors paid directly to its church partners to take care of the poor and needy children they have registered. This figure is up from GH¢7,210,012 in 2011, an increase of 53.15 percent.
Compassion International Ghana, a child-focused and Christ-centred development organisation that commenced operations in the country in 2006, operates in the Greater Accra, Central, Volta and Eastern Regions.
The organisation hopes to reach the three northern regions in the next three years.
From 2,000 registered children in 2006, Compassion International now has 39,000 poor and needy children registered at Child Development Centres (CDCs) of the 145 Implementing Church Partners (ICPs) as at the end of 2012.
They include the Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church, Pentecost Church, Assemblies of God, ICGC, Baptist Church, and Anglican Church among others.
Beside the support fund, sponsors also send birthday and families gifts to their sponsored children and their caregivers. In fiscal year 2012, this amount totalled GH¢ 948,913 -- up from GH¢796.607, an increase of 19.10 percent.
Complementary Intervention grants are funds disbursed for the provision of infrastructure like water and sanitation, classrooms, kitchens, and for child development centres and heart-surgeries.
In fiscal year ending June 2012, Compassion International Ghana provided GH¢1,891,960 toward the provision of these basic needs, up from GH¢1,206,797 in fiscal year 2011, an increase of 53.45 percent. The bulk of this funding went into the provision of water and sanitation in the most deprived communities where Compassion operates.
Most health interventions were undertaken with funds from Complementary Interventions. HIV/AIDS interventions received GH¢100,000, while highly vulnerable children interventions received a GH¢60,0000 grant for the provision of nutritional supplements to children with stunted growth and other critical needs.
In November 2012, Compassion International Ghana launched the Child survival Programme (CSP) to complement government’s efforts at reducing maternal and child mortality in the country. The CSP is Compassion’s ministry to pregnant women and vulnerable children.
Compassion International’s Ghana and West Africa office have staff of 63, while indirect employment at the 145 Implementing churches stands at 648. In all, total payroll (PAYE) paid by the Ghana office to staff and West Africa to the Ghana Revenue Authority as at June 2012 amounted to GH¢357,379 while withholding tax was GH¢30,212.36.
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