Jessica Lester

• How Compassion changes lives: we meet the graduates who prove charity sponsorship works

  Bonny and Brenda, both graduates of the Compassion programme, tell their own stories in their own words.

• 'Give me sweets': the sad reality of childhood poverty in Kenya's largest slum

  The sugar rush completely transforms the space around them, it brings colour and light – and who can blame a child for wanting a little piece of that?

• The mid-career gap: 6 reasons why it's a great time to try and change the world

  Most of us are familiar with the concept of a gap year, a supposedly life-changing few months in between schooling and higher education common for teenagers looking to 'find themselves'.