India is a land
full of contrast,
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is a land of great
mystery and beauty.
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It's a land of
unspeakable despair,
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but traveling
through India one thing
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is for sure, it's
a land filled with
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people who should
never be underestimated.
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For the last 40 years
Asian Aid has invested in
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the futures of people
would never been given
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such a chance,
and their investment
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has proven infinite returns.
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Driven by the vision
of Helen Eager dedicated
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to helping those
who have the least.
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Asian Aid is an
organization implementing
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diverse development
projects and sponsoring
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thousands of children.
There are outreach fans
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from Bangladesh, to
Nepal, Sri Lanka and beyond,
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from remote
villages and empty fields to
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sprawling centers of
education from nothing
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to the unimaginable.
Now Asian Aid decided
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to document the work
it has been doing all
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these years with a
desire to show the world
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what is possible. By
digging wells in remote
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villages for
clean drinking water,
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and bringing much
needed healthcare to the
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women of Nepal. By
providing an education
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for orphans, deaf
and blind children,
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giving them a sense of place,
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a home but what we
really discovered was being
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given was hope.
Giving hope to children,
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giving hope to women,
giving hope to the ones
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who needed the most.
This is Hope in Motion.
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Our film team has
traveled from India to Nepal
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documenting the
work of Asian Aid.
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We've spoken with
officials, Asian Aid staff,
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school principals and teachers,
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but we really wanted
to hear directly from
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the kids to know
their stories from their
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point of view.
So we sit down with
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the kids of the
Sunrise Orphanage Home.
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One of the first
children we're doing an
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extended interview
with is named Hannah.
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That before
sunrise, they will run away
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before sunrise.
Foreign language .
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She says she comes
from a very below poverty
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family background,
and she says her father
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is a drunkard and he
drinks and then comes home
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and beats his mother.
And father once he drunk
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and came home, there was some
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argument and his
father got angry and he took
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a metal rod and hit
her on the head and mother
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died on the spot.
And she saw that you know
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father killing her
mother, and that man that
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has killed, she has no words and
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she is gonna need to
run. And the police came and
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they asked her to be a
witness and she said she
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saw her father
killing her mother.
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At that time she
was helpless, hopeless,
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no one is there to
take care of and grandmother
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is there. At that time they
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came to know
about this Sunrise Home.
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And she says somehow
God grace has brought
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her here to Sunrise
Home and she says she
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is happy here,
and she says she is
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enjoying her
life in Sunrise Home.
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With the
inspiration of Mummy Eager and
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inspiration of Asian Aid, USA,
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inspiration of Asian
Aid, Australia who started
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the orphanage, a small orphanage
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with three
children. That 3 children went
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up to the 7
children, 7 children went to,
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that it slowly it's going big,
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big and big and big.
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We've been to many
orphanages for Asian Aid,
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but much of our time
is been spent here with
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these kids. We were lucky
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enough to share a lot
of nice moments with them,
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but we wanted to know
more about their lives
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before Sunrise Home.
We wanted to know how
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being sponsored
through Asian Aid has since
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changed their lives.
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As we talk with
them we were amazed,
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we got an
unexpected lesson in humility,
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a lesson in
being hopeful for the
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future despite the obstacles.
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This is mainly this
area is the most backward
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place in Andhra Pradesh.
With this reason most of
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the people are
migrating from here to the
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other places, they are
leaving the children at
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home and going to the
towns, working there for
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few months coming
back by this time that some
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children are
disappearing from the homes,
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and some children are
loosing their parents.
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So all these years
we are struggling a lot,
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but the most need in
this area is to provide the
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proper education and proper
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facilities for the children.
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Like Hannah each kid
has their own difficult
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story to tell
about their lives before
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they arrived at Sunrise Home.
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My parents died with HIVAIDS,
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I have one younger brother,
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so she took both
of us to the hospital,
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in the hospital they told that
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my brother has AIDS.
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My father was a
drunkard, he died first he was
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doctor but he died. My
mother poured kerosene,
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burned herself and died.
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Then my father killed my mother,
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then my father sent to jail.
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There is nobody
to look after me,
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my mother died
without because of lack
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of medicines. My
father got heart attack,
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nobody have me, I am
alone, nobody can care me.
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I wanted to die, why
my life is like this?
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Nobody can care me.
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I also came from
very poor family,
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I know all the
problems what I faced when
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I was small. So I also know the
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children's
problem, I'll be like friend
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with them, I'll be like mother,
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I'll be like dean
all the works I'll do
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with them, so they love me,
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and I too love them.
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And she know the
people's difficulties and
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children how the
children are struggle
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without parents,
without proper food,
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and the shelter.
So she shows good love
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to the children,
and she will try to
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provide all their
needs. She may not provide all
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they want or what they want,
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but she try all their needs.
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At Sunrise home
Lalitha and Brahma work hard
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to make sure
they are eating well,
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staying healthy, and
getting good education.
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And she said she is
so fortunate to be here,
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she is getting 3 meals per day,
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new clothes and
she is going to school.
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And she said she is happy
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staying in Sunrise Home.
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And now here at
Sunrise and what is your
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life right now,
how has it changed?
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Yeah, now I am feeling
so happy because like we
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stay like
friends with all of them,
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we are staying nicely only.
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Hannah and the rest of
the kids don't take one
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second for granted,
they're very aware of
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the fact that they are
getting a high standard
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value based education that will
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help them in the future.
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I want to do social
work because this mummy and
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daddy are taking care
of the children very nice
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that's why I want
to be a Social Worker.
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I want to become teacher.
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I want to
become doctor because I
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want to help the other people.
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Foreign Language
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And for Prem he has a new dream,
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he wants to be a film maker.
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His dreams are not far
off and they are well on
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the road to achieving them,
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and Asian Aid is
doing whatever they can to
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ensure that they do.
The current home is now
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too small, many of the kids
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sleep on the floor
and it's a adjacent to
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excess pores, sewage and trash.
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Asian Aid is already
in the process of building
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them a new self
sustaining facility
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outside of town.
Where they will have
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the room to grow and flourish.
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Sometimes they
feel they are hopeless,
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they are
helpless, but when they come
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to our place they
feel that they are helpful,
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and they are hopeful also.
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It was impossible
not to fell in love with
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these kids, whether he is racing
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us to the finish line
or wanting to just sit with
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us and ask us what
life was like back in
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our world. They
left little doubt
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that given the ray
of hope from Asian Aid,
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they would
definitely succeed in life.
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