The medical ministry
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist church
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not only attends
to the medical needs
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but also shows the love of Jesus
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to those who
come to its facilities
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seeking medical treatment.
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In this episode
of "Hope In Motion"
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we go to Giffard
Memorial Hospital
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and the college of
nursing in Nuzvid, India
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and see how Asian Aid is helping
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this pioneering institution
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in training young
people in God's service.
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I guess we traditionally
think of sponsorship
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of children
sitting in a classroom
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but here at
Giffard Memorial Hospital
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we see the end result,
we see the success of girls
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especially who are now
doing full nursing courses.
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So they are making
a real contribution
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to the medical
work of the church.
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Vinnie Alice
Joseph, a gold medal winner
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from its nursing program
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and see how
Asian Aid sponsorship
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has helped her
achieve this great feat.
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I think it's a great
blessing being sponsored
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and I'm thankful for
what they did for my life,
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for bringing me to this stage
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and I hope one day that I
would do something for them.
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Asian Aid is an
organization giving hope,
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an organization fostering
permanent positive change
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in the lives of disadvantaged
children and their communities,
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an organization
that is committed
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to making a difference
in the lives of children
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and those who are in need.
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Serving communities in Nepal,
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Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, Myanmar and India
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for the last 40 years
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Asian Aid has invested
in the futures of people
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and their investment
has proven infinite returns
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driven by their dedication
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to helping those
who have the least.
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Asian Aid is an
organization focused
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on the welfare of children,
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implementing
diverse development projects
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and sponsoring
thousands of children.
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Their outreach spans
from child rescue operations
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to providing an education
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for orphans, deaf
and the blind children.
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Giving them a
sense of place, a home
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but above all Asian Aid is
an organization giving hope,
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giving hope to children,
giving hope to communities,
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giving hope to the
ones who needed the most.
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This is "Hope In Motion."
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Usha Rani is a
second year nursing student
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at the college of
nursing at Nuzvid, India.
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As part of the
Giffard Memorial Hospital
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the college of nursing brings
in aspiring nursing students
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from Adventist
backgrounds like Usha.
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Asian Aid over the years
has helped many young women
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like Usha through sponsorship.
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Because of the Asian Aid
many, many, many students
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could educate
themselves in our college.
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It's a tremendous opportunity
for the students to grab that
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and to excel in the studies
and then educate themselves
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and have a bright future.
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Usha Rani is looking
forward to this bright future.
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Having born into a
poor Adventist family,
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Usha has been
supported by Asian Aid
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sponsorship
program from kindergarten.
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She is the youngest of
four girls in the family
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and Usha's parents
had to constantly worry
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about their
financial instability.
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This led to marital
issues between her parents
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and they separated when
Usha was still a young girl.
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Her mother took care of
her and her three older sisters
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by selling
vegetables in the village.
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Their hardship was compounded
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when her mother was
hospitalized with jaundice.
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By the time they
realized that she is suffering
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from jaundice and take her
for treatment it became worse.
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They couldn't treat her.
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Doctors said no hopes
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and she was like
one week in the hospital
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but no improvement
in the health status.
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Like that only she passed
away in the hospital only.
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That time also I
was in hostel only.
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I don't know anything
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about my
mother's health condition.
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Then by the time I came here
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she is no more, she passed away.
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When our motherpassed away
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I wanted to
bring my husband here
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and take care of my sister
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because she was still
very young at that time,
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but my husband was not willing.
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He said, when your father
is not taking care of you all
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why should I take care of her.
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So my husband left me
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and I came here
to take care of them.
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Usha's mother
died five years ago
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and legal requirements forced
her father to be her guardian.
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After when my
mother died its compulsory
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I should stay with my
father because no source for me.
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Nobody is to take
care of us because already
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my three sisters they
got married, they left,
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they went to stay
with their husbands.
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After that when I was
staying with my father
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he also became sick
because he is also became old,
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he couldn't work.
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He is diabetic patient.
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Then due to some problem,
family problems my elder sister
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she had some
problem with her husband
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she came home and
now she is taking care
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of my father and me too.
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Poverty passes on from
generation to generation.
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Without any
education people in rural India
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are forced to follow
their parents into working
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in the fields or
doing manual labor,
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sometimes as domestic helps.
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Usha's father although old
and diabetic is forced to work
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in the fields nearby
just so he can earn something
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to support himself
and his eldest daughter
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who is caring for him.
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Usha's sister Ratna Kumari
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owns a petty shop
selling vegetables.
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Fortunately for Usha
she has the opportunity
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to break the
shackles of poverty.
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Asian Aid sponsorship has
given her that opportunity
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to uplift herself
and help her support
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her family in the future.
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If you help the family
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that help may not
be for longer time.
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But if you help
a child in a family
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and educate the
child and that child
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when he gets into job he can
take care of the entire family
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and it can be a big
blessing to the entire family.
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So therefore
Seventh-day Adventist
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wherever we have our colleges,
wherever we have a school,
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wherever we have hospitals
we take it like a privilege
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to invite students
from all backgrounds
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and to educate them so
that they would become,
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they would become
again become workers,
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come back our institutions
and serve in our institutions.
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So what we do it
will not go in waste
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but they will come back
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and then help taking
care of responsibilities,
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taking care of various
jobs that we entrust to them.
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I would say if
there is no sponsorship
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I think majority of them
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will not be
having this education
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that they are
actually going through.
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And if you actually
take the financial background
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of many of our students
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they come from
very poor backgrounds.
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And some of them have
really pathetic background
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and this sponsorship
that they are getting
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from very kind donors,
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I mean God's, I pray
that God will bless them
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because they're really
doing a lot of services
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and by helping
these poor students
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in getting some
education they are really going
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a long way to build a bright
future for these students.
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Without this
sponsorship I'm sure
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they will not be
able to get this education
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and they will not be
able to do what they're doing
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and their future we do not know
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what it could be given
the financial condition
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from which they come.
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So I really pray--
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we always
remember these sponsors
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because we do not know
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whether they have
seen these children or not
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but with kindness they
have been helping our students
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and we really appreciate them
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and we pray that God
will bless those sponsors
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who have been
helping our students.
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I would not have
got that sponsorship
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from Asian Aid
definitely I'm not sure
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that I would have studied
in such Adventist institutions.
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Sponsorship is like they
are supporting me financially.
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Everything they are
giving, books and all.
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From LKG I was supported
by Asian Aid help only, sir.
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Usha Rani has
gone through Asian Aid
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sponsorship
program since kindergarten
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and Asian aid is
continuing to support Usha
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through her nursing program
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at the College of
Nursing in Nuzvid.
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Nurses are in high
demand and no doubt
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Usha would be
employed almost immediately
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upon her completing
her nursing program.
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Thanks to Asian Aid sponsorship,
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she will not only stand
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on her own as a
working professional
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but also be of
service to her family
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and above all to the
community as a whole.
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I guess we traditionally
think of sponsorship
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of children
sitting in a classroom
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but here at
Giffard Memorial Hospital
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we see the end result,
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we see the success
of girls especially
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who are now doing
full nursing courses,
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who are making a
real contribution
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to the medical
work of the church,
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even to community hospitals.
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My father cannot support us
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and we don't have any
brothers to support us.
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I'm so thankful to Asian
Aid and my sister's sponsors.
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If Asian Aid is not there
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I would not make
her to study this much.
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We would have gotten
her married in the village
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and she may be doing some
manual labor in the fields.
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Because of Asian Aid my sister
is able to receive an education
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and I want to thank the sponsor.
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These are people
who do not know us,
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they have not met us
and we have not seen them
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but still they are
sponsoring my sister.
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I'm able to give my
emotional support to her
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only because of these sponsors.
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I'm praying for them.
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I pray that God
will prosper them
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and give them good health.
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I thank them with all my heart.
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The healing ministry
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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is the forefront of its
mission to spread the good news
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and the love of Jesus
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through its
clinics and hospitals.
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At Gifford Memorial young people
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are being
trained in God's service
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and at school of
nursing they're not only trained
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to give manual nursing care
but also show Christian love
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and to share
God's love with those
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who come seeking medical help.
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When we come back we
look at how Asian Aid
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is helping this
pioneering institution
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in training young people
and this healing ministry
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and meet Alice and see
how Asian Aid sponsorship
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has helped her bring
laurels to her sponsors,
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her home and to her school.
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I think it's a great
blessing being sponsored.
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I'm thankful for
what they did for my life
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for bringing me to this
stage and I hope one day
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that I would do
something for them.
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My wife Angela and I are
here in Andhra Pradesh, India
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visiting some of the Asian Aid
projects to see for ourselves
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how the work that is being
done here is transforming lives,
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especially lives
of orphaned children
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and abandoned children,
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children from the
tribal communities.
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And we've discovered that
because of sponsors like you
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they now have a place
that they can call home,
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they have wonderful
clothing, nutritious food
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and they are being prepared
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to propel
themselves into the future
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for a promising career.
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But above all that
because of sponsors like you
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they now have hope,
hope for a better future.
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Well, I am here in
Sunrise Home with Sheela.
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Now my family and I
have been sponsoring Sheela
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for just about a year now
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and I can tell you being
here and spending time with her
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I can see the difference
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that sponsorship
is making in her life.
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She now has plenty of food,
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she has a beautiful
place to sleep each night,
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she has clothes,
she has a school uniform
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and an excellent education.
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I can tell you it's
made a difference in her life
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and it's made a
difference in our lives too.
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Now through
sponsorship you too can make
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a difference in the
life of a child every day.
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Giffard Memorial
Hospital in Nuzvid
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is an Adventist
Hospital established in 1935
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and has spearheaded in
served the medical needs
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of communities in
and around Nuzvid.
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In its 80 history the hospital
has treated thousands of people
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who often come from
poor villages with problems
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ranging from common
illness to snake bites.
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Along with the medical center
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Giffard Memorial has
also been instrumental
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in taking the
mission and the good news
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of the church to
people around Nuzvid.
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Because of this
hospital more than 50 churches
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were established all
in and around Nuzvid.
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And each church
is doing so good.
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From those churches
we get the students.
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Here they are doing
their general nursing program
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and BSc nursing program.
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We are hoping to
start MSc nursing program.
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That means from
LKG and till PG course
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they can complete
their studies here.
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What a blessing that would be.
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Recently Giffard
Memorial Hospital branched out
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to start a nursing
program primarily for students
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from Adventist backgrounds
who wish for career in nursing.
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Last year the College
of Nursing was privileged
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to send out its
first batch of graduates.
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It was a proud
moment for the college
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as they had 100
percent passing result.
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You know as a principle I
founded quite challenging.
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It was the first
batch of students
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and we had a lot
of difficulties also
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but the good
Lord was there with us
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and we put in all our efforts
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to see that our
students could get the best.
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With God's help we got
quite a few distinctions
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and we had 100
percent pass results
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from the first batch of students
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and we were really
very excited about it
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and we thank God
for all His blessing
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and the way He has
led us marvelously.
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Although the
majority of the students
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in the College of Nursing
come from Adventist families
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many cannot afford
a college education.
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They come from small towns
and villages like Usha Rani.
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This is where Asian Aid plays
a crucial role in providing
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the means necessary
for these aspiring students
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through its sponsorship program.
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I visited a lot of different
medical facilities in the US
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so it's a real privilege
and very exciting for me
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to come here to this
hospital here in India
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where students are being trained
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and are being able to
work and serve the community.
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As a sponsorship
manager in the US,
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its like I see it from one angle
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and you see the students as
they grow and they come here
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and everywhere
you go it's someone
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who has grown up
through the Asian Aid system,
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who is now serving
the community as a nurse
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and what a
privilege and what opportunity
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it is for them to serve patients
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and they are
vulnerable to share Jesus
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with them in
this life of service.
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Alice Joseph
joined the nursing staff
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at Giffard Memorial last year.
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She was part of the first
batch of the graduating class
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and was sponsored by Asian
Aid through her nursing program.
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Last year she brought
laurels to the institution
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by winning a gold
medal at her graduation.
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Like I just wanted this was
like one time accomplishment
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so I just wanted first mark
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but I didn't
think of the gold medal
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and by God's grace I got it.
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And one thing that made
me happy for getting it for
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from where I came
for them a good name
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that is from
Sunshine and the Asian Aid.
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I just felt happy for that.
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Even I didn't tell my
mom that I got gold medal
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but first I told Beulah aunty
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and I could see
that smile on her face
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and she was happy like
at least from Sunshine one,
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you're, the one who got it.
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So I'm happy for that.
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I was very proud.
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You know, and so
proud that Alice has made it
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and even Ashwini the
girl who is from Sunshine,
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who studied with us
she got a distinction.
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And both these
children have always excelled
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in their studies
right from grade one.
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And to see that
they kept that constantly
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and tried to do their
best even at the college level
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it made me really proud to be,
00:18:08.08\00:18:10.72
able to be
there and witness that
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and be part of that celebration.
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Alice grew up at Asian
Aid Sunshine home in Bangalore
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and she has fond memories
of the place she calls home.
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It's like a family over
there and lots of children.
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We can play
around and we have-- like
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we feel like we
have someone beside us.
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We never feel lonely
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because we had all
the children around us.
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So I cherish those moments
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because right
now we don't get time
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even to spend
time with the children.
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So I miss that one a lot.
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Their mother brought Alice
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and her twin sister
Angela to sunshine home
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when they were
just five-years-old
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after their
father abandoned them.
00:19:01.94\00:19:05.04
The father left
abandoning the family
00:19:05.07\00:19:07.81
and the mother had to
become the breadwinner
00:19:07.84\00:19:12.01
and she couldn't go for a job
00:19:12.05\00:19:13.65
because she had
these two little girls
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and she was
desperate to find a solution
00:19:16.12\00:19:20.19
and someone told
her about Sunshine.
00:19:20.22\00:19:22.42
And so she came and asked
00:19:22.46\00:19:24.96
if we could take the children in
00:19:24.99\00:19:26.93
and looking at her
desperate condition
00:19:26.96\00:19:30.30
we did take the children
in so that she could survive.
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Bringing her two girls to
Sunshine was hard for her,
00:19:34.77\00:19:37.84
but she had to do
it for their survival
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and that of her own.
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Most often in an
abandoned situation
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the child will not be able
to get the basic requirements
00:19:44.11\00:19:47.18
such as a decent meal a day.
00:19:47.22\00:19:49.35
And in cases where the
mother is unable to work
00:19:49.38\00:19:51.89
both the mother and the children
00:19:51.92\00:19:53.66
will eventually face
hardship beyond their control
00:19:53.69\00:19:56.59
leading even to their death.
00:19:56.62\00:19:59.13
In Alice's case her
mother had to make a sacrifice
00:19:59.16\00:20:02.20
to give her
children up in a home
00:20:02.23\00:20:04.20
so that at least for
children would have a future
00:20:04.23\00:20:07.00
and that she could be free
to find a job just to survive.
00:20:07.04\00:20:10.27
Sunshine did give
them a good future
00:20:10.31\00:20:12.91
and thanks to
Asian Aid sponsorship
00:20:12.94\00:20:15.21
Alice and her sister
were able to go to school
00:20:15.24\00:20:17.71
and be educated.
00:20:17.75\00:20:19.21
The love and care
they received at Sunshine
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has had a huge
influence on them.
00:20:21.55\00:20:24.25
Basically any child
that comes into our home
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is one more added
member to the family.
00:20:28.92\00:20:31.69
And the children
bond so easily and so fast
00:20:31.73\00:20:36.67
and it's a
lifelong bond and they sense
00:20:36.70\00:20:39.63
that they belong to a
family it something bigger.
00:20:39.67\00:20:42.80
And I'm sure
each of our children
00:20:42.84\00:20:46.21
are proud to be
part of Sunshine.
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The children are indeed
proud to be part of Sunshine.
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In fact, for a majority of
them Sunshine is the only home
00:20:53.52\00:20:57.05
they've know and
Alice owes her success
00:20:57.09\00:20:59.62
to becoming a
nurse to Sunshine home.
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First I decided I
wanted to become a teacher
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like when we write letters
and all that was my desire.
00:21:05.36\00:21:08.36
Then as I grew up
00:21:08.40\00:21:09.93
I used to see so many
of our sisters in Sunshine
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like nurses with
the white uniform,
00:21:13.90\00:21:16.40
giving injections and
all that so I had that desire
00:21:16.44\00:21:19.77
that I should also be a nurse.
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We've had about 35
girls who are nurses.
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I think initially the
girls who finish nursing
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were role models for these girls
00:21:32.35\00:21:34.52
and everyone looked up to them
00:21:34.56\00:21:36.22
and decided they
want to do exactly
00:21:36.26\00:21:38.83
what the older ones did.
00:21:38.86\00:21:41.46
And they have the
ability and the opportunity
00:21:41.50\00:21:46.17
to be of service to people
00:21:46.20\00:21:48.30
and they, they enjoyed
because being at Sunshine
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its not just
looking after themselves,
00:21:52.27\00:21:54.18
each one of them
has had responsibility
00:21:54.21\00:21:56.91
of a little one to
look after the little ones
00:21:56.95\00:21:59.31
and they develop
leadership skills
00:21:59.35\00:22:02.95
and skills in serving others.
00:22:02.98\00:22:05.39
So that's what they like to do.
00:22:05.42\00:22:08.72
The desire to
excel in her studies
00:22:08.76\00:22:10.76
and in life grew out of
her experience at Sunshine
00:22:10.79\00:22:13.60
and with Asian Aids help
she grabbed all the opportunity
00:22:13.63\00:22:16.80
that came her way to
becoming a successful nurse.
00:22:16.83\00:22:19.90
The way the child is
born is not important.
00:22:19.93\00:22:25.74
To which family
the child belongs
00:22:25.77\00:22:28.14
that also is not important
but the way this child studies,
00:22:28.18\00:22:33.28
the environment
makes a ocean of difference
00:22:33.31\00:22:36.55
and then everybody
would get the opportunities.
00:22:36.58\00:22:40.66
Some take it very easy,
some take it very serious.
00:22:40.69\00:22:44.79
But in this case Miss
Alice took it very seriously
00:22:44.83\00:22:48.33
and grabbed all
the opportunities
00:22:48.36\00:22:50.60
and could excel in her studies
00:22:50.63\00:22:52.43
and that makes
us very, very happy.
00:22:52.47\00:22:54.00
I'm sure the sponsors
who have been supporting her
00:22:54.04\00:22:57.87
would be also very happy.
00:22:57.91\00:22:59.24
I'm sure the Asian Aid
Australia, Asian Aid USA,
00:22:59.27\00:23:04.91
sponsors also will
be very happy about it.
00:23:04.95\00:23:09.25
Alice is a shining
example of why Asian Aid
00:23:09.28\00:23:12.12
wants to continue
growing its program.
00:23:12.15\00:23:15.12
We're giving children a chance,
00:23:15.16\00:23:16.93
they can come from a
very simple background
00:23:16.96\00:23:20.86
and we can give them a
chance of the education
00:23:20.90\00:23:23.40
to the highest level.
00:23:23.43\00:23:25.13
Alice is a shining example
of the success of sponsorship
00:23:25.17\00:23:29.07
from where she has
come to top of her class
00:23:29.10\00:23:31.57
at Giffard Memorial Hospital.
00:23:31.61\00:23:33.44
It really encourages Asian
Aid with its growth strategy
00:23:33.48\00:23:37.45
and it encourages
us to tell sponsors
00:23:37.48\00:23:40.72
that we make a real difference
in the life of these children.
00:23:40.75\00:23:45.12
The sponsors do make a real
00:23:45.15\00:23:46.86
difference in the
lives of these children.
00:23:46.89\00:23:48.99
Being a sponsor is not easy
00:23:49.02\00:23:50.73
for the majority
of Asian Aid sponsors.
00:23:50.76\00:23:53.16
It's years of sponsoring a child
00:23:53.19\00:23:55.06
from kindergarten
right up to college
00:23:55.10\00:23:57.23
and seeing that the
child is using that opportunity
00:23:57.27\00:24:00.04
and using that money
the sponsors have sent
00:24:00.07\00:24:01.97
to the best of their ability
is a rewarding experience.
00:24:02.00\00:24:06.04
And when sponsored children
00:24:06.07\00:24:07.41
like Alice
excel in their studies
00:24:07.44\00:24:09.18
they vindicate the belief
00:24:09.21\00:24:10.68
the sponsors have in
the sponsorship program.
00:24:10.71\00:24:14.02
Being sponsored is a privilege
00:24:14.05\00:24:16.58
because if I have
to look back and see
00:24:16.62\00:24:20.02
that if I was not in Sunshine
and that if I was not sponsored
00:24:20.06\00:24:24.89
I don't think I would
have completed my nursing also.
00:24:24.93\00:24:27.90
Because my parents
could not afford also
00:24:27.93\00:24:30.27
and I think it's a
great blessing being sponsored
00:24:30.30\00:24:33.57
and I'm thankful for
what they did for my life
00:24:33.60\00:24:37.27
to bringing me to this
stage and I hope one day
00:24:37.31\00:24:40.31
that I would do
something for them.
00:24:40.34\00:24:44.28
The ultimate goal of our
school system children's homes,
00:24:44.31\00:24:47.62
in our hospitals is to
spread the love of Jesus
00:24:47.65\00:24:50.35
and the promise of
eternal life to people around us
00:24:50.39\00:24:53.42
and Asian Aid sponsored
students like Usha Rani
00:24:53.46\00:24:56.26
and Alice are shining
examples of the miracles
00:24:56.29\00:24:59.46
God has promised
for His children.
00:24:59.49\00:25:01.93
They have not only accepted
Jesus as their personal Savior
00:25:01.96\00:25:05.30
but are in the
mission to tell others
00:25:05.33\00:25:07.27
about the
promise of eternal life.
00:25:07.30\00:25:10.11
I think there is a
tremendous influence
00:25:10.14\00:25:12.64
that homes like Sunshine
and educational institutions
00:25:12.67\00:25:17.48
and sponsorship
agencies like Asian Aid
00:25:17.51\00:25:21.12
have in directing a child's life
00:25:21.15\00:25:26.59
from what could have
been to what has been has made
00:25:26.62\00:25:30.76
such a difference and I
think just looking at the,
00:25:30.79\00:25:35.83
you know, the
potentiality of a child
00:25:35.86\00:25:38.33
when they come
here when they are small
00:25:38.37\00:25:39.70
and seeing
through that potentiality
00:25:39.73\00:25:42.54
and making that a possibility,
makes a world of difference.
00:25:42.57\00:25:47.28