Child Impact International
is an organization giving hope,
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previously called Asian Aid.
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Child Impact International
is an organization fostering
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permanent positive change
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in the lives of
disadvantaged children
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and their communities.
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Child Impact is
committed to making a difference
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in the lives of children
and those who are in need,
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serving communities in India,
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Nepal, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, Myanmar,
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and will soon
expand to other countries.
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For the last 50 years,
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Child Impact has invested
in the futures of people
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and their investment
has proven infinite returns,
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driven by the dedication
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to helping those
who have the least.
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Child Impact 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 expands
from child rescue operations
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to providing an
education for orphans, deaf,
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and the blind children,
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giving them a
sense of place, a home.
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But above all, Child Impact
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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Hi, my name is Jaime Jorge,
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and I'm excited to be
an honorary ambassador
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for Child Impact International.
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I've had the
privilege of visiting India
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and Myanmar with Child Impact
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and I'm here to share with you
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some very exciting stories
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as well as some
important information.
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Now I have with me Jim,
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the CEO of what
used to be Asian Aid.
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Jim, how long have you
been with this organization
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and why the change to
Child Impact International?
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Well, Jaime, I've
been in the role of CEO
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for just over 10 years now.
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And this was a
big decision for us.
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But the key reasons
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why, is, a lot of
people don't realize
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that India and
Bangladesh or Asia,
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there's a lot of
confusion as to what Asia is.
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And a lot of the Asian countries
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are indoor
countries we don't operate in.
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Secondly, we want to show a
difference between Asian Aid,
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Australia and Child Impact,
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because we are two
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totally separate organizations.
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We also believe
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that we should
grow outside Asia.
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So the name change
gives us the ability
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that when we're ready to
grow into other countries.
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But most important, the
name reflects what we do.
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The name reflects
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that we're impacting
on the lives of children.
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So we think it's
far more relevant
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and will support
our growth strategy.
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Now I've had the
privilege of knowing you
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and working with you
now for a number of years,
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and I have seen
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how much this organization
has grown in that time.
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Can you tell me where
you're from originally?
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You have kind of
a different accent
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and what you use to do
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before coming to now
Child Impact International?
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Well, I'm a New Zealander
and I married an American lady
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from Tennessee.
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And originally she was to move
to New Zealand, which she did.
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But just somehow, we
ended up back in Tennessee.
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But prior to that for 30 years,
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I own the largest promotional
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marketing
company in New Zealand.
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So although I
had a wee bit to do
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with promoting
organizations and companies,
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and also marketing.
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So that was my background.
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And then when I
came to the States,
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I got asked to
be put on the board
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of what was then Asian Aid.
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And so I took a
six-month contract
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to restructure
Asian Aid at the time.
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Well, I'm 10 years into
that six-month contract.
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Well, and it's
made a huge difference
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for this organization.
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Can you tell me what
some of your future plans are?
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Well, I think the key plan
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is to grow our
sponsorship program.
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As you know we sponsor children
in a number of countries,
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very large in India,
Bangladesh, and now Myanmar.
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And Myanmar is the old Burma.
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We're also in
Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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And that sponsorship
program takes a child
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based on need and puts them
in an Adventist Mission School.
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And I have to
be honest with you,
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the need is overwhelming.
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The churches continually
coming to us and saying,
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"Can you help us
with more children?"
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And so the growth of
that sponsorship program
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is key for us moving forward.
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Yes.
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Because it not only impacts
on the life of the child,
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it impacts on their family,
but it's also key funding
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for these
Adventist Mission Schools.
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So sponsoring a
child has a big impact
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on the number
aspects of the child,
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its family and the school.
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And to be honest,
the need is overwhelming.
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Yes.
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We also support four orphanages,
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school for the blind,
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and a school for
the deaf in India.
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And the other important area
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that we're
starting to get involved
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in is a program
that we have called
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"Operation Child Rescue,"
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trafficking of girls,
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the use of boys in beggary
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and slave labor.
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To be honest, in India,
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it's so huge,
it's just overpowering.
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But we're so excited
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that we can be one of
the ministries involved
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in this program.
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So we want to
build that program also.
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Yes.
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Well, I've been
with you to Myanmar,
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where I saw
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that children
attend the schools there,
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and then they come back
home and share the Gospel
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with their families
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and their families
are being baptized.
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And this is in a country
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where you can't
do public evangelism.
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So this is truly a number
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of different
outreach opportunities
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to get people to
learn about Jesus Christ.
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Now what does this mean,
this change, this growth,
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this vision for
the current donors
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of Child Impact International
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and the perspective new ones
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that maybe thinking
about coming on board?
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Well, to begin with
the existing donors,
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nothing really changes.
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We're still located in Ottawa,
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in Tennessee near Chattanooga.
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We still retain the same staff,
we retain the same policies,
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the same board,
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but we want to do things better.
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We want to
represent the children better.
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We want to
increase the communication
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between the child
and the projects we do
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with the donor.
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So the use of
mobile phone technology,
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the use of Facebook,
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and we want to share the
stories with those people
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that are supporting us.
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So we want to step up
how we support the children,
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but also deliver
value to the donors.
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Asian Aid is now
Child Impact International.
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And what is going to
happen is simply fantastic.
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More young people are going
to come to know Jesus Christ.
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They're gonna
have hope in the future
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and you have the
opportunity to be a part of it.
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Would you join us?
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Imagine with me for a moment
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that you are small child
living on the streets of India,
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the sandals on your feet
lost their comfort weeks ago,
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your favorite shirt
just got another hole.
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It's sad.
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Mummy died last year,
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but what makes
you feel even worse
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is that your dad chose
not to be your dad anymore?
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Hey, I'm Shawn Boonstra,
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honorary ambassador for
Child Impact International,
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an organization that
is a supportive ministry
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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You know,
previously called Asian Aid,
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they are making
an exciting change
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to Child Impact
International in order to grow.
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Something like 15 to
25 million little girls
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and boys in India
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share similar stories
to the one I just told you.
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Many are orphaned at a young age
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with little food
to eat and no hope.
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Child Impact serves to bridge
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the gap between
hardship and education.
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It's a unique ministry
that serves children in poverty
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in Bangladesh, India,
Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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Over 3,500 children are provided
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an Adventist
education and lives are changed
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through the numerous
development projects.
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Working in these countries,
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Child Impact has come
face to face with issues
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like child slavery,
poor or no education,
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child trafficking,
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abandon babies,
lack of clean water,
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and a high number of orphans.
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This list is not
short on challenges,
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yet the needs are being met.
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You know, my
family sponsors Sheela,
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a young lady
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at the Sunrise
Orphanage in India.
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For the past couple of years,
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I'm proud of how my family
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has been able to impact her life
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for the better or it has
it, she just started college.
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What I've come to understand
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is that the children
Child Impact supports
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are more than just names
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or faces on a screen or a flyer.
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They are people with a story,
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a story whose ending
has not been written,
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instead another
chapter is being composed.
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It reminds me of
something that Jesus once said.
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"What ever you do
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for the least of these
brothers and sisters of mine,
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you do for me."
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Join me and others
like me throughout the world
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who are
sponsoring a child monthly
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to provide like Jesus did,
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to support like Jesus
did, to love like Jesus did.
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You too can make
a lifelong impact
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on the life of someone
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who was waiting
for you to say yes.
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Yes, today you
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will consider
sponsorship right now
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with Child Impact or
one of our other projects.
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Yes, to give hope to
a precious child today.
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Our television series,
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Hope in Motion has
been a big success.
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And we want to
continue to share with you
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some of the field stories
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that we have
filmed over the years.
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So just from time to
time, it may refer to Asian Aid
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as we reflect on
these great stories
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as we share them with you.
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The beautiful landscapes,
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its people, the
colors and customs,
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that's India in a nutshell.
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Child Impact International
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has been working
in this vast land
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since its very beginning,
which is over 50 years now.
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Primarily focused
on child sponsorship,
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Child Impact also
has been instrumental
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in building many
children's homes and schools
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to complement its
sponsorship program.
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The Immanuel
English School in Jeypore
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in the state of
Orissa is one such school
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that has
undergone a transformation.
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We just feel surprised
how the things have changed.
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Everything was just like
the hill that you see behind,
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full of bushes
and unwanted plants.
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So nobody from town ever thought
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that there can
be something here,
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but God has blessed this place
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and we can see a great change.
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Starting with around 50 children
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and few staff, all
under just one building,
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the school has now developed
into an expansive campus.
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The larger facility
made it possible to bring
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in more children from
the tribal communities
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as well as nearby villages.
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As the news of the
new facility spread,
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many more
children from Adventist
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and
non-Adventist families desire
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to be educated
at the new school.
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Many in rural India,
struggle to earn $2 a day.
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Their only way of earning
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a living is
grazing their livestock
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or working in the fields.
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Here poverty passes
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on from generation to generation
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and education is not an option.
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I mean, some parts of India
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really seem to be
growing and really,
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you know, India seems
to be really coming up
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as I say,
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but when you go to the
villages and the slums,
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they have not
improved in all the years
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that, you know, that
I've been coming to India
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which is now more than 30 years.
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You know, when you
go to the villages,
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and you see into
some of the slums
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and you see how bad,
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you know, the
conditions are that the people
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and the children
are living under.
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Because often,
00:13:15.82\00:13:17.16
it's not that they
don't want to work,
00:13:17.19\00:13:18.53
but there's just not
enough work available.
00:13:18.56\00:13:22.26
Although, a majority of them
00:13:22.30\00:13:23.63
can not afford to send
their children to school,
00:13:23.67\00:13:26.23
they do view education
as a catalyst for change.
00:13:26.27\00:13:29.87
Sixty to seventy percent,
00:13:29.90\00:13:31.41
we are dependent
on the sponsorship
00:13:31.44\00:13:36.24
because majority of
this children are poor
00:13:36.28\00:13:39.58
and they don't have any support.
00:13:39.61\00:13:44.89
Without the
support of any sponsorship,
00:13:44.92\00:13:48.02
those children
would not be here.
00:13:48.06\00:13:50.99
Today, about
2600 children in India
00:13:51.03\00:13:53.86
are sponsored by Child Impact
00:13:53.90\00:13:55.93
and because of their commitment
to the welfare of children,
00:13:55.96\00:13:58.87
especially children
from tribal communities
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and villages, these
children are reaping
00:14:01.17\00:14:03.61
the benefits of an
Adventist education.
00:14:03.64\00:14:07.08
Devoki Moharia,
00:14:07.11\00:14:08.44
a science teacher at
the Immanuel English School
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was a former student here.
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I finished my
BSc degree in college
00:14:13.25\00:14:16.89
and I'm very much
interested in science
00:14:16.92\00:14:19.22
because I was good at science.
00:14:19.25\00:14:22.12
In this school, I
teach mostly 8th, 9th, 10th.
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I teach them
chemistry and biology.
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Devoki was one among
the first batch of children
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to be brought to the
school from neighboring villages
00:14:32.43\00:14:34.80
when Helen Eager
and some of the staff
00:14:34.84\00:14:36.84
from the school
visited these villages.
00:14:36.87\00:14:39.41
I sent messages to
the church pastors,
00:14:39.44\00:14:43.61
if there are any
children from poverty level
00:14:43.65\00:14:47.48
and wherever
there are no schools.
00:14:47.52\00:14:50.22
So many names came
from different churches,
00:14:50.25\00:14:55.72
then first I went to
some orphan children,
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then I came to know
that there are two girls,
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very small girls
nearby Kotpat town,
00:15:03.03\00:15:06.53
so I went there and I met
00:15:06.57\00:15:09.50
with her father, Devoki.
00:15:09.54\00:15:13.14
Then her father
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was not willing
to send the girl here
00:15:15.71\00:15:18.88
because there was
no boundary around,
00:15:18.91\00:15:21.15
and there was
only one building built
00:15:21.18\00:15:23.85
by Asian Aid.
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Then when I went,
00:15:25.55\00:15:26.89
she was the
smallest among the two.
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Then she started
crying not to take photo.
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I carried her, I
gave her a chocolate.
00:15:33.46\00:15:37.23
Then I made her to stand,
00:15:37.27\00:15:39.57
then I took a
photograph for Mummy Eager
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and that's how I found her.
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I was very happy thinking
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that I'm going
to go to a school,
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a hostel, English medium,
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no one knows in my
school what is English, means,
00:15:50.35\00:15:52.58
they don't know how to
talk in English and all.
00:15:52.61\00:15:54.52
So I was very happy
00:15:54.55\00:15:55.88
that I will be the
person to learn English and all.
00:15:55.92\00:15:58.29
So when I came here,
00:15:58.32\00:15:59.89
first two, three
days I was nervous,
00:15:59.92\00:16:01.49
means I used to remember parents
00:16:01.52\00:16:02.86
all those things,
00:16:02.89\00:16:04.23
and only one
single building was there,
00:16:04.26\00:16:06.29
and no boundary, you
know, it was like jungle.
00:16:06.33\00:16:08.56
And jungle, means,
00:16:08.60\00:16:09.93
I really get very,
very scared of that.
00:16:09.96\00:16:12.73
And no boundary, no nothing,
only one building was there,
00:16:12.77\00:16:15.60
boys, girls, staff,
00:16:15.64\00:16:17.14
everyone in same building
doing all the activities,
00:16:17.17\00:16:20.28
eating, sleeping, studying,
00:16:20.31\00:16:22.04
everything in the same building.
00:16:22.08\00:16:24.01
From right at the beginning
00:16:24.05\00:16:25.38
when this school
was just one classroom,
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then with the
vision of Helen Eager
00:16:27.45\00:16:29.58
and supporters
like Garwin McNeilus,
00:16:29.62\00:16:32.09
the school
sprouted into an institution
00:16:32.12\00:16:35.06
that now has, I
think about 700 children
00:16:35.09\00:16:38.29
and of those 600 are sponsored.
00:16:38.33\00:16:40.50
And now we see
00:16:40.53\00:16:41.86
the success
stories coming through.
00:16:41.90\00:16:43.73
Devoki who was
right at the school
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when it started,
00:16:46.37\00:16:47.70
she did her
education at the school,
00:16:47.74\00:16:49.64
then she went
away to university,
00:16:49.67\00:16:51.77
and now she's come
back as a science teacher.
00:16:51.81\00:16:54.58
It's just so fantastic to see
00:16:54.61\00:16:56.58
the difference
that has made with her
00:16:56.61\00:16:58.91
but also with the
children that are here.
00:16:58.95\00:17:02.85
If it weren't for
the timely intervention
00:17:02.88\00:17:04.75
of Child Impact International
and people like Helen Eager,
00:17:04.79\00:17:08.12
Devoki Moharia's life
would have seen misfortunes
00:17:08.16\00:17:11.23
of so many young girls
like her in her village.
00:17:11.26\00:17:15.36
Life in rural India is simple.
00:17:15.40\00:17:17.73
People live in close
quarters and as one unit.
00:17:17.77\00:17:20.30
During the day, they
either go to the fields
00:17:24.94\00:17:27.44
or graze what
little livestock they have.
00:17:27.48\00:17:30.18
And there is a clear
order of social precedence
00:17:30.21\00:17:32.71
based on gender
00:17:32.75\00:17:34.08
and women have little
or no say in its structure,
00:17:34.12\00:17:36.92
often leading to
unjust practices and misery.
00:17:36.95\00:17:40.46
In villages,
parents, they are uneducated
00:17:40.49\00:17:42.69
and they don't
send their children
00:17:42.72\00:17:46.29
when they are
small to the school.
00:17:46.33\00:17:48.56
So that is the reason
I never went to school.
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In villages, that is a rule
that when a girl is grown up,
00:17:51.50\00:17:55.17
she should be given
marriage to someone.
00:17:55.20\00:17:59.04
So in my case also,
it would have been like
00:17:59.07\00:18:00.98
that when I would
not have been come
00:18:01.01\00:18:02.34
to the school and study.
00:18:02.38\00:18:03.71
By this time, I
would have got married,
00:18:03.75\00:18:05.65
having children,
all those things.
00:18:05.68\00:18:09.68
Child marriage
is a common practice
00:18:09.72\00:18:11.39
in South Asia
00:18:11.42\00:18:12.75
and it is more
prevalent in India.
00:18:12.79\00:18:14.72
According to United
Nations Children's Agency,
00:18:14.76\00:18:17.36
UNICEF, 18% of
the girls are married
00:18:17.39\00:18:20.20
by the age of 15.
00:18:20.23\00:18:23.57
Although Indian law has
made child marriage illegal
00:18:23.60\00:18:26.53
and the practice is in
decline in recent years,
00:18:26.57\00:18:28.84
customs and
traditions dictate life
00:18:28.87\00:18:30.91
in rural India.
00:18:30.94\00:18:32.27
It is like so in
Devoki's village, Basuli.
00:18:32.31\00:18:36.28
At present, I don't have
any of my friends to my age,
00:18:36.31\00:18:39.28
only I'm the girl in my village,
00:18:39.31\00:18:41.38
all are younger to
me, all have got married.
00:18:41.42\00:18:45.15
By now, she
would have got married.
00:18:45.19\00:18:47.19
If she would
have not studied here,
00:18:47.22\00:18:49.09
by now, she
would have got married.
00:18:49.12\00:18:50.89
So by now,
00:18:50.93\00:18:52.26
she would have
been lost in that way.
00:18:52.29\00:18:54.53
But now she is in God's hand.
00:18:54.56\00:18:57.17
She is doing wonderful.
00:18:57.20\00:19:00.80
Although, Devoki grew up in
a boarding school at Jeypore
00:19:00.84\00:19:03.91
and went to
college in bigger cities,
00:19:03.94\00:19:05.81
she has not forgotten
her roots and is always happy
00:19:05.84\00:19:08.31
to visit her
family in her village.
00:19:08.34\00:19:12.25
Yeah, I feel very happy
00:19:12.28\00:19:13.62
because I'm born and
brought up in this village.
00:19:13.65\00:19:16.52
And even though I stay
in a town or something,
00:19:16.55\00:19:19.35
but I still have
love for my village,
00:19:19.39\00:19:21.92
for my family members.
00:19:21.96\00:19:23.29
I feel very happy
00:19:23.32\00:19:24.66
when I come back to
my home and see them.
00:19:24.69\00:19:26.03
Devoki is the only girl
to have successfully received
00:19:30.07\00:19:33.07
a college
education from her village.
00:19:33.10\00:19:35.00
And in a community
00:19:35.04\00:19:36.37
where women have
little or no say,
00:19:36.40\00:19:38.17
she is treated
with utmost respect.
00:19:38.21\00:19:42.88
We feel very proud.
00:19:42.91\00:19:44.61
Whenever someone
comes to visit us,
00:19:44.65\00:19:46.48
we always tell
them about our daughter.
00:19:46.51\00:19:48.45
When she comes here,
we're very happy and proud.
00:19:48.48\00:19:51.52
The realization
00:19:51.55\00:19:52.89
that there are many
more children out there
00:19:52.92\00:19:54.56
who yearn for a good
education can be discouraging,
00:19:54.59\00:19:57.56
but it is reassuring to
know that with sponsorship,
00:19:57.59\00:20:00.53
we can go about making a
difference one day at a time.
00:20:00.56\00:20:04.43
When we are at home,
00:20:04.47\00:20:06.33
sometimes we're not
getting three meals to eat,
00:20:06.37\00:20:09.10
no good place to sleep.
00:20:09.14\00:20:11.17
So when schools are
there, like this school,
00:20:11.21\00:20:14.34
they are providing
meals, education, and sponsors,
00:20:14.38\00:20:17.48
they are struggling hard
to educate some other's life.
00:20:17.51\00:20:20.95
That is something
very great to understand.
00:20:20.98\00:20:23.95
Since sponsorship
was there, I studied.
00:20:23.99\00:20:27.19
And I'm...
00:20:27.22\00:20:28.56
I'm so much
grateful to my sponsor.
00:20:28.59\00:20:31.29
And to me, it's really wonderful
00:20:31.33\00:20:32.93
just to see the changes.
00:20:32.96\00:20:34.73
You know, when you see
a child come looking dirty
00:20:34.76\00:20:38.63
and unhappy
00:20:38.67\00:20:40.00
and know that
nobody cares about them,
00:20:40.04\00:20:42.47
and then after a very short time
00:20:42.50\00:20:44.61
to see the transformation,
00:20:44.64\00:20:45.97
and then after few years
to see them really doing well.
00:20:46.01\00:20:50.18
I think that's what
makes its worthwhile.
00:20:50.21\00:20:52.48
Devoki, although
having better offers
00:20:52.51\00:20:54.45
to teach outside
in bigger cities,
00:20:54.48\00:20:56.48
has come back to
teach in the place
00:20:56.52\00:20:58.19
that gave her a
new chance in life.
00:20:58.22\00:21:00.39
Actually, my education,
00:21:00.42\00:21:03.32
my foundation is
started from here,
00:21:03.36\00:21:05.96
so I thought first
let me serve to my place,
00:21:05.99\00:21:09.60
the place where I belong to,
where I have got my foundation,
00:21:09.63\00:21:12.77
whatever talent I have,
let me show to those people
00:21:12.80\00:21:15.24
so that those students
also will learn about that.
00:21:15.27\00:21:18.37
I feel proud because
whatever I did for her,
00:21:18.41\00:21:23.55
I've got the fruit.
00:21:23.58\00:21:24.91
Today, Child Impact
International continues
00:21:38.19\00:21:40.90
to fulfill it's commitment
to the welfare of children
00:21:40.93\00:21:43.77
who are in need
and to provide them
00:21:43.80\00:21:45.60
with an education
through sponsorship,
00:21:45.63\00:21:47.77
giving them hope and a
chance for a better life.
00:21:47.80\00:21:50.84
Zig Zag Zoom...
00:21:50.87\00:21:52.47
So they are building
lives, that, people means,
00:21:52.51\00:21:55.58
students and children,
they are in the darkness.
00:21:55.61\00:21:58.05
They are receiving
the light in their lives.
00:21:58.08\00:22:01.65
Once if they are at their home,
00:22:01.68\00:22:03.08
their lights are
been off or gone away,
00:22:03.12\00:22:05.29
but once they are coming here,
00:22:05.32\00:22:06.65
the light of
their life is being on.
00:22:06.69\00:22:10.33
Since I think that, I feel,
since I was in this school,
00:22:10.36\00:22:14.63
I'm blessed to
this position today.
00:22:14.66\00:22:17.30
I've been in this
position over eight years now.
00:22:21.37\00:22:24.61
And the privilege
that I have in my role
00:22:24.64\00:22:27.04
is being able to
visit the children
00:22:27.08\00:22:29.48
that you the donors support.
00:22:29.51\00:22:31.68
And as I meet them,
00:22:31.71\00:22:33.05
I see the difference
that you make in their lives.
00:22:33.08\00:22:36.12
The difference you make
00:22:36.15\00:22:37.49
and where they
live in their village,
00:22:37.52\00:22:39.25
the difference you
make with their education,
00:22:39.29\00:22:41.82
and then finally
when they get a job.
00:22:41.86\00:22:44.23
Just the other day in
India, we met a bank manager.
00:22:44.26\00:22:47.83
He was brought up
as a sponsored child
00:22:47.86\00:22:50.67
from a very poor village
00:22:50.70\00:22:52.73
and now he has a successful job,
00:22:52.77\00:22:55.04
he has a family,
00:22:55.07\00:22:56.44
and he is impacting
the lives of others.
00:22:56.47\00:22:58.94
And in fact, the
amazing thing is,
00:22:58.97\00:23:00.98
he is now
sponsoring two children
00:23:01.01\00:23:03.55
in one of our programs.
00:23:03.58\00:23:05.95
This is an
important time of year.
00:23:05.98\00:23:08.08
It's a time of
year where we share
00:23:08.12\00:23:10.05
and where we give gifts to
our loved ones and friends.
00:23:10.09\00:23:13.56
But it's also an important time
00:23:13.59\00:23:15.16
of year for us
here at Child Impact.
00:23:15.19\00:23:18.13
And this year for
our annual appeal,
00:23:18.16\00:23:20.63
we have four projects
that will make a real impact
00:23:20.66\00:23:24.37
with the people that they serve.
00:23:24.40\00:23:27.20
Our first project is
Where Needed Most Fund,
00:23:27.24\00:23:30.44
this is a critical
fund for Child Impact,
00:23:30.47\00:23:33.84
as it not only
helps with the operating
00:23:33.88\00:23:36.31
that we do in six countries,
00:23:36.34\00:23:38.88
but it also allows us
to have a pool of money
00:23:38.91\00:23:42.18
for emergencies which
consistently come along.
00:23:42.22\00:23:45.55
Some are small
just like medical needs,
00:23:45.59\00:23:48.19
but others are major
00:23:48.22\00:23:49.56
when there's a
disaster or a flood.
00:23:49.59\00:23:51.79
We just ask that you consider
the "Where Needed Most Funds"
00:23:51.83\00:23:55.46
as one of the ones
00:23:55.50\00:23:56.83
that you can
support this Christmas.
00:23:56.87\00:23:59.27
Our next project is
Operation Child Rescue.
00:23:59.30\00:24:02.67
Operation Child Rescue
is a very dramatic project
00:24:02.70\00:24:06.88
that we are
involved in Bengaluru, India.
00:24:06.91\00:24:10.68
We're partner with a lady
00:24:10.71\00:24:12.21
who has a team
that rescues girls
00:24:12.25\00:24:15.08
from brothels
and the sex industry.
00:24:15.12\00:24:17.99
It's simply hard to comprehend
00:24:18.02\00:24:20.19
how many girls
and children are taken
00:24:20.22\00:24:22.89
to the sex industry.
00:24:22.92\00:24:24.39
In India, it's
thousands every year.
00:24:24.43\00:24:27.50
The same team helps rescue boys
00:24:27.53\00:24:30.30
from factories
with a poorly paid
00:24:30.33\00:24:33.20
or hardly paid anything.
00:24:33.23\00:24:35.20
And the other aspect
of Operation Child Rescue
00:24:35.24\00:24:38.44
is looking after
and rescuing babies
00:24:38.47\00:24:41.31
who have been
dropped off on the side
00:24:41.34\00:24:43.11
of the road or abandoned.
00:24:43.14\00:24:45.21
Operation Child Rescue
is not only saving lives,
00:24:45.25\00:24:49.42
it's giving those children hope.
00:24:49.45\00:24:52.02
Operation Child
Rescue is a key project
00:24:52.05\00:24:55.36
for Child Impact International.
00:24:55.39\00:24:58.16
The next project is
the Unsponsored Child Fund.
00:24:58.19\00:25:01.76
At anytime, Child
Impact has over 3,500 children,
00:25:01.80\00:25:06.94
and we normally have
about 500 unsponsored children.
00:25:06.97\00:25:10.87
These are children
we have had to take
00:25:10.91\00:25:12.77
because of an urgent need.
00:25:12.81\00:25:14.71
We also need a pool of children
available for sponsorship.
00:25:14.74\00:25:18.61
And yes, once a
donor can't support a child
00:25:18.65\00:25:22.28
for some reason,
00:25:22.32\00:25:23.79
they go into
that pool of children.
00:25:23.82\00:25:26.22
Once a child is in our
program, we support them
00:25:26.25\00:25:29.56
whether they have
a sponsorship or not.
00:25:29.59\00:25:32.86
Supporting the
Unsponsored Child Fund
00:25:32.89\00:25:35.40
is a unique way
of being involved
00:25:35.43\00:25:37.90
in sponsorship
00:25:37.93\00:25:39.27
if you don't want
the monthly commitment.
00:25:39.30\00:25:41.74
The Unsponsored
Child Fund is critical
00:25:41.77\00:25:44.87
to our sponsorship program.
00:25:44.91\00:25:47.84
Child Impact is very excited
00:25:47.88\00:25:49.78
that we can partner
with the church in India
00:25:49.81\00:25:52.68
with a blind
school, a deaf school,
00:25:52.71\00:25:55.22
and four orphanages.
00:25:55.25\00:25:57.35
These special homes and schools
are just so exciting to visit.
00:25:57.39\00:26:03.06
I have one of the
most emotional moments
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of my whole work career,
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when one day, I
visited the blind school.
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And a young girl
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was just arrived at
the school that morning,
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they had found her in a village
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and she had been
locked in the basement
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of the house for over six years.
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She just sat in the corner,
she wouldn't talk to anyone,
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she wouldn't communicate,
and she was just totally lost.
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And I thought,
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"Is there any
hope for this child,
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totally blind by the way?"
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Well, I went back
eight weeks later,
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and here she was, I
couldn't believe it.
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She was talking to
the other children,
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she was playing.
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And then in the
evening, it was just so touching
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to see her
singing Jesus loves me,
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it really was
just very emotional.
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And so these children
in a country like India,
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have a larger need than here
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because when they are
home in their village,
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they are rejected.
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Their parents
don't know what to do.
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So supporting the blind
school, the deaf school,
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or the orphanages
is a very real way
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in which you can
impact the life of children,
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who have a huge need.
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We're very
grateful to Child Impact
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for the support
that you the donors give.
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But December is a
critical month for us
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and a month where you can
give to one of these four funds
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or any of our projects
and have a real impact.
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I just ask that
you give consideration
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to supporting
our yearend program
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for one of these four projects.
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You can contact us on our
phone by talking to our staff,
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and we put the
number on the screen
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or you can go
online to ChildImpact.org,
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that's ChildImpact.org
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to see how you can
get further information
00:27:52.23\00:27:55.30
or support us at
Child Impact International.
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I wanna thank
you for your support.
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