Child Impact International
is an organization giving hope,
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previously called Asian Aid.
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Child Impact International
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is an organization fostering
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 is
proving infinite returns,
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driven by the
dedication to helping those
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who have the least.
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Child Impact is an organization
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focused 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 for orphans,
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deaf and the blind children
giving them a sense of place,
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a home but above all,
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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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Good morning, sir. Good morning.
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Good to see you
again. How are you?
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Ladies.
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Oh, thank you.
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I'm Jim Rennie.
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I'm for over the
last eight years,
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I've been CEO of Asian Aid USA.
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Asian Aid was
established over 50 years ago
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and in that time has helped
tens of thousands of children
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in over five countries.
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As a part of a
bold new strategy,
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we're changing our name.
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We are now Child
Impact International.
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We feel our new name
will better encompass
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the work that we do.
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Let me briefly
explain what I mean.
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This exciting new name
Child Impact International
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will give us momentum
as we move forward to help
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thousands of
additional children.
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As we work with
our focus groups,
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we felt Child
Impact International
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describes who we
are and what we do
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for the following reasons.
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This name reflects
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far more clearly
the critical work
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that we're doing
with very needy students,
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their families
and mission schools.
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Child Impact
International gives momentum
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and direction to a
bold growth strategy
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that will impact
the lives of thousands
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of additional children.
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This name avoids any confusion
in regards to where we work
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and what people consider Asia.
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This name gives
a clear distinction
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between this organization
and Asian Aid Australia,
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which are completely separate.
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The name Child Impact
International provides us
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the opportunity
to help more children
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and expand our
activity beyond Asia.
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Internally, nothing will change,
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the board, staff, policies,
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and work we do
will stay the same,
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and at the same
level of excellence
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that we're known for.
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We're staying in
Collegedale, Tennessee.
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Philosophically however,
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the new name Child
Impact International
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will allow our
organization to expand
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and give momentum
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to help thousands
of new needy children.
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You have an
opportunity to be involved
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in the mission field
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every day, every
morning with child sponsorship.
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You can impact on
the lives of children
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just like these ones here.
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You can help set
their lives on a new course
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and also give them hope
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that can change
their lives forever.
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Our funds go
directly to support the needs
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of an Adventist mission school,
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which heightens the
quality of education
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just not for the
children who are sponsored,
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but all the
children in the school.
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The reality is that
poverty is very hard to change.
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Child Impact International
sponsorship program
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takes the child
based on need and puts them
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in an Adventist mission school.
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It gives them a
direction, it gives them hope,
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and also has an
impact in the communities
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and with their
families and friends.
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Together, you and I
can have a huge change
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on an entire community
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just like the
ones around the school.
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For existing donors,
the only change you'll see
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is advancement
in the communication
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between your child and projects.
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You'll see a real difference
by using new technologies
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to keep you up-to-date
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on how you support Child Impact.
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The work of Child
Impact International
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will continue to
grow in the countries
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we already
operate in like India,
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Myanmar, Bangladesh,
Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
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And as opportunities arise,
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we will expand
into other countries.
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The poverty which
you see in communities
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like this is real.
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These families struggle to
feed and educate their children.
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You can have an
impact right here,
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right now by
becoming a sponsor of a child
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or partnering with Child Impact.
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Child Impact is a
fully supportive ministry
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of the Adventist
church and supports children
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and orphans and
special needs children
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in Adventist homes
and mission schools.
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Each child's life has changed
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and the mission
school gains unique funds.
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You have an
opportunity to be involved
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in the mission field
every day by becoming a sponsor
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or a supporter of
Child Impact International.
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On my trip to India,
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one of the
highlights was the visit
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to the blind school
in a town called Bobbili.
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The school is an
Adventist church school,
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but it is 100%
funded by Child Impact
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and Asian Aid Australia.
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It was build just
over 12 years ago,
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thanks to the generosity
of the McNeilus family.
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And it is in the rural setting
surrounded by lots of farms.
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The school has over 160 students
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from grade 1 to grade 12.
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The students are
either partially blind
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or fully blind,
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and come mainly
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from poor farming
communities all around.
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When we arrived,
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they gave us an amazing welcome.
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They lined up on both sides,
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they threw flowers on the
road and we walked through,
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and then we had to shake
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the hand of
every single student.
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They asked us
questions, they touched us,
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because they wanted to
know what we were all about.
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I was really moved
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by the excitement
that I saw in them.
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They were
genuinely interested in us.
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We shared a beautiful evening
that night, we had a concert.
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Some of them played instruments
and then I did a part for them.
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I talked to them
and I played my violin.
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I don't think many
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or most of them had
ever heard a violin before.
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So it was really exciting.
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There were two things
that I remember in particular.
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Number one, they
listened intently
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and then when
they knew the songs,
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they sang at the
top of their lungs.
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Number two, they clapped so hard
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when every song was over.
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It was a beautiful experience.
It is a marvelous place.
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The facilities are great.
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The classrooms are
expansive and they are large,
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but there are
still some serious needs.
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I'm delighted
to have Jim Rennie,
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the CEO of Child
Impact here again today.
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Jim, why is this
school so important?
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Well, first of all, Jaime,
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it's one of my favorite
schools to visit in India.
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The kids just are so
hungry to talk to you to,
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to find out about
you and they touch you,
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of course, because
of they can't see...
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They want to feel you, yes.
They want to feel and see you.
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This school is important
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because it fulfills a need
that no one else is delivering
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in that region of India.
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First of all, these kids
come from very, very poor,
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mainly farming families.
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And when you're born blind
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in a village in
that part of India,
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there's no way to go.
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The parents have
no idea what to do.
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There's an element of
shame in having a blind child.
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And so, this
school fulfills the need,
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and I've seen so
many of the parents
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of the blind
children are so proud
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that their child is
getting an education.
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And I went to the
blind school one day
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and there was a
seven-year-old girl there,
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and she had just
come to the school
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and to be honest,
it was distressing.
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She couldn't
talk, her head was down,
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she would sit in the
corner, it was just terrible.
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And I had found her at her house
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and she had been
locked in her room
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for three to four years.
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The parents were
just so embarrassed
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and didn't know what to do.
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But the exciting thing was,
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when I went back
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to the blind
school a year later,
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I just about came to tears
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because here she was...
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She was playing
with the children.
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I saw her singing,
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I saw her praying,
just amazing change.
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It was all there,
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but she had no
way of letting it out.
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So this school makes
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a huge difference
with blind children,
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but the need is
just overpowering
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from the
environment in which they come.
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Yes.
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And even though it
is a beautiful facility
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as I've mentioned,
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what are the needs that
we currently have there?
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Well, we always have
special needs children,
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blind children
that need sponsorship,
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but if you
can't sponsor a child,
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you can make a
donation to the blind school,
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it has a separate fund.
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It's very costly
to run the school.
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And these children have exactly
what it says special needs.
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So you can
either sponsor a child,
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or you can support
the blind school fund.
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Okay.
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Now Child Impact also operates
and funds a deaf school.
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Can you tell me a
little bit about that
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because I haven't been there?
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Well, this is
located in southern India,
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south of the city of Bangalore
and a city called Kollegal,
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it has just over 95 students.
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Once again, it's
a boarding school.
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It's an Adventist mission school
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and the children come
from similar backgrounds
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to the children
at the blind school,
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very rural community.
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And once again, when
a child is born deaf,
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the parents simply
don't know what to do.
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They don't know
what sign language is?
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It's an embarrassment and so,
these children are given hope.
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And once again, you go there
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and you see them
singing with sign language,
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and it's just a school
that's having a huge impact.
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One hundred and
sixty blind children
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and over 95 deaf children
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are getting
opportunities to do things
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that they'll never do otherwise
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and that's thanks
to your generosity.
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We thank you and we
ask for you to continue
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to be a part of
Child Impact to reach these
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and many other
young people in there.
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I'm Shawn Boonstra,
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Speaker/Director for
the Voice of Prophecy,
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and I've been involved
with Asian Aid for many years.
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I'm excited
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that they are
growing and helping
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more children in need
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and very excited
with their new name,
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Child Impact International.
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Voice of Prophecy continues
to partner with Child Impact,
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both in rescuing girls
from trafficking in India
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and with outreach in Myanmar.
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My family
continues to sponsor Sheela,
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the young lady we
sponsored in India.
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Child Impact International
is going to have a big impact
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on the lives of
thousands of children
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in Adventist mission
schools and other projects,
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and we at Voice of Prophecy
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are really
excited to be a partner.
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Our television
series Hope in Motion
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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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Bobbili, a small town
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near the costal
city of Vizag in India
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has nothing to
offer to a visitor.
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Its streets often bustling
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and chaotic are typical
of rural towns in India.
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Poverty is widespread
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and people
struggle to meet ends,
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doing menial jobs
and often attending
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to paddy fields
owned by landlords.
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Visits to villages around here
only amplify once perception
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of abstract poverty
people live in on a daily basis.
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But it is in this despairing
and gloomy environment,
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we often get to see
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and experience
hopefulness and optimism.
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Over the last 15 years,
Child Impact International
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has undertaken
numerous developmental work
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in and around the Bobbili area.
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It has supported schools
through its sponsorship program
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and built a
school for the blind.
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One of its recent
projects is the construction
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of a brand new
orphanage in Karada village,
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the Sunrise Children Home.
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From its humble beginning
in a cramped building in town,
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the orphanage has
shifted to a spacious campus
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in the countryside,
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situated about 10
miles from Bobbili.
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The new campus
gives the children
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an ideal place to
live, learn, and play.
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How many of you
like this room? Okay.
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So you want to sleep here? Yes.
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You know, it's taken time
to build the new orphanage
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and the children
have been brought
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along the journey.
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So they were given an idea
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that you're going
to have a better home.
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It's like asking,
you're going to go to heaven
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and we've got a better home.
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So they had this idea
of having a better home
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and they've
been asking questions
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as this whole
thing was in progress,
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and now they have it and
they are just so excited.
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It is such a
wonderful place to go
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from such a cramped environment
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to such an
expansive free environment.
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The children still attend
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the Seventh-day
Adventist school in town.
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But Sunrise Home has its own bus
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that takes them
to school every day.
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And the bus ride is something
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that children look
forward to every morning.
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August 2nd, 2014
was a special day
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for Child Impact International
and everyone at Sunrise Home,
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a new boys' dorm was
inaugurated by renowned
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Adventist
violinist, Jaime Jorge.
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It was very
emotional for me to be here
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at the opening of
the boys' dormitory.
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It was just so
great that Jamie Jorge
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could be here to do
the dedication and arguably
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we could say it's the end
of the project, but it's not.
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Yes, the donors have
build a great facility,
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but the ongoing need
for orphans in this home,
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the ongoing operating needs,
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the ongoing needs to sponsorship
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simply means it's not over.
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Although there is
ongoing need for sponsorship
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and other needs at Sunrise Home,
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it is encouraging
knowing that this facility
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has the capability to double
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the number of
children and in the future,
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there is facility
to build another floor,
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thereby having the
capacity to facilitate
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the ever increasing inflow
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of children arriving
at Sunrise Home each year.
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In my union,
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we have 850,000 members
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and there are hundreds
of needs in this union,
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especially there
are orphan children,
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there are semi-orphan children,
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and therefore we
really face challenge.
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Today, expanding and adding
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these facilities
in the boys' hostel
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will really be a great blessing
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because these children
are adjusting somewhere
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and they don't
have proper facilities.
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They want to feel
with their friends
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as if it is their own home
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and this will be
a unique identity
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that will build
confidence in them,
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and they will really
develop in the proper way
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in the Adventist atmosphere.
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Twelve-year-old Durga Prasad
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and his
eleven-year-old brother Rajesh
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came to Sunrise
Home three years ago.
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They were rescued
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from the streets by
a local NGO Childline,
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after a newspaper article
appeared in a local daily
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with the title
"mother for sale."
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Childline immediately
followed up the story
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with the concerned people
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and rescued the boys and
took them in their custody.
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After we brought them here,
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we came to know
that their father died
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and the mother
found another man,
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and she moved in with him.
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But he forced
her into prostitution
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and forced the boys
on to the streets to beg
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and sell newspaper and fruits.
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He used that money,
drinking and gambling.
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Durga Prasad and
Rajesh woke up every day
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to the blaring
sound of train horns
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or the screeching
halt of its iron wheels.
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The buzz and
hustle of the street
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near the train
station at Vizianagaram
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was their domain
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and the railway
platform their shelter.
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The boys were
forced to go and beg
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or steal by their
mother's boyfriend,
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and when they
refused, they were beaten.
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Fearing the beatings
that awaited them at home,
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they spend most of their time
living on the railway platform,
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earning some money
selling fruits or begging.
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After they were rescued
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and taken into
custody by Childline,
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Durga Prasad and Rajesh
were brought to Sunrise Home.
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I'm from Bobbili town
and I used to live very close
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to where the old
Sunrise Home was.
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Then I informed
by superiors about it
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and recommended these
two boys to Sunrise Home.
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Sunrise Home is highly regarded
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throughout the
district for its work
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with the shelter it
provides to orphaned
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and abandoned children
like Durga Prasad and Rajesh.
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Most of the children are coming
to Sunrise Home recommended
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by police department,
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and
non-governmental organizations,
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and the Childline,
and rescued children,
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most of them are
here the rescued children.
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In this whole of the
Vizianagaram district,
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only this home is best home
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and the
government will recommend
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all the children
to stay here only.
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Okay. Wow.
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At our homes like
Sunrise, we have children
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from varied
backgrounds, varied stories,
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and honest some of
them are hard to comprehend,
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and just like these two boys
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who were found on
a railway platform
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at the train
station, could you imagine it,
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could you imagine living
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there having to
scrape up an existence?
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They were
exploited by many people
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and they had no hope.
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Now, at least they
have come to Sunrise Home
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where they have a new direction,
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and now they have
hope of an education,
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they have a hope of the future,
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and the Asian Aid
sponsorship program
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will have a big
difference in their lives.
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Durga Prasad and
Rajesh are in a place
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where they can leave
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behind the fear of
being beaten and exploited,
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leave behind the struggles
of growing up in the streets
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and instead are in a
safe and comfortable place,
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a place where
they don't feel like
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they're orphan or abandoned.
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So by having an orphanage,
we can access these children
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who really won't
have the basics in life,
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who now can have the
basics in life to go forward.
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So that's what
orphanage is doing.
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They get the
children who really need help
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and don't have
anyone to help them.
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Child Impact is
giving them that help.
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Child Impact is
giving them that new life
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through its
special need schools,
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at an orphanage
like Sunrise Home,
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and is giving
them an opportunity
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to receive a proper education.
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One of the great blessing is
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that we cannot do
everything by on our own
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because of certain reasons.
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I thank God for
special organizations
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like Asian Aid.
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They are uniquely tuned
to meet exactly our needs,
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where we really need,
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especially we
need next generation
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to be prepared
for the church work
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and these children
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who are trained up in the
homes and with their help,
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with their support, we
educate our poor children,
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they're the next generation,
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faithful workers for the church.
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And it is really transforming.
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I really thank God,
00:24:07.68\00:24:09.01
every sponsor that
is supporting this work,
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every leader in
this organization,
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they are really doing the work
with dedication and commitment.
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They reach unto us,
they openly talk their ideas
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and we tell our needs,
and they really fit in.
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I'm proud of this
important organization,
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and they are truly beneficial
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to my union here
in East Central India.
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It was painful for us to learn
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that the boys' mother
is still making her living
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through prostitution
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and does not know the
whereabouts of her sons.
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Taking the children away
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from the mother may
sound cruel and callous,
00:24:38.67\00:24:41.11
but extraordinary
circumstances call
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for extraordinary
measures for the welfare
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and the future of the children.
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Like Rajesh and Durga Prasad,
there are so many children
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who are having very
bad family backgrounds.
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Sunrise Home is giving them
good directions in their lives.
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Today, Child
Impact International
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is reaching out
to children in need.
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And Sunrise Home is a safe haven
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for these children,
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providing not
just their basic needs
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and an
opportunity for an education,
00:25:10.11\00:25:12.17
but giving them
parental love and affection,
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the chance and hope
for a brighter future.
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A couple of years
ago, my daughters and I had
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a wonderful
opportunity to travel to India,
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and while we were there,
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we met yet
another part of our family
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and that's our
sponsored daughter, Sheela.
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We had the
privilege of sponsoring Sheela
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through Child
Impact International
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for more than three years now.
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And you know,
while we were there,
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she shared with us
00:26:01.39\00:26:02.72
that her dream
was to become a nurse.
00:26:02.76\00:26:05.79
Now, what a wonderful
privilege it is for us now
00:26:05.83\00:26:09.10
as a family to know
00:26:09.13\00:26:10.97
that she is
fulfilling that dream.
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Sheela is now
studying to be a nurse.
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She is in college
00:26:16.47\00:26:17.81
and we could not
be happier for her.
00:26:17.84\00:26:20.11
It's been wonderful to be
part of that journey with her.
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And you know, sponsoring a child
00:26:23.55\00:26:25.45
through Child Impact,
00:26:25.48\00:26:26.92
it's made an
incredible difference
00:26:26.95\00:26:28.55
for our family.
00:26:28.58\00:26:30.05
And I know that for
you sponsoring a child
00:26:30.09\00:26:32.12
can make a
difference for you too.
00:26:32.15\00:26:34.29
And most importantly,
it can make the difference
00:26:34.32\00:26:36.62
in the life of
a child every day.
00:26:36.66\00:26:39.03