Children are our future.
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They're full of
dreams and desires.
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But in a world of
unspeakable despair,
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these ignited minds live
in poverty and pervasion -
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helpless and hopeless.
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Child Impact International
is an organization giving hope.
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It is an organization fostering
permanent positive change
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in the lives of
disadvantaged children
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and those who are in need,
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serving communities in India,
Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
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Myanmar, and beyond.
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For the last 15 years,
child impact has invested
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in the futures of children.
And their investment has proven
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infinite returns. Driven
by their dedication to helping
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those who have the least,
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 to providing
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an education for orphans,
deaf, and the blind children,
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giving them a
sense of place, a home.
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But above all, 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 need it the most.
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This is Hope in Motion.
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Situated amidst a lush,
green paddy fields of Bobbili
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in Andhra Pradesh, India,
is an institution that is home
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to some of the most
disadvantaged children in the
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society.
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This is the school for
the blind, run by Child Impact
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International.
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In a world where
blindness is considered a curse,
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and blind
children are abandoned,
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this campus is a refuge
for children seeking care and
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comfort.
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There are various circumstances
that have contributed to these
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Some of them are
victims of accidents.
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Some due to vitamin deficiency
factored by lack of nutritious
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food;
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but most of
them were born blind.
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Akhila Macha is a 7th
grade student at the school.
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She comes from a small tribal
community not far from the
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school in Bobbili.
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Akhila is the second girl
child in the family and was born
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blind.
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When Akhila was born blind,
her father wouldn't accept her,
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and wanted to abandon and
leave her at the hospital.
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In a patriarchal society, where
a girl child is often considered
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a burden, Akhila's father
did not want another girl child.
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That, too, a girl
child with visual impairment.
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There are people who are poor,
who are really struggling to
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look after the family
and bring up the kids,
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and then what happens if
you're a girl in the family,
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"Where are you
sitting in the hierarchy?"
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"How are you
accepted in society?"
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The boys get an education above
the girls, so straightaway,
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the girls really have
an extra challenge here.
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And imagine if a
girl has a disability.
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Where does that person sit?
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So the need to provide special
support for all children,
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but especially for girls who
have disabilities is an amazing
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opportunity to help them,
because there is very little
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that can be done.
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And, if they are in the family
environment, they can't really
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contribute.
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They can't work and
contribute to the family,
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so they're a real
burden to the family.
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So we can transform not just the
child, but the family as well,
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by creating a whole new world
this child and for the family.
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Cultural issues
are hard to understand.
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It may even seem
bizarre and cruel at times.
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It's difficult to change
people's perceptions that are
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rooted deep.
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While rural traditions and
social economic difficulties
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dictate life and rural India,
their children pay the price.
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In rural villages, where being
handicapped is considered a
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curse, blind children
face an uncertain future.
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For blind children like Akhila,
the school for the blind in
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Bobbili is a place of refuge.
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Every year, we go to a campaign
to find the... children.
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That's how we found
Akhila in our village.
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And we saw her and she
was so in ... condition.
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And we talked to the parents.
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Mother would not convince
to send her to our school,
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because she was
afraid something would happen
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or something
would do for the child,
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so she was not
convinced for a year.
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Again, we went the next
year, and she sent some people
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to check how the school is and
what are the activities that are
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going on.
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And then later on, she was fully
convinced and she felt happy
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that this is the place where
Akhila should go and study.
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So that's how we picked her
up from there to our school.
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For all its traditions and
practices, the fact remains
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that all parents love their
children and want the best for
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them.
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So someone like Akhila
who comes from a tribal area,
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the change for Akhila
and her parents is huge.
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Akhila would not ever had any
chance of education without the
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blind school that she goes to.
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Her parents were very
cautious in letting her go,
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but when they know that
she's getting an education,
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they move from cautious and
scared, not knowing what to do
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with a blind child, to
having hope - to being proud.
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And so Akhila is an example
of the change that is made by
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taking a child from a community
where there is no hope for them,
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and giving them an
education and giving them hope.
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Child Impact sponsors the
majority of children living and
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studying at the school.
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Without sponsorship, these
children would not have the
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opportunity for a
new chance in life.
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The school for the blind is
not just an institution that
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provides food and
shelter for the blind,
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but it's an institution
that prepares them for the world
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outside.
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We're not preparing them only
for a place to live, eat, and
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grow up; we're preparing them
for the opportunity to prepare
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for a career where they
can be self-sustaining adults
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throughout their life.
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It's not just a temporary
fix and then we kick them out,
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They then can leave the school
and go out and fill a need that
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the government will assist
them with, provide them for,
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where they become productive
in society on their own.
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The exciting thing in India
is that the government has made
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jobs available
for these children.
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So we're equipping them for
roles that they can step into.
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We're giving them, probably,
their only chance of any
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training in this particular very
rural, very tribal, very poor
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community.
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So we're not only giving them
education; we're giving them a
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critical stepping stone for
the roles that are available for
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them in the community.
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All things wise and wonderful,
the Lord God made them all
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These children may not have
the ability to see, but this
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disability does not deprive
them of the ability to learn.
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They are perfectly capable
of acquiring skills needed for
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employment.
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In fact, the Indian government
refers to them not as disabled,
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but differently abled.
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And the school for the blind
provides them an ideal place
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for these differently abled
children to acquire skills.
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For Akhila's parents who are
daily laborers, knowing their
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blind child is attending
school is a satisfying feeling.
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Without sponsorship, Akhila
would not be at the school.
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Today, because of Child
Impact Sponsorship Program,
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and individuals
supporting its program,
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hundreds of differently
abled students like Akhila
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can receive an education -
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an education that will help
them to lead a dignified life.
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If people like...children
like Akhila... If they don't
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come to our school, if
they would rather stay at home,
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the condition becomes worse and
people don't really love her.
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They don't take
her in this family.
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So... It is a must for us to
go forward and find children.
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And sponsors for them especially
mean very much to them,
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because people like Akhila, who
are visually impaired, need to
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this kind of
education and this part of...
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The child is the
center of Child Impact's work.
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Whether one is able to
contribute in a small way
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or in a big way, sponsorship
endows these children's future,
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giving them the
life they deserve.
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Child Impact's work with
these special needs children
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also has a much bigger
impact in the community.
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Our special schools have a
special impact, and the reality
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is that many people, at all
levels of society, are becoming
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to know our work through
these special homes and schools.
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So they're impacting the child,
the family, and the community
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with what Christianity and
Seventh-Day Adventists are all
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Special Needs Ministries is an
area in which we are very, very
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interested and very proactively
working, helping the world field
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to understand that there
are many people in various areas
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and sectors of the population
that have not been touched.
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Special Needs Ministries in
Child Impact is also extremely
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helpful to God's
church, because those who are
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physically impaired,
those who are visually impaired,
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or perhaps hearing impaired,
they are the individuals that
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are being wonderfully
serviced through Child Impact.
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In India, in other places...
Six different countries that
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Child Impact is active in.
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You know, the Lord really wants
us to attract and be friendly
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to and help those who
are the least of these.
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And they, in turn, will then
become great missionaries for
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the Lord within their
sector and people group.
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Thanks to the generous
support of Child Impact and its
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sponsors, blind children like
Akhila not only have a place
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where they can acquire life
skills for the world outside,
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but they have a place where they
can prepare their souls for the
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world to come.
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The country of Bangladesh where
the population of 163 million
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is one of the most densely
populated and poorest countries
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in the world.
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The Adventist church
has about 30,000 members,
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and the church school
system has about 10,000 children
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in small village schools,
and larger boarding schools.
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The main religion is
Islam, and education is the key
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outreach for the church.
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Most of Bangladesh is low-lying
land on a huge area river delta.
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Late last year, Bangladesh
suffered the worst flooding in
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its history, with over 8 million
people displaced or affected.
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Thousands died.
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Unfortunately, farming was
devastated by the flooding,
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which caused food
prices to skyrocket in price,
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and it created food shortages.
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In most of the country,
prices still remained very high.
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This has put a huge financial
strain on our mission school
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finances.
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Children are not
getting sufficient nutrition,
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and the mission
schools are asking for help.
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We're asking you to help
us purchase 5,000 bags of rice
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for $35 a bag.
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Each bag is 110 lb
and feeds about 105 meals.
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Each bag you donate
will ensure children are fed
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and will also save the
school's valuable funds.
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You can donate one
bag - 10 bags - 100 bags -
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or just whatever you can share.
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This is an urgent
need. Let's help these kids.
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A couple of years ago, my
daughters and I had a wonderful
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opportunity to travel to
India. 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
sponsor daughter, Sheila.
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We've had the privilege of
sponsoring Sheila through Child
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Impact International
for more than 3 years now.
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And you know, while we were
there, she shared with us that
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her dream was to become a nurse.
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Now, what a wonderful privilege
it is for us, now as a family,
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to know that she is
fulfilling that dream.
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Sheila is now
studying to be a nurse.
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She's in college and we
could not be happier for her.
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It's been wonderful to be
part of that journey with her.
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And you know, sponsoring a
child through Child Impact...
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It's made an incredible
difference for our family.
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And I know that for you,
sponsoring a child can make
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a difference for you, too.
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And most importantly, it can
make the difference in the life
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of a child, every day.
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At Adventist mission schools
like this one in Bangladesh,
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Child Impact International
sponsors hundreds of children.
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We often think that sponsorship
only impacts on the life of the
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child.
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But it's much wider than
that. It impacts on the parents,
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and on the community. But more
important, it impacts on the
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school. It becomes
valuable income for the school,
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and then in turn, it impacts
on hundreds of other children.
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I just ask that you would
consider sponsoring a child with
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Child Impact. Or
supporting one of its
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valuable projects that will
improve education in Adventist
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mission schools
like this one right here.
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Bobbili, a small rural
town in Andhra Pradesh, India,
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has nothing to
offer to a visitor.
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Its streets, often bustling and
chaotic, are typical of rural
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towns in India.
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Poverty is widespread, and
people struggle to meet ends,
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doing menial jobs and
often tending to paddy fields
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owned by landlords.
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Visits to villages around here
only amplify one's perception
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of abject 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 an
experience, hopefulness,
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and optimism.
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Over the last 15 years,
Child Impact International has
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undertaken numerous development
work, in and around the Bobbili
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area.
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The Sunrise Children's Home,
situated about 10 miles from
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Bobbili, is one such
project that gives orphaned and
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abandoned children an
ideal place to live and learn.
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10-year-old Akhil Mutacha
and his younger brother Cherin
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were orphaned at a very
early age, and came to live at
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Sunrise Home two years ago.
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Their family belonged to a
tribal community who live in the
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mountainous region bordering
the states of Odisha and Andhra
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Pradesh in southeastern India.
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This is again
Cherin's auntie's house.
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They're living here; the
children - they're living up in
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the mountains.
They came down here.
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This is a very cool village.
And this village - no water
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facilities, no agricultural
facilities. The poor-cultured
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people depend on the forest
products. They collect the
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forest products, and the...
In the afternoon, every day in
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the afternoon, they'll eat some
porridge. There's no rice - no
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other stuff to use
to fill the stomach.
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They'll cook a little bit
of rice and some vegetables and
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they'll eat. Every
day, they'll eat one meal.
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The majority of children at
Sunrise Home come from tribal
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villages and communities
around Bobbili; and the home is
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well-regarded, in and
around Bobbili, because
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of Child Impact's development
work among the tribal people.
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A few years ago, Child Impact
had conducted a vocational
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training program for young
men and women from the tribal
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community. It was during
one such project that Raj Varma,
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field officer of Child Impact,
came across Akhil and Cherin.
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In 2014 I came to this village
for tribal development project.
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So that time, the Child Impact
International wants to do some
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development project for the
tribal people living through
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the living
standards and livelihood.
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So that time, these ladies
shouldered these shoulderless
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children and...
requested me to take them to the
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Sunrise Orphanage.
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Raj Varma had learned from
the boys' relatives that their
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father had fallen
from a tree and had died,
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and the boys came to live with
their aunts who took turns to
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look after them.
When inquired about the
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whereabouts of their mother, Raj
Varma was told that she had died
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of malaria.
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Seeing their pitiable living
conditions, he brought Akhil
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and Cherin to Sunrise Home.
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It was at Sunrise the
boys revealed the real
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whereabouts of their mother.
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I couldn't... when
I asked the children,
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when I'm writing the story.
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Akhil, the elder one, he
said, "My mother went away
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with another man." I
felt very sad and very bad.
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Children, when they're grown up,
they won't have love towards the
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parents. When they're
grown up, parents will come.
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When the mother comes,
when the children see them,
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what respect will they have?
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They'll never have
respect, because "she left,
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and...just left, and went away."
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And immediately, when the
children told like they're...
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I felt very bad. And very sad.
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As a mother, I'm giving
them love. And they know I'm the
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mother, so they love
me and I, too, love them.
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Now, they're very happy.
"They says, Mama, you don't send
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us to home. We
don't want to stay there."
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It is not uncommon for a single
parent in tribal communities to
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abandon their children
when his or her spouse dies,
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and the children's relatives
don't reveal the whole story,
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because they're ashamed of
the truth, and are unwilling to
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reveal the customs and practices
that are prevalent in their
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community that may seem bizarre
and cruel to an outsider.
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I don't think we can understand
the life of an orphan.
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They may not know who their
parents are, or they may know
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the tragic
circumstances they come from.
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So we not only give them an
education - we give them a home,
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but we give them
hope; we give them a future,
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and just for a child knowing
that they've got a future -
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knowing that they've got some
way they can go in their life -
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makes a huge difference to them,
and we're just so excited we can
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be a part of making
that total difference.
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If they did come
to Sunrise Home...
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No one knows. No
education professionalist.
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And... no food.
Even though they fill
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their stomachs with some
porridge, there is no valuable
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food here. No valuable food.
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The most of the
children are malnutritious.
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There are no
children who, these...
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If you didn't come to Sunrise
Home, by this time, the children
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might have disappeared.
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Sunrise Home has given Akhil
and Cherin a sense of belonging.
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A sense of place that
is safe and comfortable.
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A place where they don't
feel like they're orphaned or
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abandoned. Thanks
to Akhil and Cherin's
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sponsors, Child Impact is giving
them a new life at Sunrise Home,
00:24:05.07\00:24:09.24
and giving them an opportunity
to receive a proper education.
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I really...I want to thank
Akhil and Cherin's sponsors
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for playing an
important role in their lives,
00:24:17.52\00:24:20.39
and now they're really happy
here. I'm only the caretaker
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who is taking care of
them and molding them,
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but there had been important
persons who had given them
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a good life.
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Well, when I go to Sunrise Home,
children like Akhil and Cherin
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just come running towards you.
They're just so happy to see
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you. It's as if they have a...
that you are a part of their
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family. And it's one of the most
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rewarding aspects
of the job that I have.
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And I'm very grateful
that I've had this experience -
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of having children
just so happy, beaming -
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and if you saw them when they
first come in to where they are
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now, we're not only giving them
education - but we're making
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their lives. We literally
become a part of their family.
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And...it's just so exciting, and
I'm just so grateful that I can
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be a part of this
work that the donors do.
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Today, Child Impact
International is reaching out to
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children in need. And
for brothers like Akhil
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and Cherin, Sunrise
Home is a safe haven,
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providing not just their basic
needs and an opportunity for an
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education, but giving them
parental love and affection.
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A chance and a hope
for a brighter future.
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Coming where I do from America,
I knew, I read, I've heard the
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stories, I've
seen the film clips,
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but until you walk...
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Until you walk upon
these... walk on these sidewalks
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of the home where the children
are stayin', and you see what is
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going on in their faces,
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you can be assured that
a good work is happening.
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That...you can rest assured
that lives are being changed,
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children are being made happy,
and it was a powerful experience
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that ilaid any concerns that
I have about the value that I am
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getting for my sponsorship.
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There's no problem. I just
love, love what's going on.
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