Children are our future.
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They are 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 probation,
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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,
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Child Impact has invested
in the futures of children
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and their investment
has proven infinite returns
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driven by their dedication
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to helping those
who have the least.
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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.
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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,
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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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Anita, this year
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Operation Child Rescue is going
to be involved on a new project
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and that's a project
based around beggary,
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children begging
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and this
effectively is trafficking
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because these
children are trapped
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in the life of a beggar.
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Just tell us about it.
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If you go to a
third world country,
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you see it.
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But just tell us about beggary
and how the people involved,
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what they do and
how they become trapped?
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Well, children
begging on the streets
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is a very common sight.
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And most people
tend to kind of ignore it
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or they give
something and then kind of feel,
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you know, good about it
that they've done their bit.
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But what we realized
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as we looked at children begging
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and this whole
aspect of children
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being trafficked for beggary,
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we realized how
tricky the situation is
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because we find these children,
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more often than not, they
are younger than 10 years,
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some of them babies,
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and they usually
are with some adult.
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So you assume that they
are a relative or a parent
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or a family member.
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What we realized is
that many of those children
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don't belong with those adults
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and that a baby can be hired
for as less than a dollar a day
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and the baby is drugged.
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Very often, these
kids are mutilated or,
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you know, just
harmed, physically harmed
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so they look more appealing
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for the pity and
for the compassion
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that people would have and give.
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There is a lot of
money as well, Jim.
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They make about $10 a
day, each of those children.
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So if a person, or if
begging mafia had say,
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10 children or 20 children,
they make a good lot of money
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and the children
don't get to keep
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any of the money
that they make in a day.
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So this whole issue of children
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being trafficked
for begging is big.
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It's across India
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and we are looking to
find a solution to this,
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to remove these children from
these very abusive situations.
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So what you are saying
is, and it's happened to me
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many, many times,
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when your car stops
at the traffic light,
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and a woman appears
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and she's got a
baby in her arms,
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that actually
may not be her baby.
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Or when a guy, a
child comes up to your car,
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the person standing behind
him is not actually his parent.
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It's someone that's using them.
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Yes, exactly.
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It may not be always the case
but we have come across cases
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where the
children begging with adult
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or with the person
who's supposedly a caregiver
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really has no relationship
whatsoever with them.
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We had a time when we
did a rescue operation
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and this lady had an infant.
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So after the rescue,
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the police then
said, feed your baby.
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The baby was crying
and the lady refused,
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and the police
finally, you know,
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they tried to cajole
her, tell her all of that,
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but she just
refused and six hours later,
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the baby was still crying,
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and she was refusing
to breastfeed the child.
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And at that point, I said,
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"I think we need
to take the child away
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and let's try and
bottle-feed the baby."
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Otherwise, you know,
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the baby had
just cried and cried.
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And the moment we
tried to take the baby away,
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the lady got her hands
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around the neck of
that child and she said,
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"I will just squeeze this
baby's neck till it dies."
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Now which mother, Jim,
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which mother would
do that to her own baby?
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Yeah, yeah.
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So just tell us about the plan,
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just tell us how
do you plan for this,
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what do you actually do
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and what will
you do as follow up?
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Well, because this is
such a widespread issue
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and we really
don't have any model
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that has previously
worked with children
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being forced for begging.
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We are using this study,
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this intervention of children
forced to beg as a model,
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as a replicable
model that can be used
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in other parts in India.
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So we are covering the
entire State of Karnataka,
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where the children who are being
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forced to beg
will be photographed,
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will be documented,
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and based on that documentation
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and evidence of
them being forced to beg,
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we will come up
with an intervention plan
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that will be
specific to each child.
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For example, there could be,
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you know, a group of children
who are begging on their own,
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and who are being
forced by begging mafia,
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or there could be a family
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that's put their
children out to beg
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because they have
a situation at home
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where the parent
is unable to earn.
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Or we have children
who have run away from home
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and are really street
kids from another part of India
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and are begging on the streets.
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So whatever the situation,
we have an intervention
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that will take them
off that abusive situation
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on the street and put them
into a rehabilitation program,
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whether it's education,
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or whether it's
vocational training,
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or some skill development,
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or even BRIT school for children
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who have been out of school.
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And the way we have structured
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this project is really
over a period of a year
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to complete this
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and to be able to
then publish that report,
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because even though
begging is such a...
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In the face issue,
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there's hardly any
literature available on it.
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There are no studies,
there is no data available
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about how many children
have been trafficked for this,
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so we really are looking to
be a trendsetter in this issue
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so that there is a model
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that can be
replicated across India
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with the massive tourism
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and the number of
children begging on the streets.
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So depending on the child's
age and their need would be,
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would determine how you
would help them after the raid,
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after you go,
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and so you actually go and
grab the children off of streets
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and then take them,
is that what happens?
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Yes, that's
pretty much what happens
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but at this point
we would have built
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a bit of a relationship
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and because we are doing
it over a period of time,
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so we should know the children
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and where their
points are of begging
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and where their points are,
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where they go
back to rest at night.
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So we would pick
these children up
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from either of those
points, where they are begging
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or where they
are sleeping at night
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and they would be in
a form of rehabilitation
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till we are able to
ascertain that the caregiver,
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or the parent, or the family,
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or the person with
them is not a perpetrator.
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And if they are
a perpetrator, Jim,
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then there will be very
strict action taken against them
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because begging is
an offense in India
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and most people don't know it.
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And so we would
really like to enforce that.
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We are also
building a public campaign,
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a media campaign
that will prevent people
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from encouraging
begging by giving hope to them.
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So where is the government,
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where is the police
in a program like this?
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Well, there has to be
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a meshing of quite a
few government bodies,
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the police being one of them.
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They would help definitely
with the rescue operation,
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but it would be the
department of women and child,
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who would then look into
rehabilitation, prevention.
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Social welfare is
another government department
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that would come in
because they have schemes
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for children like
these who are out of school
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or who have
never been to school.
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So BRIT schools, the
department of education
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would need to come in.
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We've already had
some preliminary meetings
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with these departments to
kind of discuss this issue
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and see what support we can get
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and work together on this.
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Well, Child Impact International
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through its project,
Operation Child Rescue,
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I guess we are just so
excited that we can be a part
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of taking children and beggary
off the streets in India.
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It may not be on a grand scale,
but it's on an important scale,
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and I just hope that you can see
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the dedication of
Anita and her team
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that you can see that
it's been done professionally
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and that we will be actually
making a real difference
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and a real rescue in
the lives of these children.
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Hi, I am Jaime Jorge
and I want to tell you,
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I am honored to be
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a Child Impact
International ambassador.
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I've had the opportunity to
travel to India and Myanmar,
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and I've met
hundreds of young people
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that are being sponsored
by wonderful folks here
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and in other parts of the world,
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that are making it
possible for these young people
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to have an education, a future,
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salvation, and
hope in Jesus Christ.
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So I'd like to invite
you to consider becoming
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a sponsor for Child Impact
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and changing the life of
one of these young people.
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I am Jim Rennie, CEO of
Child Impact International.
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I've just returned from
the country of Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh is
located northeast of India.
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Bangladesh has a
population of 163 million
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and is actually one of the most
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densely populated
countries in the world.
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For instance,
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Los Angeles has 2,700
people per square kilometer,
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but the capital of Dhaka
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has 23,900 people
per square kilometer.
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The Adventist Church
only has about 30,000 members,
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but the church school system
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has about 10,000 children
in small village schools
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and also larger
boarding schools.
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The main religion is Islam,
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and the education is the
key outreach for the church.
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Bangladesh is a low-lying land
on a huge area of river delta.
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Late last year, Bangladesh
suffered the worst flooding
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in its history with
over 8 million people
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displaced or affected.
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Thousands died in the floods.
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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 created food shortages.
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In most of the country,
prices still remain high.
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This has put a
huge financial strain
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on our mission school finances.
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Children are not
getting sufficient nutrition
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and the mission schools are
really struggling financially.
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As I visited the
schools, they asked for help.
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I also visited the villages
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where the children
live in the poorer areas
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and they are
really struggling also.
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As I saw the reality
of what was happening,
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I realized we just had to help.
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We don't
normally do food appeals,
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but we have no option
but to help these children
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and also the mission schools.
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We are asking you to help
us purchase 5,000 bags of rice
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for $35 a bag.
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A bag is about 110 pound
and feeds about 105 meals.
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Each bag you can donate
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will ensure that
children are fed,
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but will also save the
schools' valuable funds.
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You can donate 1
bag, 10 bags, 100 bags
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or whatever you can share.
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Each bag will impact on
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hundreds of children's nutrition
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and will give
urgent financial relief
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to those
struggling mission schools,
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some who are close to closing.
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It's urgent, please help.
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Just one bag for $35
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or may be 5 or 10 bags, 50 bags,
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whatever you can help with.
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Please help these kids.
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Bangladesh is one of
the poorest countries
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in the world,
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and it's one of the most
densely populated countries
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with nearly 150 million people.
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One-third of the people
live below the poverty line
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earning less than $2 a day.
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Although major
efforts are being made
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to alleviate poverty,
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in rural villages,
life is a struggle.
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In an agrarian
society, natural calamities
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like droughts and
floods can have disastrous
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consequences on
their daily lives.
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In a world where finding food
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and other basic necessities
is a primary objective,
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the need to educate their
children is almost irrelevant.
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Well, Child Impact
wants to expand its work
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in the country of Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh is one of
the poorest countries
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in the world.
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The number of
people in Bangladesh
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to its per square mile
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is one of the most
dense in the world,
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the poverty there is huge,
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and so Child
Impact is very excited
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that we will be
expanding our work
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in the schools in Bangladesh.
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Education plays a vital role
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in bringing
children out of poverty.
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But access to good education
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is hard for
children and families
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in rural
communities in Bangladesh.
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We know that
education is important
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throughout the world.
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For people who don't
have those opportunities,
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who are disadvantaged,
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someone needs
to give them a hand
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because they fall
through the cracks
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and we want to
plug those holes out.
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So for children here, if they
don't have access to education,
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then the only
prospect for the future
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is to be in employment
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that's not really that rewarding
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and the future
doesn't look bright for them.
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Competition for
work within education
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is really so
strong that without one,
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they can't access the
opportunities in life.
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In the Seventh-day Adventist
school system in Bangladesh,
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there are nearly 10,000 students
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and only 20% of these
children are paying students.
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The remaining
majority are either sponsored
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or seeking sponsorship.
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This is where an
organization like Child Impact
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has a huge impact in Bangladesh.
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The country of Bangladesh
has an enormous population
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squeezed into a very
small area and territory.
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And Child Impact is
making an impact there
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in helping with
schools in Bangladesh.
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I want to encourage
everyone to seriously consider
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how you can impact a
child's life in Bangladesh.
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Monosapara Adventist Seminary
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is one of the major
boarding schools in Bangladesh.
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Established nearly 10 years ago,
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this institution is
a blessing for children
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coming from poor
communities in the area.
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About 8 to 10 years
ago, some large donors
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really invested in
the church education
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in Bangladesh.
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They established
some very special
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large boarding schools.
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Now they established them
in very rural and poor areas,
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and so now there is a huge need
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for these
schools to have support
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to sponsor children and
support them financially
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so that they continue.
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To be honest, they are under
a lot of financial pressure
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because the
communities affectively
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are poorer than they
were 8 to 10 years ago.
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And so we are very excited that
we can expand our sponsorship
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in these facilities that
were built 8 to 10 years ago.
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There's a great foundation
for making a difference
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for the church in Bangladesh
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but also in the
lives of these children.
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Monosapara
Adventist Seminary and School
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is impacting so
much for this community
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because this community people
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are seeking good education,
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and this school
is really providing
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this education for them
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and specially
they are dependent,
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and these people going
to the cities for their job
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and in the city who will
take care of their children.
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So it's a very secure
place here in Monosapara School
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to continue their education.
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Jhorna Chiran is a
sixth grade student
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and came to
Monosapara last year.
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She has been
sponsored by Child Impact
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ever since she started
attending primary school
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at her village in Mondartoli.
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Born into a poor
Adventist household,
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where access to one proper
meal a day is a challenge,
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Jhorna's mother had to
deal with the extra burden
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of caring for her
children all on her own.
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She is telling that
once a day, she went for work
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and after return
back, he fell to sickness,
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and she is telling that
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the fever is like a
jaundice, do you know?
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Yeah. Jaundice, for this case...
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Yeah, yeah, because of that.
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Why they couldn't
take him to the hospital?
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She is telling that
she tried to give...
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Show to doctor
and give the treatment
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but he couldn't survive.
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Jhorna's father
passed away in 2013.
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In a rural
community such as Mondartoli,
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when a woman loses her husband,
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she not only has to deal
with the loss of her husband
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but bear all the responsibility
of taking care of her children
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and her parents all by herself.
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This can have devastating
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physical and
psychological effects on her.
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Just for somebody
like Jhorna Chiran,
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her father passed
away and mother is at home,
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mother just
illiterate and what she will do,
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some house chores and all,
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and sometimes she is
also doing day laborers work
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and what hope she will have?
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So she would...
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Mother would like to
have find husband for her
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and give marriage early
so that the burden of mother
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will be over and
she will be on her own.
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So this is the life if
she would not study here,
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that would happen.
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One could only imagine
the hardship Jhorna would face
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if she didn't get a
chance to go to Monosapara
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or get sponsorship to
continue her education.
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In all probability,
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she would remain in her village,
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become a day
laborer like her mother,
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or she would get married
before she could turn 18,
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start a family, and continue
life in perpetual poverty.
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She is telling that if
Jhorna didn't get sponsorship,
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she cannot send
her to the school
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and she is telling
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if she didn't
send her to school,
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she may work like her,
and she is telling that
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Jhorna's father
already passed away,
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so it's very...
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These children don't have people
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who can support them,
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promote them, look out for them,
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and so they really don't know
how to access this education
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and also remember
the education costs.
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We might say it might be
free, but it's really not free.
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Even if you go to
a government school,
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you still have school
clothes, books, there is a cost.
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And some of these
people are so poor,
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they can't really provide this.
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So these
children are below zero,
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they are not even up to
par with other children,
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the opportunities are less.
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So by sponsoring children,
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we give them that opportunity
to break out of that cycle,
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that vicious cycle of
poverty and access something
00:23:34.81\00:23:38.38
that will create a
better future for them.
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Eleven years old Durjoy Chiran
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is from the same
village as Jhorna
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and goes to
school at Monosapara.
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He was eager to take us
and meet with his grandparents
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who received us warmly.
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Meeting Durjoy's grandparents
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was just such a touching moment
00:23:56.87\00:23:59.00
because they held my hand tight,
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they were just so grateful
00:24:01.17\00:24:02.94
that their grandson
could have an education,
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and here is a typical situation.
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His parents have
had to go to Dhaka,
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the capital city,
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because there's no
work here in the fields.
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And to be honest,
00:24:14.38\00:24:15.72
they are probably doing
fairly lowly jobs in Dhaka.
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But he is too young to go,
00:24:18.72\00:24:20.76
and so he is being
given a special opportunity
00:24:20.79\00:24:23.53
that he can go to our
boarding school and learn.
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The grandparents are so proud,
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and I am sure
the parents are too.
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But once again, here we are,
00:24:32.37\00:24:34.27
lifting this young
boy out of poverty,
00:24:34.30\00:24:37.31
giving him a
chance both in feeding him
00:24:37.34\00:24:40.91
but educating him and
making his family so proud.
00:24:40.94\00:24:45.51
Meeting Durjoy's grandparents
was an emotional experience,
00:24:46.65\00:24:49.62
as it was evident they
loved their grandson very much
00:24:49.65\00:24:52.72
and want to see
him come up in life.
00:24:52.75\00:24:54.62
Child Impact sponsorship program
00:24:55.99\00:24:58.09
is making a
difference in Bangladesh.
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Thanks to the
thousands of sponsors
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who support this program,
00:25:02.76\00:25:04.23
young boys and girls
like Durjoy and Jhorna
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can grow up in a
safe environment,
00:25:06.94\00:25:08.80
receive a proper education,
00:25:08.84\00:25:10.81
and look forward
to a brighter future.
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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
00:27:19.70\00:27:21.97
only impacts on
the life of the child,
00:27:22.00\00:27:24.64
but it's much wider than that.
00:27:24.67\00:27:26.41
It impacts on the
parents and on the community.
00:27:26.44\00:27:29.88
But important, it
impacts on the school.
00:27:29.91\00:27:33.31
It becomes valuable
income for the school
00:27:33.35\00:27:36.35
and then in turn,
00:27:36.38\00:27:37.72
it impacts on
hundreds of other children.
00:27:37.75\00:27:40.36
I just ask that
you would consider
00:27:40.39\00:27:42.52
sponsoring a
child with Child Impact,
00:27:42.56\00:27:45.19
or supporting one of
its valuable projects
00:27:45.23\00:27:47.83
that will improve education
in Adventist mission schools
00:27:47.86\00:27:51.73
like this one right here.
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