Just over five years ago,
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we wanted to find a way of
sharing with you the sponsor
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and the wider church community
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the difference that
Child Impact is making
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in the lives of children
and the people that we serve.
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We were able to show you
some heartbreaking stories.
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We were able to show
you some exciting stories,
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but most important, we
were able to show you the change
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that is being made in the lives
of these children and people.
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Child Impact through
it series Hope and Motion
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is really excited
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that we can bring some
more touching stories to you,
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real stories with real
people and real children,
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and the impact that
we're making in their lives.
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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 privation,
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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,
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Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, 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 expands
from child rescue operations
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to providing an
education for orphans, deaf,
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and the blind children
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giving them a
sense of place, a home,
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but above all,
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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 needed 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
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that is home to some
of the most disadvantaged
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children in the society.
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This is the school for the blind
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run by Child
Impact 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
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seeking care and comfort.
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There are various circumstances
that have contributed
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to these children
losing their sight.
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Some of them are
victims of accidents,
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some due to vitamin deficiency
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factored by lack
of nutritious food,
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but most of
them were born blind.
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Okay.
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Fine.
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Okay, let it. Okay, let it.
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Akhila Macha is a seventh
grade student at the school.
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She comes from a
small tribal community
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not far from the
school in Bobbili.
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Akhila is the second
girl child in the family
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and was born 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,
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where a girl child is
often considered a burden,
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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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You know, there are
people who are poor,
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who are really
struggling to bring up,
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to look after their
family and bring up their kids,
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and then what happens if
you're a girl in the family,
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you know, where do
you sit in the hierarchy,
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how are you accepted in society.
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But the boy is given
education above the girl,
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so straightaway the girls
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really have an
extra challenge here.
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And imagine if that
girl has a disability,
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where does that person sit?
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So the need to
provide special support
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for all children
but especially for girls
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who have disabilities
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is an amazing
opportunity to help them,
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because there is very
little that can be done.
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And if they are in
their family environment
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they can't really contribute,
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they can't work and
contribute to their family,
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so they are real
burden to their family.
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So we can
transform not just the child,
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but the family as well by
creating a whole new world
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for 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
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that are rooted deep.
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While rural traditions
and socioeconomic difficulties
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dictate life in rural India,
their children pay the price.
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In rural villages
where being handicapped
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is considered a curse,
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blind children face
an uncertain future.
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For blind children like Akhila,
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the school for
the blind in Bobbili
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is a place of refuge.
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Every year we go for campaign
to find visual impact children.
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That's how we found Akhila
in our village, and we saw her,
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and she was so in
depleted condition.
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And we talked to their parents.
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Mother was not convinced
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to send her to
hostel or 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 one year.
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Again we went for next year
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and she sent some people
to check how the school is
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and what are the
activities going on.
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And then later on,
she was fully convinced
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and she felt happy
that this is a place
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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,
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the fact remains
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that all parents
love their children
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and want the best for them.
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For 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 have
had any chance of education
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without the 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
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that she is
getting an education,
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they moved from
cautious and scared not knowing
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what to do with a blind child
to having hope to being proud.
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And so, Akhila is an
example of the change
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that is made by taking
a child from a community
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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
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living and
studying at the school.
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Without sponsorship,
these children would not have
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the opportunity for
a new chance in life.
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The school for the blind
is not just an institution
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that provides food
and shelter for the blind,
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but it's an
institution that prepares them
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for the world outside.
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We are not preparing them
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only for a place to
live, and eat, and grow up.
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We're preparing them
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for the opportunity
to prepare for a career
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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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Are they good to
survive on their own,
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they then can leave the school
and go out and fill a need
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that 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
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has made jobs
available for these children.
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So we're equipping them
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for roles that
they can step into.
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We're giving them,
probably their only chance
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of any training
in this particular,
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very rural, very
tribal, very poor community.
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So we're not only
giving them education,
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we're giving them a
critical stepping stone
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for the roles that
are available for them
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in the community.
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These children may not
have the ability to see,
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but this disability
does not deprive them
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of the ability to learn.
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They are perfectly
capable of acquiring skills
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needed for employment.
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In fact, the Indian
government refers to them
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not as disabled
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,
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knowing their blind
child is attending school
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is a satisfying feeling.
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Without sponsorship,
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Akhila would not
be at the school.
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Today, because of Child
Impact sponsorship program
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and individual
supporting its program,
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hundreds of
differently abled students
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like Akhila 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,
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if they don't
come to our school,
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they would have
stayed at the home,
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their condition become worst,
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and people don't really love her
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or they won't
take her in the family.
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So it is must
for us to go forward
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and find children
and sponsorship for them
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especially is
very much mean to them,
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because people like
Akhila who are visually impaired
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needs to have
this kind of education
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in this part of Andhra Pradesh.
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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,
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sponsorship endows
these children's future,
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giving them the
life they deserve.
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Child Impact work
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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,
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and the reality
is that many people
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at all levels of
society are becoming now at work
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through these
special homes and schools.
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So they are impacting
the child, the family,
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and the community
with what Christianity
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and Seventh-day
Adventist are all about.
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Special needs
ministries is an area in which
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we are very, very interested
and very proactively working,
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helping the world
feel to understand that
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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
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and Child Impact is
also extremely helpful
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to God's church,
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because those who
are physically impaired,
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those who are visually impaired,
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or perhaps hearing impaired,
they are the individuals
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that are being
wonderfully serviced
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through Child Impact
in India, in other places,
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six different countries
that Child Impact is active in.
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You know, the Lord
really wants us to attract,
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and be friendly to,
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and help those who
are the least of these,
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and they in turn
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will then become great
missionaries for the Lord
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within their
sector and people group.
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Thanks to the generous support
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of Child Impact
and its sponsors,
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blind children like
Akhila not only have a place
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where they can
acquire life skills
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for the world outside,
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but they have a place
where they can prepare
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their souls for
the world to come.
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A couple of
years ago my daughters
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and I had 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 Sheila.
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We've had the
privilege of sponsoring Sheila
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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 that her dream
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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
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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
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can make a
difference for you too.
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And most importantly,
it can make the difference
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in the life of
a child every day.
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Hi, I am Jaime Jorge,
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and I want to tell
you, 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
that are making it possible
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for these young people 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
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becoming a
sponsor for Child Impact,
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and changing the life of
one of these young people.
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Wonderful, so wonderful
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Is Your unfailing love
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Your cross has
spoken mercy over me
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In mission fields like Myanmar,
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our Adventist
schools are a wonderful place
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for us to introduce Jesus
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to the children
at a very early age.
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But a good Christian
education is not easy to get,
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particularly, in rural areas
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where obtaining a good education
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is not within reach
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of a majority of
Adventist families.
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Poverty is a vicious cycle
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and in Myanmar,
it is very visible.
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The great thing
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about education
is that it breaks
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that cycle of poverty.
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This is why sponsorship,
in a country like Myanmar
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is very significant
for not only the child,
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but also for their families.
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Well, I'm right here in
a village that's very close
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to the seminary and college
that we've been visiting.
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And I guess it's here
that we see the reality
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of where these
families come from,
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where the students come from,
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and I guess it really emphasizes
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the difference
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that sponsorship
is making in the lives
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of these
students, these children.
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They simply
wouldn't have had a chance.
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And as you can see, even now,
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there's children here
that aren't at school.
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It's very touching
to visit these places,
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and yet their parents
are so proud and so thankful
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that their students are
able to get an education
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through your giving
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and your support of
these special children.
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There are many young people
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that just do not
have the opportunity,
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but they have a lot of potential
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to be discovered and developed.
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For me, that
without somebody helping me,
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like my aunt provided
me opportunity to study,
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I will not be
having this opportunity
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serving the church.
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Likewise, there
are many young people
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that they has the potential.
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And then I'm so thankful to God,
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and to each of our leaders,
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and the donor of
the Child Impact.
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And I'm really thankful
to God for what we are doing,
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the passion and the mission
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that you have for
this young people,
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and then the reward
that you will be getting
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that is in the heaven.
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You will never realize
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the support that you have given,
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opportunity that you
have given to the young people
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that will really contribute
to the work of the church,
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in the community life
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and in the country like
in Myanmar and in Bangladesh.
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Sponsoring a child not
only has short-term effects
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but it has a long-term effect.
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Sponsoring a child is investing
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in the character of a
young person for eternity.
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We're taping this
right here in Myanmar,
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at the Myanmar
Union Adventist Seminary,
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and about
one-third of the students
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or one quarter of the
students are being sponsored
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by Child Impact.
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People who become
workers in God's church,
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people who make an
impact in the community
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have been people
who have been sponsored.
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Your sponsorship is
absolutely an investment
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in the future of the church.
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Mu Hsan Hgee or Mumu,
as she likes to be called,
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is a final year
business student at MUAS.
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Her mother passed away
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when she and her
siblings were very young.
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Her father
remarried but found it hard
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to care for the children.
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He came to know
about the Adventist school,
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which is right across
the street from the college,
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through a church pastor.
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Mumu and all
her younger siblings
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are now
sponsored by Child Impact.
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Well, just before
the break I told you that
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we would be sharing the stories
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of two young
ladies here in Myanmar.
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And I'm just so
excited today to be with Mumu,
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and she is
doing business studies
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here at the seminary
and she's in her last year.
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And she comes from a
very tough family situation
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where she has five siblings.
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Sadly, her mother passed away
and her father has remarried.
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And she is just so
excited that she has been able
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to be a Child
Impact sponsored child.
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And her dream is that she will,
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when she completes
her studies this year,
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get some work
experience in a business
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or a NGO and then she
wants to start her own business.
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She really feels
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that she can
have her own business.
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So once she has
completed the course
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and then once she has
had some work experience,
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she wants to
start her own business.
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Now she's told me
that she likes cooking
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and playing the piano,
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so maybe she'll end
up in a cooking business
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or a food
business, I don't know.
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But this is just one of the ways
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that sponsorship
is having an impact.
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And here it is,
this is not teaching,
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this is not ministry,
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this is in the
business studies area
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and it's just so
exciting to see a young lady
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that has taken up this
direction with her career.
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And, Mumu, we
really wish you well
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in your business studies
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and we wish you
well in finding a job
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but then we know that you,
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one day, will be a very
successful business lady
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with your own business.
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And it just shows you
the different directions
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that sponsorship can lead
to, and we're so proud of Mumu
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and what she
has achieved so far.
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Mumu shares her room
with many other Child Impact
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sponsored girls,
like her friend Papa.
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Like the boy's dorm, the girl's
dorm is filled to capacity.
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Visiting the girl's
dorm, it is very evident
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the boarding facilities lack
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the conducive
living environment.
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But students like
Papa consider living
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and studying here a privilege
and want to make the best
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out of this given privilege.
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Papa, your
sponsors are really happy.
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Well, I'm here in the library
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at Myanmar
Adventist Union Seminary
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and I'm really
excited to be with Papa today.
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Papa is in her final
year of education studies
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to become a teacher.
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And Papa has been a
Child Impact sponsored
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all the way
through her education up
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until where she is now.
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Now Papa comes
from Central Myanmar
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which is obviously north of here
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and comes from a very
poor, large family and,
00:23:10.09\00:23:13.36
in fact, she has 11 siblings.
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Now sadly, her
father passed away
00:23:15.99\00:23:18.69
and now her mother struggles
to bring this family up.
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But the exciting
thing is that sponsorship
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has given Papa and her family
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an opportunity for
her to have a career.
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Papa, tell me about
what you would like to do
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when you leave this seminary?
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After I finish, I
want to be a teacher
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at Mountain View Academy.
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Right, so Papa
wants to be a teacher
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at the Mountain View Academy,
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which is a key
school for the church
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located in the Central Myanmar
near where she comes from.
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And this is going to make
a big difference in her life
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and in the lives
of other children.
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And I just want to
say to you sponsors
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that if you look
Papa in the face,
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if you can see the
difference in her life,
00:24:07.74\00:24:10.15
her family are a Buddhist family
00:24:10.18\00:24:12.18
and she has been
introduced to Jesus
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and she has
accepted Jesus as her savior.
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And also, you can
see the inspiration
00:24:19.22\00:24:23.32
that this family has,
00:24:23.36\00:24:24.89
the inspiration that
she has to be a teacher
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and make a difference
in the lives of children.
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And this is what
sponsorship is about,
00:24:31.30\00:24:33.54
it's giving the families
hope, but it's inspiring her
00:24:33.57\00:24:37.17
to be a teacher and to impact
in the lives of other children.
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Talking to the
children at the college,
00:24:45.18\00:24:46.88
Jim learned the
role Child Impact
00:24:46.92\00:24:49.35
and more importantly,
00:24:49.38\00:24:50.72
individual sponsors are playing
in the lives of these students
00:24:50.75\00:24:53.82
that come from such
impoverished backgrounds.
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Child Impact is
having a very strong impact
00:24:57.73\00:25:02.03
on many of the students.
00:25:02.06\00:25:03.73
It's an amazing opportunity
in these mission schools
00:25:03.77\00:25:08.14
to touch the
lives of young people,
00:25:08.17\00:25:11.07
not just for
their professional lives
00:25:11.11\00:25:13.88
in the future but eternally.
00:25:13.91\00:25:17.11
Child Impact is an
organization that wants to make
00:25:17.15\00:25:20.05
a significant contribution
in the lives of needy children.
00:25:20.08\00:25:24.12
Today, Child Impact is
making it possible to give them
00:25:24.15\00:25:27.42
that opportunity to not
just receive an education
00:25:27.46\00:25:30.76
but, as Pastor Wilson said,
00:25:30.79\00:25:32.89
an opportunity for eternal life.
00:25:32.93\00:25:36.53
Well, as you've seen in meeting
these three young students,
00:25:36.56\00:25:39.70
you've actually
got to see the impact
00:25:39.73\00:25:42.04
that you are
having on their lives.
00:25:42.07\00:25:44.11
They come from very
difficult family backgrounds
00:25:44.14\00:25:46.88
and you have given them
the opportunity for education.
00:25:46.91\00:25:50.35
And you can also see the impact
that will have on their future.
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I just want to thank
you for the difference
00:25:54.68\00:25:56.48
that you have made.
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