The school for speech and
hearing in Kollegal, India
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is very special
for Child Impact.
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Here, special needs children
with hearing disabilities
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are given opportunities
to learn, to acquire skills
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and opportunities to
transform their lives.
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In today's
episode of Hope In Motion,
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we witness how this school
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is helping a
struggling single mother
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with a deaf child.
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We meet Divya and her brother
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and discover
how your sponsorship
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is impacting their lives.
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Sponsorship makes the
greatest impact upon a child.
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Having worked here
for the last 10 years,
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I realized that seeing children
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from their young age coming
up and then getting into work
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and seeing them
standing on their feet
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and supporting their
parents, what a joy it is.
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I can tell you that sponsorship
is the greatest investment
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that a person can make in
the life of another person.
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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,
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
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and their investment
has proven infinite returns.
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Driven by their
dedication to helping those
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who have the least,
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Child Impact is an organization
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focused on the
welfare of children,
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implementing diverse
development projects,
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and sponsoring
thousands of children.
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Their outreach spans
from child rescue operations
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to providing an
education for orphans, deaf,
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and the blind children,
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giving them a
sense of place, a home.
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But above all, Child Impact
is an organization giving hope,
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giving hope to children,
giving hope to communities,
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giving hope to the
ones who need it the most.
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This is Hope In Motion.
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The school for speech and
hearing in Kollegal, India
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is an institution
that has, over the years,
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transformed the lives
of hundreds of children
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with hearing disabilities.
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Since its beginning
nearly 20 years ago,
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it has provided quality
education to deaf children
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and has empowered them
to stand on their own feet.
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A majority of the
students that attend the school
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come from poor rural communities
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around Kollegal town.
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Life in rural India can
be unimaginably difficult.
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In a world where
disability is viewed as a curse,
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parents face the hostility
and humiliation of the society
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and their deaf
child grows up neglected
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and utterly hopeless.
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Illiteracy, discrimination,
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and unemployment is the story
of India's deaf population,
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but education can change
this scenario dramatically.
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Here at the school for
speech and hearing in Kollegal,
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simply known as the deaf school,
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children are
given the opportunity
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for this dramatic change.
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Divya Kemparaju is
a sixth grade student
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at the school.
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She and her brother Mahalinga
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came to the
school five years ago.
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Divya and her brother
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came to our
school five years back
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along with her
mother and grandfather.
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They come from a
very poor background
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and they both were
born deaf in the family.
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And we found in
the last five years
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that they were here,
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Divya is very, very
smart, very good in her studies,
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and in all the other
activities of the school
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very eager to participate,
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a very bright
prospect for the future.
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Being born into a poor household
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comes with its own
deprivation and difficulties.
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In such adverse circumstances,
one can imagine the troubles
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parents would go through
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when two of their
children are born deaf.
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Eventually,
Divya and her siblings
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had to deal with the reality
of their parents' separation
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and came to live
with their grandparents.
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We came to know
through Divya's mother
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that Divya's
mother and her husband
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don't stay together anymore.
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From the time that the
children were very young,
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they have lost
their love and affection
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from their father.
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And though the
children want to go
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and visit the father's home,
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they're not permitted to do so,
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and they really
miss their father a lot.
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In fact, they
have an elder brother
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who is able to speak
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and he's the
only fatherly figure
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at home actually.
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Divya's older
brother Raghavendra
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has completed
high school studies
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and had a strong
desire to go to college,
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but seeing his mother struggle
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and his grandfather
unable to support him
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after his retirement,
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Raghavendra put an
end to his higher studies
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and took it upon
himself to find a job
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to support his family.
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Poverty is a vicious cycle,
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it truncates a
child's dreams and desires
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to greater achievement.
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In a society where
finding their basic needs
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is a priority,
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formal education is a
luxury they can't afford.
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Parents expect
their teenage boys to work
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and support the family.
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Girls are
relegated to the kitchen
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and other household chores.
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A girl child
born with a disability
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is just a burden.
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You know, there are
people who are poor,
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who are really
struggling to bring it 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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Are the boys given
education about the girls?
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So straight away,
the girls really have
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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
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special support
for all children,
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but especially for
girls 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 families,
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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,
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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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You know, there
are so many children
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in the villages around India
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where they don't
have the opportunity
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to have an education.
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Only if they find a good
place where they can study
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and have an education,
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will the potential of
the child will be seen.
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There are so many of
them who are not able to have
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that kind of an opportunity
what Divya is having,
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and we thank God
that Divya's mother
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was more than willing
to bring the child here
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to our school.
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Usually, many of the parents
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do not want to
bring a girl child
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to the school to
have an education.
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They feel that the
girl should be at home
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to take care of the husband
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and to wash the dishes
and to take care of the home,
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they don't want to
bring them to the school.
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But we're so glad
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that Divya's
mother and her grandfather
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decided to bring
her to the school
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and have this wonderful
opportunity of education.
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Divya's mother had to overcome
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her psychological and emotional
troubles of her domestic life
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to see that her
children to not suffer.
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Although illiterate,
she wanted to make sure
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Divya and
Mahalinga go to school.
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In spite of their
inability to hear or speak,
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she believes
attending a special needs school
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and receiving a proper education
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can help them
stand on their own feet.
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Since the time she
joined the deaf school,
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Divya has shown
exceptional maturity
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and proven to be
a bright student.
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Imagine somebody
who is smart like Divya
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stays back in the village,
and we all know in the village,
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it's a custom here to
get them married so early,
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and if they are
girls especially,
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they will be married.
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If Divya happened to
stay back in the village,
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by now either
should have been married
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or she'll be doing all
the household activities.
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But coming to this school
has become a blessing for her,
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in turn, it is blessing for
us to give her a good education.
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Meeting Divya's
family at their village,
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it was clear her
family loved her very much
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and she loved her family.
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Even though they
live a minimalistic life,
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hospitality was evident.
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Seeing how they
are with what they have
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is such a blessing
and a valuable lesson
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to all those
addicted to consumerism.
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For someone like Divya,
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having a loving
family is a blessing.
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Because her mother
wanted the best for her,
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she was willing to
break away from the shackles
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of her long observed
customs and traditions
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in regard to a girl child
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and bring her to a
school's boarding environment
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just so she could
give her the education
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she otherwise would
be unable to provide.
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Divya's mother is so grateful
that her two deaf children
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have the opportunity to
attend a special needs school
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that caters to
their sensitivities.
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Although the
pain of life struggle
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was deep within her,
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one could sense
how happy she was
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knowing that her children,
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especially her daughter
Divya is well taken care of,
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and she is
thankful to Divya's sponsors
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for the positive
impact they are having
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in her daughter's life.
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Sponsorship makes the
greatest impact upon a child.
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Having worked here
for the last 10 years,
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I realized that seeing children
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from their young age coming
up and then getting into work
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and seeing them
standing on their feet
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and supporting their
parents, what a joy it is.
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I can tell you that sponsorship
is the greatest investment
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that a person can make in
the life of another person.
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Divya and Mahalinga
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and every single child sponsored
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are happy to be at the school.
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Most of these children
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understand their
difficulties at home
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and understand the opportunities
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they have been
given by their sponsors
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and organizations
such as Child Impact.
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When Jesus was on this earth,
He invited the poor, the blind,
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the lame, the
deaf into the temple
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and had fellowship with them.
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Jesus mentioned
that when we do service
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to the least of these,
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we are doing service to
Him, and He commissioned us
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to take care of the ones
who are less fortunate than us.
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What a blessing it is
for us to be in His service.
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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
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only impacts on
the life of the child,
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but it's much wider than that.
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It impacts on the
parents and on the community,
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but more important,
it impacts on the school.
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It becomes a
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
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sponsoring a
child with Child Impact
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or supporting one of
its valuable projects
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that will improve education
at Adventist mission schools
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like this one right here.
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A couple of years
ago, my daughters and I
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had a wonderful opportunity
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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
sponsored daughter Sheila.
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We 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 is in college
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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
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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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Advith Sampath
Kumar was born deaf
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and his unfortunate
birth brought disharmony
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between his
parents' married life.
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In rural communities in India,
marital discord is not uncommon
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between spouses that
have a disabled child.
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Advith was just
three and a half years old
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when he was
brought to the school
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for speech and
hearing in Kollegal, India.
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A special needs
school for deaf children,
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which is supported by
Child Impact International.
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When Advith came with
his mother to our school,
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he was just three
and a half years old,
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and we were wondering
whether he'll be able to cope up
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with the school routine.
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But we were so much surprised,
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the first day after his
mother left him here and went,
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he was telling bye to his mother
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when she left.
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And we saw that he
was slowly learning
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how to eat on his own and
get along with the students
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and follow the
program of the school.
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It's so amazing.
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He was such a person
who was able to adjust
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with the other
children very well,
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and we're so glad
that he has come here
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and doing a good...
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He's having a good education.
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Within a week, he was able to,
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you know, write
the alphabets and,
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you know, the numbers,
and his teacher was showing me
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and I was so encouraged.
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If such a young
child can do this, man,
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miracles can happen over here.
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Like Advith, a
majority of children
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that live and attend
the school for the deaf
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come from broken families.
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When his father realized
Advith would be deaf for life,
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he abandoned his family
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and demanded
divorce from his wife.
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Her husband
began ill treating her
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and his family became
acrimonious toward her,
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blaming her for
her son's disability.
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With no one to support her,
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Advith's mother had to
move into a small rented home
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and deal with her
ordeal all on her own.
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For a young
single mother like her,
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it is not an ideal situation,
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especially in a
rural environment.
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When I go to visit
the homes of our children,
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sometimes I feel so helpless.
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What more can we do?
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We are able to help
the child to come up,
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but there's literally
nothing actually we can do
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to change the
situation of the family now.
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And we hope
that through the help
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that Child Impact
is doing to the child,
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one day the child will be
able to give hope to the parents
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and make the life
of the parents better.
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Advith's mother being single
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and literally not
having any support
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from her brother
and brother's family
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because the brother's
wife is not so in favor of her
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staying in with her brother,
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so she has taken a
separate home and, you know,
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putting herself in risk of
being misused by other men.
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And we worry about such things
but there's literally nothing
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that we can actually do
to change the situation.
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Fortunately,
Advith's mother came to know
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about the school
of speech and hearing
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through an acquaintance
and brought him to the school.
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Understandably,
she misses him at home,
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but she can take
comfort in the fact
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that there is a
school that provides her son
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with not just a
special education he needs,
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but a school that provides him
a safe and homely environment
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to grow up in.
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Sponsorship and individual
sponsors play a huge role
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in the development
of the deaf children
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when they are at school.
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Without sponsorship,
many parents would not be able
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to send their children
to a special need school
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such as the deaf
school in Kollegal.
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Advith does not
have a sponsor yet,
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but the school
administration is confident
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that someone will come forward
to sponsor him this year.
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Sponsorship is such
a worthwhile investment
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that I can assure
you that not a single pie
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that is sent by the
sponsors has gone waste.
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I have seen the lives
of many, many children
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changed from nothing
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to getting on their
feet, supporting their parents,
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and living in a fulfilled lives.
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And I want to tell
you that this institution,
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though we are able to
send out students every year
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for their highest studies,
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it was my dream to see that
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we start some
vocation subjects here.
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Vocation subjects such as,
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you know,
welding or tailoring or,
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you know, commercial
practices or computer education,
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these will add life
skills to these children
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before they
leave our institution
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and it'll make them,
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you know,
confident to face the world.
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This school
established in this place
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has been really
a blessing to many.
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In that regards,
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I would like to say that
there are many children here
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who are from
very poor background,
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and if it is
not for this school,
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they would have
been back at home
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doing some odd jobs.
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And this school has become
a blessing for many children
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and for the parents
because they are here
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having a good
education, having good shelter,
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and above all,
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they are forming a
good character to be kind,
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to be sharing,
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and they feel like a family here
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because all the children
are here of their same kind,
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so they are like
brotherly, sisterly kind here.
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And there are
many other children
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who have finished their studies
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and they are
standing on their own feet
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and they are a good
example for these children,
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they look up to
them and they have dreams
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and they have
hope that their dreams
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will be fulfilled one day.
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Child impact is a partner
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in the development
of the deaf school,
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and individual sponsors
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are a huge part
of the support system
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for this school.
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The school for
speech and hearing
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has opened new possibilities
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for hundreds of young
girls and boys like Advith
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and it continues to present them
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with a new outlook
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in their very challenging lives.
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I'm so glad that the
church, with the support of NGO
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such as Child
Impact International
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and many other NGOs, are
supporting the downtrodden,
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the neglected
members of the society,
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the special needs people,
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and schools such
as this deaf school
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or the blind school,
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helps us to have
the focus of ministry
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to such group of people.
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Our special schools
have a special impact,
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and the reality is that
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many people at
all levels of society
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are becoming to know our work
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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
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and Seventh-day
Adventists are all about.
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Special needs
ministries is an area in which
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we are very, very interested in
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and very proactively working,
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helping the world
field to understand that
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there are many people
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in various areas and
sectors of the population
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that have not been touched.
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Special needs
ministries in Child Impact
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is also extremely
helpful 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,
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they are the individuals
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that are being
wonderfully serviced
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through Child Impact in
India and 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 to be friendly to and help
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those who are
the least of these,
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and they in
turn will then become
00:25:14.18\00:25:16.78
great missionaries for the Lord
00:25:16.81\00:25:18.68
within their
sector and people group.
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Today, this school for the deaf
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is a beacon for
Christ in this area.
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With this special
school in Kollegal,
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Child Impact is not only
bringing hope to deaf children,
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but also to the community
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as it sees practical
Christianity in action.
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The church could not have
scripted a better outcome.
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Just being there
and demonstrating love
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on a consistent basis
reflects the image of God.
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