In today's
episode of Hope in Motion,
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we visit
Sulochana and her family
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and see how
sponsorship in education
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is not only helping
Sulochana realize her dreams
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but helping ease
her family's burden.
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We spent a few days at
the Immanuel English School
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in Jeypore, India
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and learned how it not
only provides education
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to children from
poor tribal communities
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but helps provide shelter
to boys like Suraj Harijan.
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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,
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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 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,
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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Education can
transform a person's life.
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In remote villages in India
where poverty is a way of life,
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going to a school and
receiving an education
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can have a dramatic
impact on a child's life,
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especially a girl child.
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Child Impact International
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has been sponsoring
children's education in India
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for nearly 10 years now,
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focusing on helping
children from poor backgrounds
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attend Adventist schools.
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It has also been instrumental
in assisting these schools
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to achieve its potential
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to complement its
sponsorship program.
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The Immanuel
English School in Jeypore
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in the state of
Odisha is one such school
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where Child Impact has
made a real difference.
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One of the schools
that we're really proud of
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school where the donors
have made a real difference
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is the Immanuel
School of Jeypore.
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I think it's got
over 700 children,
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and those children
getting a quality of education,
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they're well-disciplined,
they're wearing a uniform,
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but the amazing thing is that
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they come from
very poor tribal areas.
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And this school was
established with that in mind,
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that it would take
children from poor tribal areas
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who really don't
have much of a chance
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and give them a
reasonable quality education.
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And that's what Jeypore does.
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It's just really
amazing to go there
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and see the children.
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And if you could just
go home with one child
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and see what they go home to,
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you'd see the difference
it's making on their lives
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as well as getting an education.
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Jeypore and most parts of Odisha
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come under the
so-called Tribal Belt of India
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where people live unaffected
by civilizing influences,
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largely cut off from
the mainstream societies.
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They live in remote regions
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with little or
no basic amenities.
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Life is a struggle
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and the plight of the
children from these communities
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can only be
described as deplorable.
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Sending their children to school
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is not in the minds of parents
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who struggle to provide
the needs for their children.
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The Immanuel English School
was established in Jeypore
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to bring in children from
these backward communities
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and provide them with
a good quality education.
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Sulochana Diyari is
10-grade student at the school.
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She comes from
Mitaput, a small tribal village
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about 30 minutes
drive from the school.
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Her parents are farmers
who own a small patch of land,
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cultivating whatever is possible
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during the monsoon season.
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He says he has half acre of land
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where they grow
vegetables and some crops.
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When they are
done with the work,
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they both husband and wife
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go to find some odd
jobs to support the family.
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The family has four girls,
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and out of these, two
are studying in our school
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and two are at home.
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And in Indian culture,
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if there are
girls in the family,
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it is a matter of concern,
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especially when
they don't have money,
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when they are poor.
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And the parents find it
difficult to educate them.
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And the girls
don't have any option.
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They grow up...
When they grow up...
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When they are little bigger,
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even those girls who
are living with parents,
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they too go with
them as daily laborers.
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And once they
attain certain age,
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then they get them married.
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Sulochana is the oldest
of four girls in the family.
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In a gender biased world,
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bringing up four little
girls in a rural community
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can be a burden, for the parents
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and girls grow up with all
the pressures of the society.
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But education can
change these perceptions
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and make them more
aware of the world outside.
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Education can
transform a girl child.
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Sulochana and her sister
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who are getting
educated in our institution,
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their lives are transformed.
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They no longer will
depend on the parents.
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They no longer will
depend on the traditions
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that they need to get
married at a certain age.
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They have their own choice.
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They study and
they have a good future.
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They can earn.
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And so they are not
dependent on their parents,
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but they become independent.
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And in turn, they are the ones
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who will be able to guide these
illiterate and poor parents.
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A sense of
freedom and self-belief
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that education
instills in a child
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is there for everyone to see.
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For the school
administration and teachers
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to see their students grow
into fine young men and women,
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it's gratifying, and they
are proud of the association
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they have with these children.
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The first time I met Sulochana,
she was very small girl and she
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was shy.
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But as I see her,
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she is growing into as very
young woman and very active.
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She takes part in all
the school activities.
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And one year, she
served as a sick monitor
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and took good
care of the sick girls,
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and she is very
helpful to her little sister
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who is also
studying in this school.
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And I'm so happy to say that
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I see a lot of
development in her.
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Although Sulochana's parents,
like many in rural India,
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struggle to earn
two dollars a day
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and cannot afford to
send their children to school.
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They do view education
as a catalyst for change.
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Well, the reality is,
John, in a developing country,
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it's very hard to
break the poverty cycle.
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And one of the key ways
of giving child a chance
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to break their poverty cycle
is giving them an education.
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The reality is that they
don't have that education
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that really locked in to what's
available back in the village,
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and the reality not a lot.
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So the education gives
them a chance of breaking out
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into a far better career, job,
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which once again
impacts their family
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because most of them do
give money back to their family
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once they get a job.
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Well, if the parents don't have
the insights and the ability
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to encourage them and
to send them to school,
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often these parents have
not had an education themselves,
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so understanding the value of
education is not there either.
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So often these families
don't promote education,
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don't support them.
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When these children
come home from school,
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can they do any
homework with them?
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No, they don't have the ability.
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So the ability
for these families,
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the really poor families,
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to help the child
is non-existence...
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non-existent.
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They are striving,
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they are
struggling to get food to eat.
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If they get one meal a
day, they're doing well.
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So where is the
opportunity for them
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to help the child to break out?
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So Child Impact
helps these children
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who really don't have
a supporting environment,
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not that the
parents don't want it,
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they just don't know how to.
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So Child Impact
gives these children
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the opportunity to
make the difference.
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Today, over
3,000 children in India
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are sponsored by Child Impact,
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and because of their commitment
to the welfare of children,
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especially children
from tribal communities
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and villages,
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these children are
reaping the benefits
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of an Adventist education.
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Sponsorship is very
important for this institution.
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Without sponsorship,
many of the poor children
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and especially Adventist
children, they'll be...
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They'll remain backward,
they'll remain illiterate.
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There have been so many
requests of Adventist parents,
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coming and
requesting for sponsorship.
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So many times,
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we just refuse saying
that there is no sponsorship.
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And without fees,
we cannot keep them
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because the school
can't afford to educate.
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We are educating a few of them
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but we cannot
educate many of them.
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And that is how...
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That is why we need sponsorship
and without sponsorship,
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these children
will not have a future.
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Sulochana and her sister Moumita
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had been
sponsored by Child Impact
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ever since they came
to live and attend school
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at Immanuel
English School in Jeypore.
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For girls like Sulochana,
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attending school and receiving
an education is a blessing,
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and without sponsorship,
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she and her sister would
face an uncertain future.
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He says that they're very
happy that their two children...
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Somebody is
helping them to study.
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And he says with
his financial problem,
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he would have
never been able to send
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his two daughters to the school.
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And he is so thankful
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to whoever is
helping them for the studies,
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and he's grateful to
them and he says that
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I pray to the God to bless them
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and give them good
health and strength.
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Moumita Malik lives
with her grandparents.
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She lost her mother
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when she was just a little baby,
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and her father abandoned her.
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When a child is
orphaned or abandoned
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at such a young age,
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the unfortunate
burden of caring for them
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falls upon their
elderly grandparents,
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who barely have any
means to support them.
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This is Moumita's grandmother.
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Her daughter was married
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and when the baby was
born after six months,
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the in-laws and husband started
ill treating Moumita's mother.
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So the grandparents brought
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their daughter and
Moumita to their home.
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And after a year, she felt
sick and had a kidney problem,
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so she died.
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Seeing the elderly couple
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struggle with
their granddaughter,
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a government
employee from the village
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who had knowledge about
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the Adventist
boarding school at Jeypore
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suggested
Moumita be taken there.
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Like a majority of
students at Immanuel School,
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Moumita received sponsorship
through Child Impact.
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Our sponsorship obviously
gives the child an education,
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but has a real
impact on the family.
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You can't imagine
living in poverty,
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struggling day to day
to feed your children.
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So first of all, the
parents were just so excited
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that their child's
getting an education.
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But it also brings
relief to the family
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because in many cases,
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the children go
to boarding school,
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and so they know
their child is being fed,
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they know their child
is being looked after.
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And then when the child
comes back to the village,
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they have a
stronger willingness to work.
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And in fact, when they
come back as older students,
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they can do things
around the village.
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They can help with English.
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They can help
people with computers.
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It has a dramatic effect
on the impact of the family,
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and in turn their community.
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Grandparents like
these, it is quite difficult
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to take care of
their grandchildren
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who have no parents.
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So if Moumita would
not be in the school,
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she would just
go for manual labor
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when she is at
the age of working.
00:15:04.17\00:15:06.60
And later on, when the time
would have come for marriage,
00:15:06.63\00:15:10.71
that's the life.
00:15:10.74\00:15:12.07
There would be no bright future
00:15:12.11\00:15:13.61
if she didn't
have the opportunity
00:15:13.64\00:15:14.98
to study in this school.
00:15:15.01\00:15:16.61
Life in rural India is simple.
00:15:22.32\00:15:24.32
During the day,
00:15:24.35\00:15:25.69
people either go
to the fields or graze
00:15:25.72\00:15:27.32
what little livestock they have.
00:15:27.36\00:15:29.06
There is a clear
order of social precedents
00:15:29.09\00:15:31.09
based on gender.
00:15:31.13\00:15:32.46
And women have little or
no say in its structure, often
00:15:32.49\00:15:34.83
leading to unjust
practices and misery.
00:15:34.86\00:15:37.97
If it weren't
for Immanuel School
00:15:38.00\00:15:39.47
and the timely
intervention of Child Impact,
00:15:39.50\00:15:42.00
girls like Moumita and Sulochana
00:15:42.04\00:15:44.11
would have seen misfortunes
00:15:44.14\00:15:45.47
of so many young girls
like them in their villages.
00:15:45.51\00:15:48.11
So what do you want to do
when you finish your studies?
00:15:51.25\00:15:55.52
I want to be a nurse. Nurse?
00:15:55.55\00:15:57.69
Yes. Why?
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Because my
grandmother aim is that to...
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Oh, your grandmother's aim
is that you become a nurse.
00:16:04.29\00:16:07.16
Yes. Okay. Very good.
00:16:07.20\00:16:09.16
And what would you
like to tell your sponsors,
00:16:14.87\00:16:17.17
you know, if they see this,
00:16:17.21\00:16:18.54
what would you
like to tell them?
00:16:18.57\00:16:21.34
I'd like to thank them
from the bottom of my heart
00:16:21.38\00:16:24.91
because when I'm
small, from that time,
00:16:24.95\00:16:27.22
they take care of me and.
00:16:27.25\00:16:29.28
And when I came here,
00:16:29.32\00:16:32.69
they help me, for
that I'm really happy.
00:16:32.72\00:16:36.06
If they could not help me,
00:16:36.09\00:16:37.43
I could not have
been here at this time
00:16:37.46\00:16:39.46
because my parents,
they cannot pay any money.
00:16:39.49\00:16:43.37
For that, I thank
them from my heart.
00:16:43.40\00:16:46.03
Sulochana's
emotions are testimony
00:16:49.77\00:16:52.07
to what a simple
gesture of sponsoring
00:16:52.11\00:16:54.11
a child's education can achieve.
00:16:54.14\00:16:57.38
To our sponsors of Child Impact,
00:16:57.41\00:16:59.35
we thank you
for your generosity.
00:16:59.38\00:17:01.38
Every smile we get to
see on the face of a child,
00:17:01.42\00:17:04.55
every anxiety
removed from a parent's life,
00:17:04.59\00:17:07.86
and every folded
hand that are grateful,
00:17:07.89\00:17:10.26
bear witness to your
kindness and good will.
00:17:10.29\00:17:12.76
Thank you.
00:17:12.79\00:17:14.13
You are making a difference.
00:17:14.16\00:17:15.70
I just got a letter from
our sponsored daughter Sheila.
00:17:26.81\00:17:29.61
And I've got to tell you,
00:17:29.64\00:17:30.98
there is nothing like
getting one of these letters.
00:17:31.01\00:17:33.45
Our family has
been able to sponsor her
00:17:33.48\00:17:35.38
through Child
Impact International.
00:17:35.42\00:17:37.49
Because of that,
00:17:37.52\00:17:38.85
she's got a great place to live.
00:17:38.89\00:17:40.39
She's got good food.
She's got great clothing.
00:17:40.42\00:17:43.29
Best of all, I now
found out she's in college.
00:17:43.32\00:17:46.43
She's in nursing school.
00:17:46.46\00:17:48.33
There's nothing like
getting a letter like this.
00:17:48.36\00:17:51.50
You need to start
getting these letters too.
00:17:51.53\00:17:53.50
Listen, through Child Impact,
00:17:53.54\00:17:55.20
you can make a huge difference
in the life of a child,
00:17:55.24\00:17:58.57
and I promise
you, it's going to make
00:17:58.61\00:18:00.44
a huge
difference in your life too.
00:18:00.48\00:18:02.61
At Adventist mission schools
like this one in Bangladesh,
00:18:15.46\00:18:19.03
Child Impact International
sponsors hundreds of children.
00:18:19.06\00:18:22.73
We often think that
00:18:22.76\00:18:24.10
sponsorship only
impacts on the life of the child
00:18:24.13\00:18:27.70
but it's much wider than that.
00:18:27.74\00:18:29.60
It impacts on the
parents and on the community,
00:18:29.64\00:18:33.07
but more important,
it impacts on the school.
00:18:33.11\00:18:36.44
It becomes valuable
income for the school,
00:18:36.48\00:18:39.58
and then in turn,
00:18:39.61\00:18:40.95
it impacts on
hundreds of other children.
00:18:40.98\00:18:43.45
I just ask that
00:18:43.49\00:18:44.82
you would consider sponsoring
a child with Child Impact
00:18:44.85\00:18:48.26
or supporting one of
its valuable projects
00:18:48.29\00:18:51.03
that will improve education
and Adventist mission schools
00:18:51.06\00:18:54.90
like this one right here.
00:18:54.93\00:18:56.43
The Immanuel English
School in Jeypore, India
00:19:29.66\00:19:32.30
is a boarding school
that has over 700 students.
00:19:32.33\00:19:35.80
This large school
facility was built in 2006,
00:19:35.84\00:19:38.87
largely to support and
educate poor tribal children
00:19:38.91\00:19:41.61
from Adventist
backgrounds in this region.
00:19:41.64\00:19:43.58
Eight-years-old Suraj Harijan
00:19:59.03\00:20:00.96
is a second-grade
student at the school.
00:20:01.00\00:20:03.16
And Arun Panda,
the school principal,
00:20:03.20\00:20:05.23
took us to the village
00:20:05.27\00:20:06.60
where we met with
Suraj's mother Pramila.
00:20:06.63\00:20:08.90
Her husband had
died two years ago,
00:20:08.94\00:20:11.11
and soon after
00:20:11.14\00:20:12.47
the family came to live
with Suraj's grandparents.
00:20:12.51\00:20:14.64
Suraj's father was
suffering from fits,
00:20:29.66\00:20:32.79
and he was taking
so many medicines,
00:20:32.83\00:20:35.30
but there was no cure.
00:20:35.33\00:20:37.77
So one day, he
went to a nearby pond
00:20:37.80\00:20:40.47
and he suddenly he
was attacked with fits
00:20:40.50\00:20:43.81
and he fell down there.
00:20:43.84\00:20:45.17
There was less water,
00:20:45.21\00:20:46.54
but there was no one around
and he was drowned in the pond.
00:20:46.57\00:20:50.51
And that is how he expired.
00:20:50.55\00:20:53.01
And after that,
00:20:53.05\00:20:54.38
her mother is
staying with her brother
00:20:54.42\00:20:56.99
in a nearby village.
00:20:57.02\00:20:58.35
Fits is what epilepsy is
commonly referred to in India.
00:21:01.49\00:21:05.19
Suraj's father
suffered a convulsion
00:21:05.23\00:21:07.36
while he was
bathing in a village pond.
00:21:07.40\00:21:09.56
Although, the
water was only knee deep,
00:21:09.60\00:21:11.77
there was no one
around to help, and he drowned
00:21:11.80\00:21:14.30
leaving Suraj's mother
widowed at a young age.
00:21:14.34\00:21:18.11
For the life of widow
in our Indian culture,
00:21:18.14\00:21:21.94
especially those women
00:21:21.98\00:21:23.31
who are in a small
village, a traditional village,
00:21:23.35\00:21:28.02
it is very, very difficult.
00:21:28.05\00:21:30.32
Life becomes almost
like a curse we can say,
00:21:30.35\00:21:34.46
where the widows, they need
to have to depend on someone
00:21:34.49\00:21:38.49
for any little help.
00:21:38.53\00:21:40.00
They become helpless.
00:21:40.03\00:21:41.53
And the more children they have,
00:21:41.56\00:21:43.00
the more burden they have.
00:21:43.03\00:21:44.83
And in some
families, the in-laws
00:21:44.87\00:21:46.94
or their
brother-in-laws, sister-in-laws,
00:21:46.97\00:21:49.10
they never take care of them.
00:21:49.14\00:21:51.01
And indeed, they
try to put, you know,
00:21:51.04\00:21:56.11
negative
allegations on the widow.
00:21:56.14\00:21:59.68
And everyone, since
there is no husband,
00:21:59.71\00:22:02.12
they feel that
they can say anything
00:22:02.15\00:22:03.95
because there is no
one to support them.
00:22:03.99\00:22:06.32
So their life
becomes really tragedy.
00:22:06.35\00:22:09.22
So being a woman, I
know how they undergo,
00:22:09.26\00:22:14.46
what stigma they undergo
00:22:14.50\00:22:15.83
in the Indian
traditional village.
00:22:15.86\00:22:18.50
Although they had a house
of their own, it was unlivable.
00:22:31.61\00:22:34.72
Monsoon rains had destroyed
00:22:34.75\00:22:36.45
a portion of their tiny
thatch-roofed mud house,
00:22:36.48\00:22:39.29
and living in it was
impractical and insecure.
00:22:39.32\00:22:42.36
Unable to repair the house
00:22:42.39\00:22:43.79
and not having a
safe place to live,
00:22:43.83\00:22:45.86
Suraj's mother moved
into her brother's house.
00:22:45.89\00:22:51.03
When husband dies,
the mother is not secure.
00:22:51.07\00:22:56.94
And the main breadwinner
for the family is the husband.
00:22:56.97\00:23:00.18
So after the husband
dies, the mother was helpless.
00:23:00.21\00:23:04.11
Suraj's uncle
00:23:04.15\00:23:06.72
who has recently joined
as a staff in our school,
00:23:06.75\00:23:11.19
he told us
00:23:11.22\00:23:12.62
that his sister's
condition is pathetic
00:23:12.65\00:23:17.66
and especially the
children need help.
00:23:17.69\00:23:20.80
And so he was the
one who contacted us
00:23:20.83\00:23:24.80
and then we were
able to get Suraj
00:23:24.83\00:23:28.94
to come to this institution,
00:23:28.97\00:23:30.77
and we are happy
that he is sponsored,
00:23:30.81\00:23:32.81
and now Suraj is
studying in this institution.
00:23:32.84\00:23:37.58
Suraj's uncle, Manoj Dayalu
00:23:37.61\00:23:40.35
had just joined
as a teaching staff
00:23:40.38\00:23:42.12
at the Immanuel
School during this time.
00:23:42.15\00:23:44.09
And he requested the
school administration
00:23:44.12\00:23:45.92
to help his nephew get
admission at the school.
00:23:45.95\00:23:50.09
If Suraj did not come
to the school to study,
00:23:50.13\00:23:54.36
he would have
spent his childhood
00:23:54.40\00:23:56.97
roaming around in
the village and playing.
00:23:57.00\00:24:00.04
After few years, he
would have helped his mother,
00:24:00.07\00:24:05.14
he would have done some work,
00:24:05.17\00:24:07.44
and he would have
spent his remaining life
00:24:07.48\00:24:11.01
as a daily labor.
00:24:11.05\00:24:12.38
Suraj is small
now, but I could see,
00:24:15.45\00:24:19.22
he is a very
active and clever child,
00:24:19.25\00:24:21.72
studious child.
00:24:21.76\00:24:23.09
He is doing very
good in his studies.
00:24:23.12\00:24:24.59
And in near future,
00:24:24.63\00:24:25.96
I know he will stand on his feet
00:24:25.99\00:24:27.83
and he's going to
take care of his mother
00:24:27.86\00:24:29.96
and the little
sister that he has,
00:24:30.00\00:24:32.03
and the mother
also need not to depend
00:24:32.07\00:24:33.94
on his brother
or other relatives.
00:24:33.97\00:24:36.20
And this boy is...
00:24:36.24\00:24:37.57
I'm sure, he's going
to take care of his mother
00:24:37.61\00:24:39.57
and his little
sister when he grows up.
00:24:39.61\00:24:44.38
Suraj is fortunate
00:24:44.41\00:24:45.75
to have received sponsorship
through Child Impact.
00:24:45.78\00:24:48.15
Sponsorship for
boys, like Suraj,
00:24:48.18\00:24:50.09
is like lighting a
candle in the darkness.
00:24:50.12\00:24:52.42
And his sponsor
has lit this candle,
00:24:52.45\00:24:54.39
not only for him
00:24:54.42\00:24:55.76
but for his
widowed mother as well.
00:24:55.79\00:24:58.26
When we talk about children
00:24:58.29\00:24:59.83
and helping children
and impacting on children,
00:24:59.86\00:25:02.33
and the Child
Impact is only the conduit.
00:25:02.36\00:25:06.70
We help you, the
sponsor, connect with the child
00:25:06.74\00:25:11.27
and the two of
you are the people
00:25:11.31\00:25:13.61
that transform this world.
00:25:13.64\00:25:15.64
So we are here to
serve you as sponsors
00:25:15.68\00:25:18.51
to do the best for you,
00:25:18.55\00:25:20.12
ensure that the
policies and the guidelines
00:25:20.15\00:25:22.22
of the procedures are in place.
00:25:22.25\00:25:24.52
So what you give
out of your generosity
00:25:24.55\00:25:27.46
is used to the best effect.
00:25:27.49\00:25:30.26
They impact the child in
the most profound way possible
00:25:30.29\00:25:34.30
and create the
best opportunities.
00:25:34.33\00:25:36.10
So to our,
sponsors, you are on one side,
00:25:36.13\00:25:38.80
the key player in
this whole picture
00:25:38.83\00:25:41.10
and the child is the other.
00:25:41.14\00:25:42.57
We are just the canvas.
00:25:42.60\00:25:44.11
You guys paint the picture.
00:25:44.14\00:25:46.31
So thank you for
your sponsorship.
00:25:46.34\00:25:48.31
It is making a brighter
picture for all these children.
00:25:48.34\00:25:53.28
She says, "In this
village and everywhere,
00:26:20.28\00:26:24.35
widow's life is very difficult.
00:26:24.38\00:26:26.51
And I was struggling
00:26:26.55\00:26:28.48
but someone whom I don't know
00:26:28.52\00:26:31.12
came forward to
help my son Suraj
00:26:31.15\00:26:33.86
to get an
education in good school.
00:26:33.89\00:26:38.16
So like me, there are so many
00:26:38.19\00:26:40.73
in surrounding
villages and everywhere,
00:26:40.76\00:26:43.26
and they too are struggling.
00:26:43.30\00:26:45.73
I wish more
people will come forward
00:26:45.77\00:26:48.77
and give such help
00:26:48.80\00:26:52.57
as they have given to my son.
00:26:52.61\00:26:55.04
And I would like
to thank all of them."
00:26:55.08\00:26:56.75
That is what she said.
00:26:56.78\00:26:58.11
The growing realization
00:27:04.79\00:27:06.12
of the need to support
many such single parents
00:27:06.15\00:27:08.59
and their children
can be overwhelming,
00:27:08.62\00:27:10.69
but it is reassuring to
know that with sponsorship,
00:27:10.73\00:27:13.29
we can go about
making a difference
00:27:13.33\00:27:15.20
one day at a time.
00:27:15.23\00:27:18.63
Today, Child Impact continues
to fulfill its commitment
00:27:18.67\00:27:22.17
to the welfare of
children who are in need,
00:27:22.20\00:27:24.74
providing them
education through sponsorship,
00:27:24.77\00:27:27.28
giving them hope, and a
chance for a better life.
00:27:27.31\00:27:30.18