Child Impact International
is an organization giving hope,
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previously called Asian Aid.
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Child Impact
International is an organization
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fostering
permanent positive change
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in the lives of
disadvantaged children
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and their communities.
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Child Impact is
committed to making a difference
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in the lives of children
and those who are in need.
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Serving communities in India,
Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
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Myanmar, and will soon
expand to other countries.
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For the last 50 years,
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Child Impact has invested
in the futures of people
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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, 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 needed the most.
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This is Hope in Motion.
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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 10years now,
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focusing on helping
children from poor backgrounds
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attend Adventist schools.
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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
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that they come from a
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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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
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for their children.
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Sulochana Diyari
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is 10-grade
student at the school.
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She comes from Mitaput,
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a small tribal
village about 30 minutes drive
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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 go to find some odd jobs
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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
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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, even those girls
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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
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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 who will be able
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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,
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and they are proud of
the association they have
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with these children.
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The first time I met Sulochana,
she was very small girl
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and she was shy.
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But as I see her,
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she is growing
into a very young woman
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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
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that I see 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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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
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back in the village,
and the reality not a lot.
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So the education
gives them a chance
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of breaking out into a
far better career, job,
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which once again
impacts their family
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because most of them
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do give money
back to their family
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once they get a job.
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Often these parents have
not had an education themselves,
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so understanding
the value of education
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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,
they are struggling
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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 to help the child
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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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Without sponsorship,
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many of the poor children
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and especially
Adventist children
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they'll be...
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They'll remain backward,
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they'll remain illiterate.
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There have been so many requests
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of Adventist parents,
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coming and
requesting for sponsorship.
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So many times, we just refuse
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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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have 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
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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 his two daughters
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to the school.
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And he is so thankful
to whoever is helping them
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for the studies,
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and he's grateful
to them and he says
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that 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
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started ill
treating Moumita's mother.
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So the grandparents
brought their daughter
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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
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about the
Adventist boarding school
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at Jeypore 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
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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.
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And later on,
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when the time would
have come for marriage,
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that's the life.
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There would be no bright future
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if she didn't
have the opportunity
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to study in this school.
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Life in rural India is simple.
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During the day, people
either go to the fields
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or graze what
little livestock they have.
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There is a clear
order of social precedents
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based on gender.
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And women have little
or no say in its structure,
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often leading to
unjust practices and misery.
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If it weren't
for Immanuel School
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and the timely
intervention of Child Impact,
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girls like Moumita and Sulochana
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would have seen misfortunes
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of so many young girls
like them in their villages.
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So what do you want to do
when you finish your studies?
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I want to be a nurse.
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Nurse? Yes.
00:12:08.82\00:12:10.16
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.
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Yes. Okay.
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And what would you
like to tell your sponsors,
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you know, if they see this,
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what would you
like to tell them?
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I'd like to thank them
from the bottom of my heart
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because when I'm
small, from that time,
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they take care of me and...
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When I came here, they help
me, for that I'm really happy.
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If they could not help me,
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I could not have
been here at this time
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because my parents,
they cannot pay any money.
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For that, I thank
them from my heart.
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Sulochana's
emotions are testimony
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to what a simple gesture
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of sponsoring a
child's education can achieve.
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To our sponsors of Child Impact,
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we thank you
for your generosity.
00:13:04.75\00:13:07.05
Every smile we get to
see on the face of a child,
00:13:07.08\00:13:10.12
every anxiety
removed from a parent's life,
00:13:10.15\00:13:13.36
and every folded
hand that are grateful,
00:13:13.39\00:13:15.76
bear witness to your
kindness and good will.
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Thank you.
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You are making a difference.
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I just got a letter
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from our
sponsored daughter Sheila.
00:13:31.97\00:13:33.68
I've got to tell you,
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there is nothing like
getting one of these letters.
00:13:35.08\00:13:37.55
Our family has
been able to sponsor her
00:13:37.58\00:13:39.41
through Child
Impact International.
00:13:39.45\00:13:41.55
Because of that,
00:13:41.58\00:13:42.92
she's got a great place to live.
00:13:42.95\00:13:44.35
She's got good food.
00:13:44.39\00:13:45.72
She's got great clothing.
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Best of all, I now
found out she's in college.
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She's in nursing school.
00:13:50.56\00:13:52.23
There's nothing like
getting a letter like this.
00:13:52.26\00:13:55.50
You need to start
getting these letters too.
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Listen, through Child Impact,
you can make a huge difference
00:13:57.60\00:14:01.10
in the life of a child,
00:14:01.14\00:14:02.64
and I promise you,
00:14:02.67\00:14:04.04
it's going to
make a huge difference
00:14:04.07\00:14:05.74
in your life too.
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