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,
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Nepal, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, Myanmar,
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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 the 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,
giving them a sense of place,
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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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A television series,
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Hope in Motion has
been a big success.
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And we want to
continue to share with you
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some of the field stories
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that we have
filmed over the years.
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So just from time to time,
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it may refer to Asian Aid
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as we reflect on
these great stories
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as we share them with you.
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Nepal is renowned
for its natural beauty
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and enduring culture,
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having existed as early
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as its
neighbors India and China,
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Nepal has kept its
cultural heritage intact,
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offering an
extraordinary travel experience
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for a visitor.
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With 8 of the 10
highest mountain peaks
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in the world,
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including Mount Everest,
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Nepal's landscape
is truly inspiring.
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Nepal is also one of
the poorest countries
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in the world,
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where one-third
of the population
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live below the poverty line,
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earning less than $2 a day.
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For most of our
work is in India.
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But when we come to Nepal,
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we see a
different level of poverty.
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The economy is
certainly worse here,
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the level of poverty,
the level of pollution,
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there's a huge need,
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and we want to do more in Nepal.
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With a majority of Nepalese
depending on their daily wages,
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obtaining healthcare is
one of the main challenges
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people face in
this developing country.
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This is where
Scheer Memorial Hospital
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plays a crucial role in
serving the medical needs
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of the people of Nepal.
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Scheer Memorial Hospital
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was established
over 55 years ago
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by Adventist
missionaries serving in Nepal.
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Situated just outside Kathmandu,
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the hospital is an
important institution
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for the community
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and the
Adventist church in Nepal.
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Well, at the
beginning, the hospital,
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after the
establishment of the hospital
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is when the church
has started to expand.
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So Scheer Memorial
Hospital is basically the birth
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of the Adventist
community in Nepal.
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Right now, the
church has been growing.
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Now we have over
around 4,000 members,
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but the main organization
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of the Seventh-day
of Adventist Church
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in Nepal is our hospital.
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Although the cost of
a doctor's consultation
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is only 33 cents, some
cannot even afford that.
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People come from miles around,
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from rural villages
to hilltop settlements,
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seeking medical help.
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The hospital also
provides ambulance services
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to emergency cases,
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often traversing
through inaccessible
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and dangerous roads.
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Child Impact
International's focus
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has always been about children,
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providing
children who are in need
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with an education and
giving them an opportunity
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for a better future
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through its sponsorship program,
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along with the
need to get healthcare
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and access to medical centers.
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The opportunity
to get good education
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is highly important
to the people of Nepal.
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The main thing is education.
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And because in
this part of the world,
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if you've got no education,
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your life is really,
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you know, you can't
earn hardly anything,
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all you can do is labor.
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And in many places,
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what the labors are
paid is almost nothing.
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So I think education just makes
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so much difference in
this part of the world,
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more than it does
in Western countries.
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But in a world
where earning $2 a day
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is a struggle for the
majority of the people,
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sending their children to school
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is a strain on their finances,
and it remains a distant dream.
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Without sponsorship,
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it would be very
difficult for their children
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to receive an education.
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I'm here at the
school where Asian Aid USA
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is sponsoring a
number of children
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next to Scheer Memorial Hospital
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in Kathmandu in Nepal.
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We have about 40
children at the school,
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and we want to
increase the numbers.
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This school is very
important to Asian Aid USA
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as we don't have
many schools in Nepal
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where we're involved in,
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and we have chosen the school
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because of its
close relationship
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to the Scheer Memorial Hospital
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but also the need in the area.
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Children from
the local community
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and some of the
hospital staff's children
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attend the school.
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Although the church
is trying to develop
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more schools in
Nepal, without sponsorship,
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it would be
difficult to attract students
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from the community.
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Suman Praja is a
fourth grade student
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at the school.
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Orphaned at a very young age,
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Suman grew up
begging in the streets
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in the town close to
Scheer Memorial Hospital.
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A local church pastor found him
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and brought him
to a small orphanage
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he was running for
abandoned children.
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His church
members supported his work
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and provided funding
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for their food
and accommodations.
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But he found it difficult
to pay their tuition fees.
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Fortunately, for Suman,
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the pastor knew
people at Scheer Memorial,
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and Suman was
enrolled at the school.
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I'm very happy
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that Suman could
go to the school,
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and he's getting sponsorship.
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And this school at the
hospital is a Christian school,
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and he could continue
to learn about Jesus there.
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My name is Goma Paudyal.
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I teach in playgroup.
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These kids are lovely,
and I enjoy teaching them.
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This is the best
job I enjoy the most,
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and I don't even
notice when the time pass
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when I'm playing with
them and teaching them.
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This is what I
enjoy the most here.
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The school provides
employment to teachers
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who are from
the local community,
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like Goma Paudyal,
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who otherwise would
have to travel long distances
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or go to Kathmandu to
find a good teaching job.
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The school also provides
one nourishing meal a day
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for all the children
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as part of its incentive program
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to encourage parents
to send their children
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to school.
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Education is
highly valued in Nepal,
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as it is in the
rest of South Asia.
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Parents
perceive a good education
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as a catalyst for change.
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This perception is not
just for a better future
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for their children
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but they also
believe it will bring changes
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to their own fortunes.
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In these cultures, usually,
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the educated children
will care for the parents also
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when they get old
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because if a
parent gets to the place
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where they're
too sick and too old
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to work in the fields
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or whatever laboring
work they've been doing,
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well, what do you do?
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You basically beg and starve
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or, you know,
depending where you live,
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maybe some beggars,
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you know, can make a little bit,
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but in remote areas,
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especially if
they're in a village
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where everybody's poor,
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you know, they're
lucky to get anything.
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So I think a lot of parents
will also think about that,
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you know, if my child
gets a good education,
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it'll also be a
blessing to me in my old age.
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My name is Andrew Rapp.
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I'm from Walla Walla University.
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I'm studying business,
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marketing, and
international business,
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but I took a gap
year to come to Nepal
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and work as a
volunteer school teacher
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and youth mentor.
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Colorado native
Andrew is a volunteer teacher
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at the school.
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Because of its close association
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with the hospital,
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the school has been privileged
to bring in overseas teachers
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who come here bringing a
new approach to teaching.
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This not only
exposes the students
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to an
international array of teachers
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but also helps the
missionary teachers
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get a different outlook in life.
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I think, for me,
it is really important
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just to be able to take a break,
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take a step back
from my life in school
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and being so focused
on what I want to do,
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and take a step back and
see what other people need
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that there's
more important things
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than just my concerns.
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There's people that
have more immediate needs
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than the fickle things
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that I think might be
so important back home.
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No doubt
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a good Christian
education in schools
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providing that opportunity
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is a beacon of hope
for the children here.
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And Child Impact
Sponsorship Program
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is helping them
see that ray of hope
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in this
impoverished yet idyllic region.
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A key mission
school in Bangladesh
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where Child Impact has
many sponsored children
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has an urgent need for
a multipurpose building.
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The current building,
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which you can see
here is over 20 years old
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and was poorly constructed.
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It is extremely dangerous.
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I'm Jim Rennie,
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CEO of Child
Impact International.
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And recently, I
visited the school
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and was able to confirm,
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with an engineer
that traveled with me,
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the critical
state of the building.
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The school,
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Kellogg-Mookerjee
Memorial Seminary
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has over 450 students,
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including, as I said,
many sponsored by Child Impact.
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This school is a
key mission outreach
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and serves a
very poor community.
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Simply put, this
building is dangerous.
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We need to build a
new three-story building.
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And in this building,
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it will have
over eight classrooms,
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a science
laboratory, a school library,
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school administration
offices, but more important,
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a new English medium school
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right at the front
of joining the road
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where we have multi-level
English training school.
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This will attract
fee paying day students
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and will drive urgently
needed revenue for the school.
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The total cost
including the material,
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library, science lab,
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and English training
school is about $520,000.
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And to date,
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Child Impact has
reached $350,000.
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Right now, we're
asking you to help us.
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Any amount would be great,
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but the exciting thing
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is that we have a generous donor
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who will match it
dollar for dollar.
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So each dollar you
give will be turned into $2.
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If you give $1,000, he
will match it with $1,000.
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It includes large
or small donations.
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You're able to
double your giving.
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This is a very special school
that serves a poor community
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and has over 50 orphans.
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The need for the
classrooms, library,
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science lab is critical
to the children graduating.
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The English training
school will be critical revenue
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for the school.
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Realistically,
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the current
building is dangerous
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and must be replaced.
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Please help us
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with the special
Bangladesh building appeal.
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You can go to our
website and donate
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to the
Bangladesh building appeal
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or you can ring our office.
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Thank you.
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