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
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to making a difference
in the lives of children
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and those who are in need.
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Serving communities in India,
Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
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Myanmar, and 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,
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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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Early when we were married,
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Nick and I spent
time over in India,
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and we were
working for a mission,
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another mission organization
for about six months.
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And one of the opportunities
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we had was to be
in one of the schools
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where children
were being sponsored
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by Child Impact International
in receiving education there
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as well as
clothing, food, shelter.
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And at that time we
were given the opportunity
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to meet kids that still
needed sponsors, and have...
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We were able to
meet and pick a kid
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that we wanted to
sponsor personally at that time.
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So we got to meet him,
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I think play a little,
maybe a little cricket with him,
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gave him a little bit of
a gift, and even though...
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Since then the child that
we're sponsoring has changed.
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That's how we started,
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and have decided to
continue to sponsor a child
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through Child
Impact International.
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I'd say that if
you are interested
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in sponsoring a child,
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I think it's a
great opportunity,
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and so you certainly should.
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There's so many
mission fields in the world,
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you know, the kid who lives
just down the street from you,
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that's a mission
field, your own children,
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your own family,
that's a mission field
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but, you know,
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we were called to go into
all nations and make disciples.
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And when you sponsor a
child for a Christian education,
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you know, it's more than
just giving them education,
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teaching them also about Christ,
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and the plan of salvation.
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And so, you know, it's
gonna benefit that child,
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it's gonna benefit
that child's community
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and, you know, the
money that we spend
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every month to
support this child,
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it's an easy sacrifice for us
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but it makes just the world
of difference in their lives.
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Sponsoring
children in activities
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like these mission
schools and opportunities
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is a tremendous way to
help form the character
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of young people as
they look to the future.
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They will never
forget their association
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in a Christian environment.
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And by God's grace,
many of them will become
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members of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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It is absolutely
a powerful witness
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to sponsor a
child in Child Impact
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and so many other organizations
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that help young
people to find Jesus.
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Sponsoring a child not
only has short-term effects,
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but it has a long-term effect.
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Sponsoring a child
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is investing in the character
of a young person for eternity.
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We're taping this
right here in Myanmar,
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at the Myanmar
Union Adventist Seminary,
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and about
one-third of the students
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or one quarter of the students
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are being
sponsored by Child Impact.
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People who become
workers in God's church,
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people who make an
impact in the community
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have been people
who have been sponsored.
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Your sponsorship
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is absolutely an investment
in the future of the church.
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Hi, my name is Jaime Jorge,
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and I am excited to
be an Honorary Ambassador
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for Child Impact International.
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I've had the privilege of
visiting India and Myanmar
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with Child Impact,
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and I am here to share with
you some very exciting stories
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as well as some
important information.
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Now I have with me Jim, the CEO
of what used to be Asian Aid.
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Jim, how long have you
been with this organization
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and why the change to
Child Impact International?
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Well, Jaime, I've
been in the role of CEO
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for just over 10 years now
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and this was a
big decision for us.
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But the key reasons
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why is a lot of
people don't realize
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that India and
Bangladesh are Asia.
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Yes.
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There's a lot of
confusion as to what Asia is
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and a lot of
the Asian countries,
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oriental countries,
we don't operate in.
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Secondly, we want
to show a difference
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between Asian Aid
Australia and Child Impact
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because we are two
totally separate organizations.
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We also believe that we
should grow outside Asia.
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So the name change
gives us the ability
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that when we're ready to
grow into other countries.
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But most important, the
name reflects what we do.
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Yes.
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The name reflects
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that we're impacting
on the lives of children.
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So we think it's
far more relevant
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and will support
our growth strategy.
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Now I've had the
privilege of knowing you
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and working with you
now for a number of years,
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and I have seen how
much this organization
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has grown in that time.
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Can you tell me where
you're from originally,
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you have kind of
a different accent,
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and what you used to do
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before coming to now
Child Impact International?
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Well, I'm a New Zealander,
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and I married an
American lady from Tennessee,
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and originally she was to move
to New Zealand which she did,
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but just somehow we
ended up back in Tennessee.
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But prior to that for 30 years,
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I owned the largest
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promotional marketing
company in New Zealand.
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So I had a wee bit to do
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with promoting
organizations and companies
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and also marketing.
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So that was my background.
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And then when I
came to the States,
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I got asked to
be put on the board
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of what was then Asian Aid.
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And so I took a
six-month contract
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to restructure
Asian Aid at the time.
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Well, I'm 10 years into
that six-month contract.
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Well, and it's
made a huge difference
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for this organization.
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Can you tell me what
some of your future plans are?
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Well, I think the key plan
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is to grow our
sponsorship program.
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As you know, we sponsor children
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in a number of countries,
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very large in India,
Bangladesh, and now Myanmar,
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and Myanmar is the old Burma,
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we're also in
Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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And that sponsorship program
takes a child based on need
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and puts them in an
Adventist mission school.
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And I have to
be honest with you,
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the need is overwhelming.
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Yes.
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The church is continually
coming to us and saying,
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"Can you help us
with more children?"
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And so the growth of
that sponsorship program
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is key for us moving forward.
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Yes.
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Because it not only impacts
on the life of the child,
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it impacts on their
family but it's also key funding
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for these
Adventist mission schools.
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So sponsoring a
child has a big impact
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on the number of
aspects of the child,
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its family, and the school.
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And to be honest,
the need is overwhelming.
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Yes.
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We also support four orphanages,
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school for the blind,
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and a school for
the deaf in India.
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And the other important area
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that we're starting to
get involved in is a program
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that we have called
Operation Child Rescue,
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trafficking of girls,
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the use of boys in
beggary and slave labor.
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Yes.
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To be honest, in
Indian it's so huge,
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it's just overpowering.
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But we are so excited
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that we can be
one of the ministries
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involved in this program.
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So we want to
build that program also.
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Yes.
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Well, I've been with
you to Myanmar where I saw
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that children
attend the schools there,
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and then they come back home,
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and share the
gospel with their families,
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and their families
are being baptized,
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and this is in a country where
you can't do public evangelism.
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So this is truly
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a number of different
outreach opportunities
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to get people to
learn about Jesus Christ.
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Now what does this mean,
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this change, this
growth, this vision
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for the current donors of
Child Impact International
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and the prospective new ones
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that may be thinking
about coming on board?
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Well, to begin with,
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for the existing
donors nothing really changes.
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We're still located in Ottawa
in Tennessee near Chattanooga.
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We still retain the same staff.
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We retain the same
policies, the same board,
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but we want to do things better.
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We want to
represent the children better,
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we want to
increase the communication
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between the
child and the projects
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we do with the donor.
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So the use of
mobile phone technology,
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the use of Facebook,
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and we want to share the stories
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with those people
that are supporting us.
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So we want to step up
how we support the children
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but also deliver
value to the donors.
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Asian Aid is now
Child Impact International
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and what is going to
happen is simply fantastic.
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More young people
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are going to come
to know Jesus Christ,
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they're going to
have hope and a future,
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and you have the
opportunity to be a part of it.
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Would you join us?
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Imagine with me for a moment
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that you're a small child
living on the streets of India,
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the sandals on your feet
lost their comfort weeks ago,
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your favorite shirt
just got another hole.
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It's sad, mommy died last year
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but what makes
you feel even worse
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is that your dad chose
not to be your dad anymore.
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Hey, I'm Shawn Boonstra,
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Honorary Ambassador for
Child Impact International,
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an organization that
is a supportive ministry
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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You know,
previously called Asian Aid,
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they're making
an exciting change
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to Child Impact
International in order to grow.
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Something like 15 to 25 million
little girls and boys in India
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share similar stories
to the one I just told you.
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Many are orphaned at a young age
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with little food
to eat and no hope.
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Child Impact
serves to bridge the gap
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between hardship and education.
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It's a unique ministry
that serves children in poverty
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in Bangladesh, India,
Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
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Over 3,500 children
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are provided an
Adventist education
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and lives are changed
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through the numerous
development projects.
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Working in these countries,
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Child Impact has
come face to face
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with issues like child
slavery, poor or no education,
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child
trafficking, abandoned babies,
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lack of clean water, and
a high number of orphans.
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This list is not
short on challenges,
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yet the needs are being met.
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You know, my family
sponsors Sheila, a young lady
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at the Sunrise
Orphanage in India.
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For the past couple of years,
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I'm proud of how my family
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has been able to impact
her life for the better.
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Word has it, she
just started college.
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What I've come to understand
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is that the children
Child Impact supports
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are more than just
names, or faces on a screen,
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or a flyer,
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they're people with a story,
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a story whose ending
has not been written,
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instead another
chapter is being composed.
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It reminds me of
something that Jesus once said,
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"Whatever you do
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for the least of these
brothers and sisters of Mine,
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you do for Me."
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Join me and others
like me throughout the world
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who are
sponsoring a child monthly
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to provide like Jesus did,
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to support like Jesus
did, to love like Jesus did.
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You too can make
a lifelong impact
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on the life of someone
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who is waiting
for you to say yes.
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Yes, today you will
consider sponsorship
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right now with Child Impact
or one of our other projects.
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Yes, to give hope to
a precious child today.
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