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 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, 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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Bobbili, a small town
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near the coastal
city of Vizag in India
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has nothing to
offer to a visitor.
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Its streets often
bustling and chaotic
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are typical of
rural towns in India.
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Poverty is widespread
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and people
struggle to meet ends,
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doing menial jobs
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and often
attending to paddy fields
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owned by landlords.
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Visits to villages around here
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only amplify one's
perception of abstract poverty
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people live in on a daily basis.
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But it is in this despairing
and gloomy environment,
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we often get to
see and experience
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hopefulness and optimism.
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Over the last 15 years,
Child Impact International
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has undertaken
numerous developmental work
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in and around the Bobbili area.
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It has supported schools
through its sponsorship program
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and built a
school for the blind.
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One of its recent
projects is the construction
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of a brand new
orphanage in Karada village,
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the Sunrise Children Home.
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From its humble beginning
in a cramped building in town,
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the orphanage has
shifted to a spacious campus
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in the countryside,
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situated about 10
miles from Bobbili,
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the new campus
gives the children
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an ideal place to
live, learn, and play.
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How many of you like this room?
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Okay.
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So you want to sleep here? Yes!
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You know, it's taken time
to build the new orphanage
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and the children have
been brought along the journey.
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So they were given an idea
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that you're going
to have a better home.
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It's like asking,
you're going to go to heaven
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and we've got a better home.
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So they had this idea
of having a better home,
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and they've
been asking questions
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as this whole
thing was in progress,
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and now they have it and
they are just so excited.
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It is such a wonderful place
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to go from such a
cramped environment
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to such an
expansive free environment.
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The children still attend
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the Seventh-day
Adventist school in town.
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But Sunrise Home has its own bus
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that takes them
to school every day.
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And the bus ride is something
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that children look
forward to every morning.
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August 2nd, 2014
was a special day
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for Child Impact International
and everyone at Sunrise Home,
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a new boys' dorm was inaugurated
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by renowned Adventist
violinist, Jaime Jorge.
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It was very
emotional for me to be here
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at the opening of
the boys' dormitory.
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It was just so great
that Jaime Jorge could be here
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to do the dedication
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and arguably we could say
it's the end of the project,
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but it's not.
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Yes, the donors have
build a great facility,
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but the ongoing need
for orphans in this home,
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the ongoing operating needs,
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the ongoing needs to
sponsorship simply means
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it's not over.
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Although there is
ongoing need for sponsorship
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and other needs at Sunrise Home,
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it is encouraging knowing that
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this facility has the capability
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to double the number of children
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and in the future,
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there is facility
to build another floor,
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thereby having the
capacity to facilitate
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the ever
increasing inflow of children
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arriving at
Sunrise Home each year.
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In my union, we
have 850,000 members
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and there are hundreds
of needs in this union,
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especially there
are orphan children,
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there are semi-orphan children,
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and therefore we
really face challenge.
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Today, expanding and
adding these facilities
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in the boys' hostel will
really be a great blessing
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because these children
are adjusting somewhere
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and they don't
have proper facilities.
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They want to feel
with their friends
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as if it is their own home
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and this will be
a unique identity
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that will build
confidence in them,
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and they will really
develop in the proper way
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in the Adventist atmosphere.
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Twelve-year-old Durga Prasad
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and his
11-year-old brother Rajesh
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came to Sunrise
Home three years ago.
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They were
rescued from the streets
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by a local NGO Child Line,
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after a newspaper article
appeared in a local daily
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with the title
"mother for sale."
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Child Line immediately
followed up the story
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with the concerned
people and rescued the boys
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and took them in their custody.
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After we brought them here,
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we came to know
that their father died
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and the mother
found another man,
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and she moved in with him.
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But he forced
her into prostitution
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and forced the
boys on to the streets
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to beg and sell
newspaper and fruits.
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He used that money,
drinking and gambling.
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Durga Prasad and
Rajesh woke up every day
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to the blaring
sound of train horns
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or the screeching
halt of its iron wheels.
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The buzz and
hustle of the street
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near the train
station at Vizianagaram
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was their domain
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and the railway
platform their shelter.
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The boys were
forced to go and beg
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or steal by their
mother's boyfriend,
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and when they
refused, they were beaten.
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Fearing the beatings
that awaited them at home,
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they spend most of their time
living on the railway platform,
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earning some money
selling fruits or begging.
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After they were rescued
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and taken into
custody by Child Line,
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Durga Prasad and Rajesh
were brought to Sunrise Home.
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I'm from Bobbili town
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and I used to live very close
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to where the old
Sunrise Home was.
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Then I informed
my superiors about it
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and recommended these
two boys to Sunrise Home.
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Sunrise Home is highly
regarded throughout the district
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for its work with the
shelter it provides to orphaned
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and abandoned children
like Durga Prasad and Rajesh.
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Most of the children
are coming to Sunrise Home
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recommended by
police department,
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and
non-governmental organizations,
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and the Child Line,
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and rescued children,
most of them are here,
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the rescued children.
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In this whole of the
Vizianagaram district,
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only this home is best home
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and the
government will recommend
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all the children
to stay here only.
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Okay. Wow.
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At our homes like Sunrise,
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we have children
from varied backgrounds,
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varied stories, and honest
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some of them are
hard to comprehend,
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and just like these two boys
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who were found on
a railway platform
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at the train
station, could you imagine it,
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could you imagine living there
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having to
scrape up an existence?
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They were
exploited by many people
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and they had no hope.
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Now, at least they
have come to Sunrise Home
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where they have a new direction,
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and now they have
hope of an education,
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they have a hope of the future,
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and the Asian Aid
sponsorship program
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will have a big
difference in their lives.
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Durga Prasad and
Rajesh are in a place
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where they can leave behind
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the fear of being
beaten and exploited,
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leave behind the struggles
of growing up in the streets
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and instead are in a
safe and comfortable place,
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a place where they don't
feel like they're orphaned
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or abandoned.
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So by having an orphanage,
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we can access these children
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who really won't
have the basics in life,
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who now can have the
basics in life to go forward.
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So that's what
orphanage is doing.
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They get the
children who really need help
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and don't have
anyone to help them.
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Child Impact is
giving them that help.
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Child Impact is
giving them that new life
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through its
special need schools,
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at an orphanage
like Sunrise Home,
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and is giving
them an opportunity
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to receive a proper education.
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One of the great blessing is
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that we cannot do
everything by on our own
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because of certain reasons.
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I thank God for special
organizations like Asian Aid.
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They are uniquely tuned
to meet exactly our needs,
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where we really need,
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especially we
need next generation
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to be prepared
for the church work
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and these children who
are trained up in the homes
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and with their
help, with their support,
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we educate our poor children,
they're the next generation,
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faithful workers for the church.
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And it is really transforming.
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I really thank God,
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every sponsor that
is supporting this work,
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every leader in
this organization,
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they are really doing the work
with dedication and commitment.
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They reach unto us,
they openly talk their ideas
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and we tell our needs,
and they really fit in.
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I'm proud of this
important organization,
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and they are truly
beneficial to my union here
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in East Central India.
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It was painful for us to learn
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that the boys' mother
is still making her living
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through prostitution
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and does not know the
whereabouts of her sons.
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Taking the children
away from the mother
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may sound cruel and callous,
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but extraordinary circumstances
call for extraordinary measures
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for the welfare and
the future of the children.
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Like Rajesh and Durga Prasad,
there are so many children
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who are having very
bad family backgrounds.
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Sunrise Home is giving them
good directions in their lives.
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Today, Child
Impact International
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is reaching out
to children in need.
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And Sunrise Home is a
safe haven for these children,
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providing not
just their basic needs
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and an
opportunity for an education,
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but giving them
parental love and affection,
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the chance and hope
for a brighter future.
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A couple of years ago,
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my daughters and I had
a wonderful opportunity
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to travel to India,
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and while we were there,
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we met yet
another part of our family
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and that's our
sponsored daughter, Sheila.
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We had the
privilege of sponsoring Sheila
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through Child
Impact International
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for more than three years now.
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And you know,
while we were there,
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she shared with us
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that her dream
was to become a nurse.
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Now, what a wonderful
privilege it is for us
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now as a family to know
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that she is
fulfilling that dream.
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Sheila is now
studying to be a nurse.
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She is in college
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and we could not
be happier for her.
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It's been wonderful to be
part of that journey with her.
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And you know, sponsoring a
child through Child Impact,
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it's made an incredible
difference for our family.
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And I know that for
you sponsoring a child
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can make a
difference for you too.
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And most importantly,
it can make the difference
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in the life of
a child every day.
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