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 fostering
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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 the
dedication to helping those
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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 need it the most.
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This is Hope in Motion.
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Zambia is an amazing
country with a tropical climate
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having high plateaus,
some hills, mountains,
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and river valleys with
the South being semi-arid.
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It's a truly beautiful place
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with wildlife
that was unheard of
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back when it was first contacted
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by European explorers
in the late 18th century.
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Today, it is growing rapidly,
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but the rural
areas are struggling.
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We went to Zambia and
discovered a growing desire
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to educate the young people
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to better their
country's economy.
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Riverside could be a
place that Child Impact can use
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to make a difference
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in the lives of
Zambia's children.
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I've now been the
Chief Executive Officer
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of Child Impact
International for 10 years.
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And today is a
really exciting day
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because here I am standing
under a tree in Zambia, Africa.
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We're expanding our
sponsorship program to Zambia.
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And we're very
excited to be partnering
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with Riverside Farms
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for a well-known
Adventist ministry.
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They're opening a
brand new primary school,
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and we're going to be
sponsoring very needy children
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to help them to come
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to an Adventists mission school.
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As a child, growing up
in Zambia, more than likely,
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you would be living
far below the poverty line.
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Your parents are
probably either copper miners
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or farmers and what determines
if you can go to school
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is the current price
of copper or the weather.
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If the crops fail,
your family goes hungry,
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and you must focus on surviving,
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all hopes of an
education are gone.
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There are so many children
here that cannot go to school.
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The reason they
can't go to school is,
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even if the
tuition is not very high,
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the people can't
afford it if they have two,
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three, four children.
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Zambia is one of the most
stable countries in Africa,
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their mission and desire
being to improve their economy
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which steadily rose
7% in just a decade.
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This economic growth
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hasn't helped their
poverty line however,
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the cities are growing well,
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but the rural
areas are stagnant.
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They have few
economic prospects.
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And with that, it limits
the ability for other works
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to exist when the skills needed
are too difficult to acquire.
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Such skills
require proper education,
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a resource that Zambia
is desperately lacking.
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Zambia is very isolated
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and more so in the
underdeveloped areas
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of the country.
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The people are
struggling to make a living
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as well as
having the needed skills
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to break free
from their poverty.
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Zambia is declining economy
causes about 60% of Zambia
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and still live under
the nation's poverty line
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with rural poverty
standing at almost 78%.
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You might be asking,
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"Why is Child Impact
expanding into Zambia?"
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Well, it's very simple.
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We will have a partner
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on the ground running the school
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that is very, very
reliable and is mission-focused.
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We believe that all
children are precious to God.
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Our goal is to give hope
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by fostering
permanent positive change
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in the lives of the
disadvantaged children
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of Zambia.
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Central to our mission is
building the infrastructure
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of the local school,
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empowering it to meet the needs
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of its own community.
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We see a need in
Zambia that can be met
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with the help of our sponsors.
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We know that
education is necessary
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for the future of any community
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to grow and
improve their conditions.
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Zambia
desperately needs our help.
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Riverside Farm is
well-known in the community
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and will be able
to do a great job
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not only in running the school
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but administering
the sponsorship program.
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We also know that no
funds would be wasted
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and that there will be genuinely
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poor children
that will be helped.
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Another challenge is
that even existing school
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suffer from a lack
of scholastic materials.
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The lack of scholastic materials
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is something few
in the US can imagine.
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A class of 50 pupils
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often only have
enough books for 10.
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Drawing charts become impossible
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without pencil and paper.
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It takes everything you have,
dipping into your own pocket,
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knowing your
meager income you receive
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at the end of the month.
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And even then,
it's never enough,
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especially since
most rural families
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have to spend 60%
of their money on food.
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But there is a glimmer of hope.
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My name is Craig Harding.
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I'm the Executive Director here
at Riverside Farm Institute.
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And I manage the programs
we do here and run the farm.
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Well, I'm Pauline Knowles,
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and we're at Riverside
Farm in Zambia, Africa.
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The school program here
has been really exciting
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for the primary
education program.
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About 20 years ago,
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the school buildings
that are there were built,
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and we've been running
the school there since.
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In the district that we're in
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and how we get the
highest success grade rate
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for the students
that are graduating
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on to go to secondary school,
which is exciting for us.
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Zambia's
government is struggling
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to meet the budget needs
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of the growing population
when it comes to education.
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Schools in rural areas
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are suffering with
a lack of classrooms.
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The main problem is students
continuing their education
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past eighth grade.
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Since fees are
due after grade seven,
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they tend to stop
their education early,
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so schools can't
afford to add more classrooms.
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If there are no
fees in certain schools,
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the children have
to walk really far
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in order to go to schools.
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The families cannot even
afford the basics like uniform,
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books, and pencils.
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It's hard to tell how many
are and/or not going to school.
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We have found a major
need in establishing schools
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for the
children in this country.
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We are going to
focus on the rural area,
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south of the capital to
help this deprived region.
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Attaining enough
funding to help these children
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is a vital part of the mission
that still has to be done.
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Funding will go to help
these children attend school,
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purchase academic materials,
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and better prepare
them for the future.
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Zambia is
struggling, but there is hope
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through educating
the next generation.
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We run a primary school.
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We also do an
adult training program
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for people coming
out of the village,
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doing tailoring, agriculture,
and different programs.
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We also run a wellness center,
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helping people
with different wellness
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and health issues.
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But we felt the pressure
of aging school buildings,
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and so we're so excited
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to be building a
one-day school campus
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and building a
whole set of new buildings
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and bringing the kids there.
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And while we're here,
it's still under construction,
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but the school really
is starting to look good.
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These classrooms, and
administration office,
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and then there's a
couple of staff houses.
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And directly over there
will be just a new play area,
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playground, where the children
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will be able to
have a great time.
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There's also lovely
shade from the existing
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and established trees.
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We decided to build a new school
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because not only
do we want to expand
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but it's right in
the middle of campus.
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And with all
these children there,
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it can be a little
distracting at times.
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And so now they have a
nice setting out in the woods
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where there's trees
and it's out in nature.
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And we're just excited about
having a different location
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and to add more
students to the school.
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Not only will it allow
us to continue to better
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serve the kids who are here
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but we'll be able to
expand it to take more kids,
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including kids who are at
risk, just from a lack of money.
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When you don't
have money for food,
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your parents
certainly don't have money
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to put you in school,
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and so it becomes a problem
of growing levels of ignorance
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and lack of skills
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to then be able
to feed themselves
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for future generations.
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Now the school
looks a little remote
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when I first drove in,
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but in fact, it's not
far from the local villages
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where the sponsored
children can come from.
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This is a great facility.
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It's going to be well-managed,
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and it's a great opportunity
for child sponsorship.
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Riverside Farm is a
public benefit organization here
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in Zambia.
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We do a number of
different projects,
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including the farm that
helps to promote the program.
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We run a primary school.
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We also do an
adult training program
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for people coming
out of the village,
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doing tailoring, agriculture
and different programs.
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We also run a wellness center,
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helping people
with different wellness
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and health issues and
we also run a farm program.
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Well, we've been here
for like 30 years now.
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And how we got here was
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when my husband
and I got married,
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we thought, "Well, if we
just have a house of our own,
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we'll be happy."
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And then after we had a house,
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"Well, if we just
had our children."
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Now we had two boys.
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And then after
that, we started thinking,
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"But there's got to be
more to life than this."
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And so we just
started praying about it.
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And we ended up working
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in a self-supporting
institution in the States
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and never dreamed
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that we'd be
asked to come to Africa.
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But here we are.
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The life of a
missionary is very different
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and often challenging,
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but the rewards
make it all worthwhile.
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Riverside Farm works tirelessly
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to be the hands
and feet of Jesus,
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reaching out to the
villages around them
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to provide for their
temporal and eternal needs.
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The farm offers
locals not only work
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but valuable training in
modern agricultural methods,
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while the school
gives their children
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the opportunity to
gain valuable skills
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to not only improve their lives
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but also the lives of
those in their communities.
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God is blessing their efforts.
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And the
partnership with Child Impact
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opens great
possibilities for the future.
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On opening day, the school
will have about 100 children,
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and then it will be able to grow
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to somewhere around 250 children
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over the next year or two.
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We're excited about the
Child Impact involvement
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in the school because
there's a number of kids
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who would otherwise have
no educational opportunity
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because their parents
are smallholder farmers.
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And any time
there's a crop failure,
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they have no food,
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their families
begin cutting trees,
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burning charcoal,
doing things just to survive
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with no income for
them to have an education.
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And then on years
when there is rain,
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they're still
going hungry oftentimes
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coming up into the periods
where there's crop harvest.
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So this is an
opportunity for them
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to be able to better their lives
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so that when
their children come,
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they're able to have a
life that's not so dependent
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on the unpredictability
of rain in this arid region.
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They can't afford to send
them and they just stay home.
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And so we are really excited
that Child Impact has come,
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and they're going to help
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some of these
unfortunate children
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be able to attend school.
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Starting out, it would
house around 150 students
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but, hopefully,
double and keep increasing
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since there's
such a high demand.
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Because of this, Child Impact
saw the need to go to Zambia,
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the lack of money
makes this new school
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underutilized
because families can't afford
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to take their
students to school.
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Helping with the students'
financial needs will guarantee
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they have materials so
they can focus on learning.
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This will also
alleviate the financial burdens
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that families have,
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which will
allow them to buy food
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and care for the
basic needs of their family.
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But most importantly,
this will provide the children
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with a Christian
Adventist education,
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an education that will
teach them Bible truths,
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that will help further
spread the gospel to this nation
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that is poised to
receive the truth.
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Well, it's an exciting
day because for the first time
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I'm sitting in a classroom
in Africa, here in Zambia.
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And we're at the
Riverside Farm School.
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And shortly, they'll be
moving into a new school,
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where we'll have over
50 sponsored children.
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And I'm here with Daniel
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and there will be
many children like him
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that will be able
to enjoy sponsorship.
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You can sponsor a
child or you could help
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by just giving a contribution
to our unsponsored child fund.
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This is a very
exciting time for Child Impact
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because we're really
going to be impacting
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on the real needy
around Riverside Farms.
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Your support will
make a real difference,
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either with sponsorship
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or contributing to the
unsponsored child fund.
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