Child Impact International
is an organization giving hope.
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Previously called Asian
Aid, Child Impact International
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is an organization 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, Nepal,
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Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
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Myanmar, and will soon
expand to other countries.
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For the last 50 years,
Child Impact has invested
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in the futures of
people, and their investment
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has proven infinite returns,
driven by the dedication
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to helping those
who have the least.
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Child Impact is an
organization focused
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on the welfare of
children, implementing diverse
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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 giving them
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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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Welcome to Myanmar.
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Child Impact international
has been sponsoring over
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600 children in
Adventist schools
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all across the
Southeast Asian nation.
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Over 95% of the population here
in Myanmar practices Buddhism,
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in fact, Myanmar is
one of the most religious
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Buddhist countries in the world.
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The Seventh-day Adventist
Mission was established here
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115 years ago and
Adventist education
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has played a central role
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in spreading the
gospel in Myanmar.
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The challenge is that a
decent education is expensive.
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Most people can't afford it.
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This is where an
organization like Child Impact
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has such a great impact.
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They are concerned and
committed to the welfare
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of children in need here.
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Today, we joined
Jim Rennie on a visit
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to Myanmar Union
Adventist Seminary
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and see what Child
Impact is doing to bring hope,
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salvation and the future
to needy children in Myanmar.
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Well, I'm back here in
Myanmar, and I've just had
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a four to five hour
drive here to the seminary.
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And on this trip,
we really want to meet
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some of the students
that you have sponsored
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and see the difference
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that we're
making in their lives.
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Come and join me on this
trip as we meet these students
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and see the
impact on their lives,
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which is very real.
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Come with me
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Myanmar Union
Adventist Seminary or MUAS,
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as it is commonly known
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is the only
Adventist institution
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of higher learning in Myanmar
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and it plays a
very important role
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in developing young minds
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who are the future
torchbearers of the church.
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Presently there are 600
students at the college,
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taking religion, education
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and business as
their fields of study.
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Most of them come from
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financially
difficult backgrounds,
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and 160 students are
sponsored by Child Impact.
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These young people
come from all over Myanmar
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and Child Impact
is making it possible
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for them to be able to
learn and acquire skills
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needed for employment.
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I'm here at
Myanmar Adventist College,
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where there are a
group of over 160 students
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that are sponsored by
Child Impact International.
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And just meeting with them
and just talking with them,
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it's so exciting to
see the real difference
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that sponsorship is
making in their lives.
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Standing behind me
are the future doctors,
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the future
dentists, the future nurses,
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teachers and pastors,
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and this will
impact on their lives.
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This will impact on
their family's lives.
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But most of
important, have a big impact
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on the church in Myanmar.
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Just looking at their faces,
you can see the difference
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that sponsorship is making,
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not only in the
lives of their children,
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but of their families,
their community and the church.
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Just shows the
success of sponsorship.
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For us in our union,
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the Child Impact
sponsors international
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sponsorship is very important
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because it is among the
many sponsorship program.
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It is the biggest,
it sponsor more than
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600 students in our union.
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We have more need
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for the sponsorship.
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The Child Impact International
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can sponsor mort students,
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more students can learn
and mort student can be...
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What to say, in one or other way
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they can help the child
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when they
finish their education.
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Education is
vital in this country.
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It is important
education is subsidized so that
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we can create the environment
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in which children have
an opportunity to learn
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and achieve their dreams.
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And the Adventist school
system not only helps children
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grow mentally and
socially, but they also have
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an opportunity
to grow spiritually.
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Well, as we all
know, Seventh-day Adventist
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education was
prepared and launched through
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very intensive information that
God gave through Ellen White
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as to how
Seventh-day Adventist education
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ought to be
different from other places.
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It was to reach the
head, the hand and the heart.
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It was to help people
following in Christ's ministry,
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helping children,
young people physically,
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mentally,
socially and spiritually,
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helping them to become
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a whole person so
they can be sent from
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those schools to be
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wonderful
testimonies for the lord.
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Seventh-day Adventist education
is unique and it is powerful
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because it's from heaven.
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To move forward with
its focus in Myanmar,
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Child Impact has established
the Educate Myanmar Fund.
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The purpose of this fund
is to help sponsor children
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in Adventist Mission
schools here in Myanmar
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and help with resources
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and other needs
such as classrooms.
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The college has many needs
and Child Impact also address
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another important issue
of congestion in the dorms
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and other infrastructural needs.
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Currently, it is
helping the college
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in finishing the building
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of classrooms for
theology students.
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Well, it's quite exciting to see
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what is happening
with this building.
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Yes.
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I'm here with Dr.
Connolly, who is the president
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of the Myanmar
Adventist Union College
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and in talking
with him, I can now see
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how important that the
theology and religious training
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is from the Myanmar
Adventist Union College.
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It's the only
source of Bible workers
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and pastors for
the country of Myanmar.
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And so Child
Impact International
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is really excited that
with the help of our sponsors,
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we can sponsor Bible
students and theology students,
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but also if
possible, we can help
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with the finishing of this new
theology department building.
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So let's go in.
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How many boys do you
think there are in college?
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Forty eight boys
in SDA International.
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The Educate Myanmar
Fund is fully committed
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to helping
Adventist schools in Myanmar.
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But more importantly,
it is committed to helping
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give young boys and girls
from difficult backgrounds
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an opportunity to
receive an education
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through sponsorship.
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I'm here in the boys' dormitory
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at Myanmar Adventist Seminary.
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It's a large room
where there are 20 boys
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sleeping on the floor,
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which to us is a little strange.
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But in fact, culturally,
this is how they probably
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live at home in
their village house
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and they sleep on the floor.
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I'm here with Sanga,
who is an inspiring story
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from sponsorship.
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He comes from a very
large family of seven siblings
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and he's the only
one getting an education.
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His father is a
farmer, a poor farmer.
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And the rest are at
home, working in the field.
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Sanga at an early
age was given the chance
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to go to an Adventist school.
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And he's been
through the high school,
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and now he's at the seminary
doing the religious studies
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and theology course.
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And we're real proud
of his achievements today.
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Just to show the
pressure for finance
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and how poor his family is.
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In those three years.
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Sanga's only been home twice,
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because he has to do
a job in the holidays.
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He has to work just to
cover the rest of his overhead
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and costs in
getting through college.
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And he's really got a dream.
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And, Sanga, tell
us about your dream.
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What do you want to achieve?
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I want to be a good pastor,
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so I'm taking
here religion major.
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Right.
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So Sanga wants to go on
to do his MI in theology,
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and he wants to be a pastor,
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and he wants to be
a successful pastor.
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And once again,
that's real exciting.
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And we want to support
Sanga as he goes ahead.
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And it really shows
you how sponsorship through
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the different
facets of education
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is now turning this young man
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into a real success
story, and we're so proud of
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what he has achieved.
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It's been my privilege
to be in the role of CEO
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for Child Impact
for over 12 years.
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One of the most satisfying parts
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of the job is being
able to visit the field
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and meet the
children and see the projects
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that you support
in six countries.
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It's a privilege to be
able to evaluate on your behalf,
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how your generous
donations are utilized.
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At this time of year
we are very dependent
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on your generous support
for our special November,
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December impact gifts appeal.
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This is the key appeal for
the 3,500 children we serve
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and the special homes
and schools we support.
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There are three projects in
our special appeal this year
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and each have a
need of $100,000.
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The first appeal is for
our Where Needed Most Fund.
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This fund is
exactly what it says
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"Where Needed Most."
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It helps with the
cost to run our operation
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to serve the kids
in the projects we do.
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And it's also
for the urgent needs
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that just seem to keep coming.
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The Where Needed
Most Fund is key to us,
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serving over 3,500 children.
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I just want to
share for a moment a story
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from the blind school.
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This is a story of Mali.
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We found her as a
five year old girl
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chained in a family home.
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Now you may wonder
why was she chained?
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Did the parents not care?
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But the reality was they
were a very poor farming family
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who had no idea how to
deal with the blind child.
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And after
falling down into a hole,
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they felt it was
best to restrain her.
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So we convinced
them that she should go
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to the blind school.
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And I was actually
there the day she arrived.
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She was shy, she was reserved.
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She sat in a corner.
She talked to no one.
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It was sad to see.
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I then came back a month later,
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and you just
wouldn't believe the change.
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She was smiling. She was happy.
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She was playing
with other children,
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and I even saw her
singing during the worship time.
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That shows the
difference that it makes.
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Our second project is for
the Blind, Deaf and Orphans.
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We fully support the church
run schools for the blind school
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and a deaf school in India.
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These special needs children
come from poor communities
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and these
schools give them hope.
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The orphan
supported are at Sunrise Home,
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a very special home located
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in a lovely
setting in rural India.
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These special needs
children need support
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and so giving to this
appeal will make a difference.
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The third project is
Operation Child Rescue.
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The key activity in
Operation Child Rescue
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is the rescue of
young girls from brothels
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in the city of Bangalore, India.
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Child Impact supports a
rescue home for these girls.
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In the city of Bangalore,
we also support a home
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for abandoned babies.
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The trafficking of
girls is simply terrible
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and hard to understand.
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You can make a
real difference here.
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Once again, we
ask for your support
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and you can make an
impact with your generous gift.
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Any gift is a generous one.
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Please go to our
website, childimpact.org
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or call us on
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(423) 910-0667.
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Please pray for
the people we serve
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and us as an organization,
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and on behalf of the
kids, I just wanted to say,
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thank you.
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