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
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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,
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Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar,
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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,
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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,
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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 need it the most.
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This is Hope in Motion.
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Bobbili, a small rural
town in Andhra Pradesh,
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India 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 and often
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tending to paddy
fields owned by landlords.
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Visits to villages around here
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only amplify one's perception
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of abject poverty 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
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and experience
hopefulness and optimism.
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Over the last 15 years,
Child Impact International
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has undertaken
numerous development work
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in and around the Bobbili area.
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The Sunrise Children's
Home, situated about 10 miles
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from Bobbili,
is one such project
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that gives orphaned
and abandoned children
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an ideal place
to live and learn.
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Ten-year-old Akhil Muttaka
and his younger brother Charan
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were orphaned
at a very early age
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and came to live at
Sunrise Home two years ago.
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Their family
belonged to a tribal community
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who live in the
mountainous region
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bordering the states of Odisha
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and Andhra Pradesh
in southeastern India.
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This is Akhil and
Charan's aunt's house.
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They're living here.
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Actually, they're
up on the mountains,
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live up on the mountain.
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They came down
and they came down.
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This is a very poor village.
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And this village
has no water facilities,
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no agricultural facilities.
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The poor tortured people
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are depending on
the forest products.
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They collect the forest products
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and they survive.
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Every day afternoon,
they'll eat some porridge.
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There's no rice
and no other stuff
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to fill their stomach.
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In the nighttime only,
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they'll cook
some little bit rice
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and some
vegetables and they'll eat.
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Every day, they'll eat one meal.
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The majority of
children at Sunrise Home
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come from tribal villages
and communities around Bobbili.
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And the home is well regarded
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in and around Bobbili
because of Child Impact's
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development work
among the tribal people.
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A few years ago, Child Impact
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had conducted a
vocational training program
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for young men and women
from the tribal community.
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It was during one such
project that Raj Varma,
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field officer of Child Impact,
came across Akhil and Charan.
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In 2014, I came to this village
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for tribal development project.
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So at that time,
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the Child Impact
International wants to do
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some development
project for the tribal people,
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improve their living
standards and the livelihood.
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So that time, these
ladies showed these children
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and explained their
story and requested me
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to take them to
the Sunrise Orphanage.
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Raj Varma had learned
from the boys' relatives
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that their father had
fallen from a tree and had died
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and the boys came to
live with their aunts
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who took turns
to look after them.
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When inquired
about the whereabouts
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of their mother,
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Raj Varma was told that
she had died of malaria.
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Seeing their
pitiable living conditions,
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he brought Akhil and
Charan to Sunrise home.
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It was at
Sunrise the boys revealed
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the real
whereabouts of their mother.
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According to my knowledge,
when I asked the children,
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when I'm writing the
story, Akhil, elder one,
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he said my mother
went away with another man.
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I felt very sad and very bad.
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Children, when they're grown up,
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they won't have
love towards the parents.
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When they are grown
up, parents will come.
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When the mother comes,
when the children see them,
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what respect will they have?
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Parents, they
will never have respect
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because she just
left them and went away.
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And immediately,
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when the
children told like that,
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I felt very bad
and very sad also.
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But as a mother,
I'm giving them love.
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And they know I am the
mother, so they love me,
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and I too love them.
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Now they're very happy.
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They says, "Momma,
you don't send us to home.
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We don't want to stay there."
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It is not uncommon
for a single parent
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in tribal communities
to abandon their children
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when his or her spouse dies.
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And the children's relatives
don't reveal the whole story
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because they're
ashamed of the truth
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and are unwilling to
reveal the customs and practices
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that are
prevalent in their community
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that may seem bizarre
and cruel to an outsider.
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Well, I don't
think we can understand
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the life of an orphan.
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They may not know
who their parents are
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or they may know the tragic
circumstances they come from.
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So we not only
give them an education,
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we give them a home.
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But we give them
hope, we give them a future.
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And just for a
child knowing that
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they've got a future,
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knowing that
they've got somewhere
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they can go in their life
makes a huge difference to them,
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and we're just so excited that
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we can be a part of
making that total difference.
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If they didn't
come to Sunrise Home,
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today, they might be
somewhere, no one knows,
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no education facilities,
no proper facilities,
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and also no food.
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Even though they
fill their stomach
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with some porridge,
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that's not a valuable food here,
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not valuable food,
but most of the children
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are malnutritious.
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If they didn't
come to Sunrise Home,
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by this time,
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the children might
have been disappeared.
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Sunrise Home has
given Akhil and Charan
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a sense of
belonging, a sense of place
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that is safe and comfortable,
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a place where
they don't feel like
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they're orphaned or abandoned.
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Thanks to Akhil
and Charan's sponsors,
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Child Impact is giving
them a new life at Sunrise Home
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and giving them an opportunity
to receive a proper education.
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Really, I want to thank
Akhil and Charan's sponsors
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for playing an
important role in their lives.
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And now they're very happy here,
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I'm only the caretaker,
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who is taking care of
them and molding them,
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but they are important persons
who had given them good life.
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Well, when I go to Sunrise Home,
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children like Akhil and Charan
just come running towards you.
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They're just so
happy to see you.
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It's as if they have the sense
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that you are a
part of their family,
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and it's one of the most
rewarding aspects of the job
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that I have.
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And I'm very grateful
that I've had this experience
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of having
children just so happy,
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beaming, and if you saw them
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when they had first come
in to where they are now,
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we're not only
giving them education,
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but we're making their lives.
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We literally become
a part of their family.
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And it's just so exciting,
and I'm just so grateful
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that I can be a
part of this work
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that the donors do.
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Today, Child
Impact International
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is reaching out
to children in need.
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And for brothers
like Akhil and Charan,
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Sunrise Home is a safe haven,
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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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a chance and a hope
for a brighter future.
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Coming, where I
do, from America,
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I knew, I read,
I've heard the stories,
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I've seen the film clips,
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but until you walk...
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Until you walk on
these sidewalks of the home
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where the children
are staying and you see
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what is going on in their faces,
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you can be assured that
a good work is happening,
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that you can rest assured that
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lives are being changed,
children are being made happy,
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and it was a powerful experience
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that allayed any concerns
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that I had about the value
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that I am getting
for my sponsorship.
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There's no problem.
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I just love,
love what's going on.
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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 of the job
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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
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November/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
and the projects we do.
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And has also
fill the urgent needs
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that just seem to keep coming
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that 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 changed?
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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 a 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
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she should go to
the blind school.
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And I was actually
there the day she arrived.
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She was shy.
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She was reserved.
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She sat in a corner.
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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.
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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
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for the Blind, Deaf and Orphans.
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We fully support
the church run schools
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for the blind school
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
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from brothels 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 423-910-0667.
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Please pray for
the people we serve
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and us an organization
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and on behalf of the kids, I
just wanted to say thank you.
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