Child Impact
International is an organization
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that gives hope
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and fosters
permanent, positive change
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in the lives of
disadvantaged children
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and their communities.
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Countries include Zambia,
India, Nepal, Bangladesh,
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Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.
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Child Impact's investment
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in the lives of
more than 3,500 children
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continues to
yield infinite returns.
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Outreach spans from
child rescue operations
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to providing an
education and a home
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for deaf and blind
children and orphans.
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Above all, Child
Impact's sponsors
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give hope to the
ones who need it the most.
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SAMS is a beautiful place,
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full of children studying
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and living a
healthy and prosperous life.
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The faculty are
also living a great life
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because this school
as well as other schools
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is an extension of their goals,
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to lift people out of poverty
and to help their country.
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A lot of the teachers
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were sponsored
children themselves
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and have a burning
desire to give the help
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that they got when
they were children.
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One such couple is living proof
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of how sponsorship is
having a long-term impact.
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Since completing their studies,
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they have been working
to benefit children at SAMS.
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While we're here
at the SAMS seminary,
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and today we're
going to have a talk
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with two of the teachers.
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One who was
actually a sponsored student.
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And, in fact, she went to KMMS,
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the school that we've featured
in some of our programs,
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they both come up
through the school system
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and now they're
teachers here at the seminary.
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So, tell us your names.
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What's your name? My
name is Alpona Boidya.
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Alpona Boidya, okay.
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And me Mr. Sohag Isaac Boidya.
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Okay.
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So, tell us what you teach.
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What do you do here?
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I'm teaching
English mainly first paper.
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First paper.
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Okay.
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And you?
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Me also teaching in
English and this year,
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I am working
here as a registrar.
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As a registrar?
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Well, that's an important role.
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So, I want you to tell us
about when you went to school,
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you were a sponsored child.
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Which school did you go to?
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Oh, first village
school, my village Ramshing.
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I studied there.
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And tell us where
did you go to school?
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Actually I studied in
my village in childhood,
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then from there I went to KMMS.
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Right.
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And I started
there, then I went to BASC,
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Bangladesh
Adventist Seminary College.
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I studied there and I
completed there for BA.
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The impact that
one sponsored child has
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goes far beyond just the child.
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Families are helped.
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Other children are
helped and even teachers
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because they are
given the resources to work
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and help their communities.
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So, let's just talk
about your life in a village.
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Tell me about what
your mother and father?
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Actually, you know,
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I have a big
family, including me,
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we are nine members.
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Oh, wow, nine in
your family. Yeah.
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And my father is not
educated up to plus five
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he can study and
he's doing farmer worker.
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We have not much land.
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So it is very hard for him
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to bear all our
educational expenses.
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So do you feel
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that sponsorship
was a big help to you?
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Yes, it is so helpful for me,
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as well as my family also
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is support me and
my father as well.
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It's amazing to
see what is being done,
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and how much value they
put in each child's life.
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A lot of this Christian
work comes through sponsorship
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and is reflected in the students
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having a desire to work for God.
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Each person that succeeds
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is a living
testimony to other children,
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parents and to the
communities around them.
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SAMS is a beacon of hope
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for the surrounding communities.
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Because these areas
of Bangladesh are poor,
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education is the best avenue
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to empower the people
to have a better life.
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You can see that
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with the children's testimonies.
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Tell me what is your name?
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My name is Moushumi Hastak.
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So, tell me about your family?
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Well, that's some story.
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I mean, it's a
story of a father dying.
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It's a story of
a mother struggling
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and then her
grandmother getting involved.
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And what do you want
to be when you leave here?
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What is your dream?
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Well, their family
simply doesn't have any funds.
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And so, the nursing
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even though there
is some sponsorship
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for nursing,
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the students have to
raise something themselves.
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But, you know,
just with every story,
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with every explanation,
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it just gives
us an in-depth view
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of the struggles
that these kids face.
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And it's just so great to me
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this young lady
and to hear her story.
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And we just hope
that people will continue,
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new people will join
the sponsorship program
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with Child Impact.
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Each child has a unique story
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and a different
struggle and hardship.
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So many of them are brave
and actively doing their best
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to break out of
the almost certain
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life of poverty
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they will have
unless they get help.
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It is touching to sit
down and hear each story.
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Okay, so where did you meet?
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At BASC. At BASC.
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Yeah, yeah.
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All right, college,
college sweethearts.
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Yeah, yeah..
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All right.
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And you have a family?
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Yes. All right.
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So tell us about your family?
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Actually, God has
given us two children.
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First one was a baby boy.
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And we have a
sad incident in 2013.
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Our first baby boy,
he died in an accident,
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electric shock here at SAMS.
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Very sad.
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After that we prayed a lot,
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so that God has
given us another baby girl,
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now she's studying in class KG.
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So how old is she?
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Six years. Six years.
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Right. Okay.
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Each one has
different struggles.
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But what they have in
common is that they smile
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and are grateful through it all.
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So how do you feel
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your life would have
been without education?
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Do you see people
still in the village
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with no education?
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How important
was education to you?
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Actually,
education is very important
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for every human beings.
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All human have
rights to get the education,
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but actually we are lucky
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that we got the
privilege to study.
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But in village people,
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many people are not
getting such a privilege,
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so there is no end of learning.
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So, education is very important.
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It's amazing to see
how parents and families
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go out of their way
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to seek help and push
for any sort of chance
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to help their children.
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Child Impact is
changing so many lives,
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even though this is
only a fraction of the need.
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Tell me about your family?
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Well, she's got a
bold dream to be a nurse.
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But if that's not affordable,
then she can be a teacher.
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How important do you think
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sponsorship is
for these children?
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Do these children come
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from big, rich families
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or are they from rural families?
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How important is sponsorship
to the children here?
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Yes.
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You know that at
SAMS many of the students,
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they come from
very poor families.
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So, I think
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that this sponsorship
is very important for them
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because of your sponsorship,
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they are getting the
privilege to study here,
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so I think they are very lucky.
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So, I feel proud
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that you are
helping the students.
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So, sponsorship
is very important
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so that they can study properly.
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Do you agree?
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Yes, I very much agree with him.
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Not because he's your husband
but because you believe in it.
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No, no, no.
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Right. Okay.
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Education is very
important for all of us,
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and sponsorship is also,
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because of that they
can get the good environment
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to study here and
shine in their life,
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future life.
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Thank you very much.
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Okay. Thank you so much.
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Right. Thank you, too.
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With God's grace,
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a lot of progress has been made,
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positive change
has been happening.
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Even with hardships
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and difficulties
around the world,
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there are people
committed to making a difference
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and reflecting the
character of Christ.
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A little help
changes the entire future
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for these kids.
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It takes them out of a life
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without any
chance of prosperity,
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and in some cases out
of a dangerous situation.
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But one of the
greatest blessings
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is that sponsorship gives them
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the opportunity
to know the gospel,
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and develop a
saving relationship
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with Jesus Christ.
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Thank you to all the sponsors
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who have made
each of these stories
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have a brighter future.
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