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
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and a home for deaf and
blind children and orphans.
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Above all,
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Child Impact's
sponsors give hope
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to the ones who
need it the most.
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There is a lot of work
to be done in Bangladesh.
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This country doesn't get as
much attention as it should.
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But there is still a
lot that is happening
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to forward God's work.
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Christianity is
almost non-existent here.
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But that doesn't stop
the gospel from being spread.
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All the people who
helped Child Impact
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make a difference in
the lives of these children
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cannot be understated.
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It's very important to
show how much is being done
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with the resources that we have.
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Christian Bunch,
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a Child Impact board member
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got to see a lot of
the work Child Impact does
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in Bangladesh
and other countries.
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This interview is
really something special
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and a little different.
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This time we don't have
any translation problems,
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because we're
interviewing Christian Bunch
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who works at
Southern Adventist University
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and Christians in
Bangladesh with his role there,
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and he's also affiliated
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with Child Impact
as a board member.
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So, Christian, here's me
welcoming you to Bangladesh.
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Thank you, Jim.
It's great to be here.
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Yeah.
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So just tell us, first
of all, about your role,
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and then we'll ask
you how you got there.
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So what's the role you
have at Southern University?
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So my job is
student mission's director
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at Southern.
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And so, I'm responsible
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for sending
people all over the world
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to go and make a difference
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in the lives of
people who need it.
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Okay.
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And how many students
a year go out on that?
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It varies from year to year.
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We're usually in the 60s
and 70s somewhere around there.
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Right.
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And so you get to
travel around the world
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to see make plans
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and to check on
them and visit them?
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Yes.
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So I do that as part of my job.
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Make sure that our sites
are what they say they are
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and find places of
great need to send people to.
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And you've got
some here in Bangladesh?
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Yeah, we do.
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For the first time in a while
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we have two
serving in Bangladesh,
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doing a great job and
we think it's a project
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we're going to continue.
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Great. Great.
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So what are some of the
things the volunteers do?
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Do they teach? Are they nurses?
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Tell me some of
the things they do?
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Yeah.
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So we try to get
them within the area
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of their academic discipline.
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So if they are a nursing major,
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maybe between their associates
and their bachelor's degree,
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we'll send them out
to a clinic somewhere.
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Others of them will teach,
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some of them
will be Bible workers.
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We've had people do
videography, web development,
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all kinds of things.
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Some of it's not
within their area,
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but most of it,
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usually they
have some expertise in
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and it gives them
great spiritual growth.
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They also get a lot
of exposure in the job
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that they might want to do,
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and just access
to mission firsthand
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what it's like
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because it's not
always glamorous,
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as you know.
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And it gives them a feel
for what it's really like.
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And do you enjoy what you do?
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I love what I do.
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I think I have the
best job in the world.
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I hope everyone feels
as satisfied with their job
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as I feel in mine.
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Wow.
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And how many countries does,
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have you got volunteers in?
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I believe right now
we're in 24 different countries
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at this moment.
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Wow.
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So Christian
properly rakes more miles.
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Man, that's a lot.
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Yeah.
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So last year, you were appointed
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to the Child Impact board.
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And we were excited
to have you come on board
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as a board member.
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And I just want you,
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you've been able now to
be on the Child Impact board,
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but you also got to visit
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some of our key
institutions in India.
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And, so I just want you to talk
about what you've found so far
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being on the Child Impact board.
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Yeah, so first of
all, Jim, I think I,
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when you extended
the invitation for me
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to join the board,
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I thought about
it, prayed about it.
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And I, again,
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it just kind of
aligned with what I felt like
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God was calling me to do,
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specifically centered
on this area of the world.
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And that's what Child
Impact is like all of the areas
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that I love
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is where Child Impact is
Bangladesh, Myanmar, India.
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And he just came
from Zambia also.
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I did just fly
in from Zambia. Yes.
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So being on the board,
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and then getting to see
some of the projects firsthand
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to possibly
partner student missions
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with it is one thing,
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but then just seeing
the kids and the work
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that has been done here.
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Is it all pretty? Of
course, we know it's not.
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But, what else? What?
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I mean, when you
look at these kids,
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you look at a kid
at the blind school.
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You look at a kid
at the deaf school
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and you wonder,
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"Okay, maybe it's not perfect."
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Their life isn't perfect
at one of these institutions.
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But what's the alternative?
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And so, we give
them an opportunity
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that they would not get
anywhere else in the world.
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And that's why I think
this organization is awesome.
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I think this organization
has a great future ahead of it
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and should continue its
work in a lot of these places.
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The stories are always touching.
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And it's amazing to
see just how hard it can be
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for these parents
to provide a future
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for their children,
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not to mention how much
a child has to go through
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in order to get
a fighting chance
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in a poor
country like Bangladesh.
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One of these children
shared his story with us.
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It was touching to see
what he had to go through.
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Tell me what is your name?
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My name is Hidoi Hazdak.
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Okay.
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And so tell me
about your family?
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What do you like doing?
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Gardening, good on you.
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And what's he want
to do when he grows up?
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Engineer.
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Well, these are
pretty touching stories.
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I mean, when you hear this one,
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they just seem to keep coming.
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And it really,
really touches you
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to hear the struggle
that families are having
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in a country like Bangladesh
and it overwhelms you a bit.
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But it also is
just such a delight
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that a sponsor
can help a young man
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like this guy here.
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Unfortunately,
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many children go
through similar experiences.
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It's easy to
help and not realize
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that each one of
these children have a story
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and a successful journey
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because of the
help they are getting.
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But there are so many
children out there who need help
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and are wanting to
have that same chance.
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It's with the help of
workers in these countries
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and the sponsorship
that you provide for us
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that makes these
opportunities possible.
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These workers help to make sure
that the campuses run smoothly,
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and are a great
environment for the children
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to not only
study, but grow up in.
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This is something that Christian
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has experienced firsthand.
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So when you were in India,
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one of our largest
schools in India is Jeypore.
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Yeah, Jeypore.
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It's right up
on the tribal area.
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It's a very unique school.
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It was built by the
McNeilus Foundation,
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like the school here.
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Just tell me your
impressions of Jeypore?
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Yeah, so having
lived in India for a year,
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I got to see a lot of
different institutions
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where the church
is doing ministry.
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And I would say Jeypore
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was probably the
most impressive one
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that I have seen.
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Sunrise orphanage,
again, phenomenal institution,
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just very well
structured, very well organized,
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providing a service
that not only is spiritual,
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but it's also very professional.
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And I was floored.
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And Jeypore has tribal children.
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We don't
appreciate the backgrounds
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they're coming from.
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I got one day the opportunity
to go out into the villages
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and just see where
they were coming from.
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So Jeypore is fulfilling
a very important role.
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And then also you
went to the blind school.
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Yeah, I went to
the blind school.
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I played volleyball with
some of the children there
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as Varma may have sent
you some pictures of them.
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Again, not perfect,
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but an incredible
opportunity for students
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who otherwise would have
a really rough alternative
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and was impressed
with that institution.
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I think there's
a lot of progress
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that can be had there.
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But the work that
they're doing for the kids
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that are currently
there is, is incredible.
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Right.
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So you see sponsorship
as being an effective tool?
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Yeah, I think
it's very effective.
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It's empowering,
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your return on investment
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is well beyond what
you're paying in dollars.
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And if a donor could come here,
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and they could see
what their few dollars
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are doing for somebody's life.
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I mean, they're
not just doing it
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for their education,
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but they're doing
it for their life,
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and not even
just for their present
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but also for their future.
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I think it's
probably the best ROI
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you could ever get.
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Yeah.
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And I think that
sums up very clearly
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what we've discovered this week,
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as we've been here filming
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is the bigger and
wider impact its having.
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We say sponsor a child
and we think classroom,
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we think education.
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But it's become very
apparent to us this week,
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the wider impact on the family.
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And, so it's been inspiring,
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and we now have a
stronger understanding
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of the change that
we're actually making.
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Well, thanks, Christian,
for being with us today.
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Thanks for having me.
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The money given in sponsorship
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exponentially grows
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beyond just the
child being helped.
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The parents are
able to better take care
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of their other children.
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The sponsor child then grows
up to become a skilled worker,
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which helps not only themselves,
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but also their family,
community, and country.
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Helping the next
generation become educated
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is the best way to
ensure lasting change
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in poor countries
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because they no
longer have to seek
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outside aid,
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but are able to
take care of themselves
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and those around them.
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Hidoi is one of many children
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who are having a second
chance at a better future.
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These children
are also receiving
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the message of God as a
hope for their eternal future
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which is the most
valuable investment of all.
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