Child Impact
International is an organization
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that gives hope 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, Kenya, India, Nepal,
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Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, and Myanmar.
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Child Impact's
investment in the lives
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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,
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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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India is a country
of beauty and extremes.
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It is the second most
populous country in the world
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while being the
seventh in land area.
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India is the
largest democratic country
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by population in the world
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by becoming a
Federal Republic in 1950.
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It is a multilingual,
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multiethnic society
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that has grown
from 361 million people
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in 1951 to 1.2 billion in 2011.
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The population is
not the only thing
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that has grown,
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its economy has greatly expanded
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also to the point where India
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has its own space program
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that has successfully completed
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several
extraterrestrial missions.
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In that time its literacy rate
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has also improved
going from 16.6% to 74%.
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In spite of these
great achievements,
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India still faces many issues.
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Issues like gender
inequality, child malnutrition,
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human trafficking,
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and lack of
education for the poor.
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Learning of the need,
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Asian Aid began working in India
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in the 1980s under
Helen Eager's leadership,
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many successful
projects were started.
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They continue to be a
blessing to hundreds of children
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through orphanages and schools.
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The organization has grown
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since then to the point
where Asian Aid USA has changed
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its name to Child
Impact International
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to better reflect
its global mission.
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Regardless of the name change,
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India still holds a great
deal of Child Impact's focus
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as it is home to
many of their projects.
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While this episode is too
short to highlight each one,
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we will be
looking at the main ways
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that Child Impact has
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and continues to positively
change lives in India.
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The first focus is helping
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with the immediate
basic needs of the children.
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Sunrise Children's
Home provides orphans
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with a homelike environment
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where they have
food and loving care.
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Beginning in 2001
with three children,
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it soon grew into
the first institution
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that was entirely built
and operated by Child Impact.
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Jim Rennie visited Sunrise
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when it was
located in a small house.
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Seeing the need, Jim
knew that he had to help.
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One of the first places
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I visited was
then the Sunrise Home.
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And it was located in a
very, very small building.
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And I arrived late at night
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and all the kids were
sleeping on the floor,
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shoulder to shoulder.
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And to be
honest, that shocked me.
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And then I went
back the next day
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and met the children.
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And I was just impressed
that we had to do something.
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And I said, "I've
got to change this."
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I simply can't walk
away and leave these kids
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in the condition
that they were in.
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Then the church
made it known that
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they had some rural land,
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and I'm just so excited that
over a period of five years,
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that Child Impact International
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along with the donors was
able to build Sunrise Home.
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It's an amazing facility
that is now government licensed.
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While Sunrise
Home is fully owned
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and operated by Child Impact,
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they also work with
many other orphanages
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like Elim Home and Sunshine.
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It may seem like being alone
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on the streets
would be the worst thing
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that a child could face,
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but there is
another even greater danger.
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Human
trafficking is a threat that
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too many children in India face.
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Jim Rennie became
acutely aware of this issue.
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Over the years as I visited
India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar,
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I became very aware
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of the number of
children being trafficked.
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We've even had
children disappear
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from our schools
that have gone home
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for the holidays
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and simply
disappeared from the village,
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they had been trafficked.
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And the problem is huge.
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And I just felt the burden
that we had to do something.
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We had to play a small
part in helping rescue children
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from the various
aspects of trafficking.
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Seeing the huge need,
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Child Impact decided to partner
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with a
non-governmental organization
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to begin to right the
wrong done to these children.
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That partnership resulted
in Operation Child Rescue.
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Operation Child Rescue
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not only rescues young
women from prostitution,
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but also children from
forced labor in factories
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and abandoned babies.
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Once rescued,
Operation Child Rescue
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provides them with a place
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where they can heal
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and grow into
their full potential.
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In order for all these children
to reach their full potential,
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whether they are
from a poor family,
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orphaned or trafficked,
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they need to be
equipped for the future.
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This is where Child
Impact's main focus comes in,
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and that is education.
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In a developing country,
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it's very hard to
break the poverty cycle.
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And one of the key ways
of giving a child a chance
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to break that poverty cycle
is giving them an education.
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The reality is that they
don't have that education.
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They're really locked
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into what's
available back in the village
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and the reality, not a lot.
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So the education gives them
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a chance of breaking out
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into a far better career job
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which once again
impacts their family,
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because most of
them do give money
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back to their
family once they get a job.
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Child Impact has
made great strides
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in giving children an
opportunity at education.
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They currently
sponsor over 1,500 students
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in over 50 schools across India.
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While Child Impact
is not directly involved
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with all of the schools
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where they sponsor students,
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there is one that
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they had a hand in its creation.
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That school is Immanuel
School in Jeypore, India.
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Helen Eager had
a dream of building
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a school in the tribal region
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located in the
Indian state of Odisha.
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Her dream became a reality
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with the help of Garwin McNeilus
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and his wife Marilee
along with Maranatha Volunteers
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and financial
support from donors.
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The school opened in 2006
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with a capacity for 700 students
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and offers an
amazing opportunity
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for poor tribal children.
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The tribal areas are very poor
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and when you understand
the benefits of the child
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being at Jeypore school.
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First of all, they have a bed.
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Back in the village they sleep
on the floor with a blanket.
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Secondly, they get feed.
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Many of these
tribal families struggle
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because they're
just farm laborers
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or they're trying
to eke out survival.
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And so when the
kids are at the school,
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the parents know
that the children are fed.
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And thirdly,
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they get a
tremendous Christian education.
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They have access to computers,
electronic classrooms,
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and they get thorough
teaching in all subjects,
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which is far more
than they would get
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at the local government
schools in these remote areas.
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But it's not just poor children
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that Child Impact is
offering an education too.
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It is also those
who have a disability.
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In 2002, they built a school
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for the hearing
impaired in Kollegal, India.
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The needs of deaf
children are high,
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especially in rural areas
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where they often face
prejudice and discrimination.
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Having a school
where they can learn skills
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that give them opportunities
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to have a
choice in their career,
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but they can pursue is critical.
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Then in 2003, Child
Impact opened a school
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for the blind in Bobbilli.
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This school especially
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helps the poor
children in rural areas
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who would otherwise be
left to do menial tasks
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or even chained up at home.
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The school for
the blind gives them
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hope to have
fulfilling jobs and lives.
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To me, it's just wonderful
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to be able to do
something for children
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like the blind and the deaf
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to give them an opportunity
to do something special
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with their lives for God.
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And an
opportunity that, you know,
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coming from the villages
and that they definitely
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would never have had
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with without the fact that
our schools have been built
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and sponsorship provided
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so that the children can attend.
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These children who suffer
from a disability know that
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they have a future
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where they're able to
choose their employment.
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They are not a
burden to their families,
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but are able to provide
for not only themselves,
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but also their families.
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Child Impact gives
hope to children in India,
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no matter their situation.
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It's really tough in India,
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the poverty, the
number of people,
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just the intense way of living.
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You have to fight for survival.
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And I guess it's
just so enlightening
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to see the hope
that we do give children,
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children who come
from a poor village.
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And one of the things
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that's been a
privilege in my job
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is to go and visit the homes
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where these children come
from to meet their parents.
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And often their
parents are so grateful.
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They want to kiss your hand
or your feet that's just so,
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it's embarrassing to be honest,
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but they are just so grateful
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that you the
sponsors and our supporters
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are giving these
kids in education.
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It doesn't matter if
the children in a rural area
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trafficked or have a disability,
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they have a chance
at a much better life,
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thanks to sponsorship.
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The education that sponsorship
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provides has opened the world up
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for them to go
wherever God leads.
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Two boys from Elim Orphanage,
and one from Sunshine Home,
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and about eight or more girls
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from our Sunshine Orphanage
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who are nurses and
who are living there in
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and working in UK.
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And they have done very
well and they, you know,
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I've visited some of them
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and it's so nice to see them
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and to see them
happy and really doing well
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because they were
given an opportunity
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through sponsorship.
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The work that Child
Impact has done has made
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all the difference in the lives
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of thousands of
children due in a large part
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to high quality education.
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What's our future in India?
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Well, we are going to
have to plan very carefully.
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I have to be
honest with you that
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some of the
mission school education
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is now dropping
below at certain standard,
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and we have an
obligation to ensure that
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our children get an education
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that's at least at
government standard
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and at the
government acceptable level.
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So we're going to
choose very carefully
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what schools we take on
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and where we're
going to operate in India
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so that we can
probably do a little less,
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but do it far more effectively.
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We will not drop any children.
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And we're very committed
to the children we have.
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We're very committed to
the special need school.
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We're very
committed to the orphans,
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but we just simply,
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again, to have to look carefully
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at where we operate
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and how we
operate and do it better.
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Child Impact is committed
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to making sure that every dollar
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they receive is used
in the best way possible
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that every child
in their programs
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will have the best opportunity
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available to them
through education.
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Education that helps
to address the many issues
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that India faces.
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It helps the orphaned,
the trafficked, and the poor.
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This new generation
has the chance to make
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a better life for
not only themselves,
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but for those around
them and their country.
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All this would not be possible
without you, the sponsor.
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Thank you to all the sponsors
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who sacrifices that changed
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so many lives in
India and around the globe.
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The impact that
you're having in this world
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can only truly be known
in the world that is to come.
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Sponsoring children
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in activities like
these mission schools
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and opportunities
is a tremendous way
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to help form the
character of young people
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as they look to the future,
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they will never forget
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their association in
a Christian environment.
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And by God's grace,
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many of them will become
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members of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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It is absolutely
a powerful witness
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to sponsor a
child in Child Impact
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and so many other organizations
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that help young
people to find Jesus.
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Sponsoring a child not
only has short term effects,
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but it has a long term effect.
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Sponsoring a child is investing
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in the character
of a young person
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for eternity that
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we're taping this right here
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in Myanmar at the Myanmar
Union Adventist Seminary.
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And about
one-third of the students,
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or one quarter of the
students are being sponsored
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by Child Impact.
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People who become
workers in God's church,
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people who make an impact
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in the
community have been people
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who have been sponsored.
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Your sponsorship is absolutely
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an investment in the
future of the church.
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