Child Impact International
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is an
organization 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, Kenya,
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India, Nepal,
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Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, and Myanmar.
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Child Impact's investment
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in the lives of
more than 3500 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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Childhood is a
time of discovery,
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joy and love.
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Many of our fondest
memories happen at this time.
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However, there are
those who are not so lucky.
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For some children in India,
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childhood is a
time of loneliness,
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misuse, abuse, and worse.
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Being a child means that
you are especially vulnerable
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to human trafficking.
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The situation of a traffic child
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is often hopeless.
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This is where an organization
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run by Child Impact
International steps in.
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That organization is
Operation Child Rescue.
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Operation Child Rescue
seeks to rescue children
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that are in some of the
most dire situations imaginable.
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From babies
abandoned on the streets,
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to slave labor,
and prostitution.
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They seek to not
only rescue the children
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from these hopeless situations,
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but also give them
a loving environment
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and an education
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so that they can
have a bright future.
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It all began when Child Impact
saw the huge need in India
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for the rescue of girls
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taking into the sex industry.
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They decided that the
best way to address the problem
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would be to form a partnership
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with a non
government organization
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in Bangalore.
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Operation Child Rescue
was formed as a project
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of Child Impact
International to assist children
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that are abandoned or trafficked
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with an initial focus on India.
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Child Impact was excited
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that it could
help in some small way
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in giving rescued girls hope.
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The work is being
carried forward today by Anita,
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who was the director
of Operation Child Rescue.
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Hi, I'm Anita Kanaiya
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with Operation Child
Rescue here in Bangalore,
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which is a project of
Child Impact International.
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Operation Child Rescue
works with as the name suggests,
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children and rescuing
them from difficult situations.
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Sometimes it could be children
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who are found
begging on the streets
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and have been forced to beg.
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Or it could be children
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who are pushed into
child labor situations.
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Or it could be young girls
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who have been sold into slavery.
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So we work not just
with these children,
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but we also work
with the law enforcement,
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local law enforcement
agencies to help rescue children
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from these
situations of exploitation.
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And then help to find options
for rehabilitation for them.
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So whether it is returning
them to their families,
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or finding homes for
them to be able to stay,
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or to look at options
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for them to be able
to continue education.
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While exact numbers
are difficult to find.
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Most
non-governmental organizations
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that have looked into
it have estimated that
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between 20 to 65
million Indians are trafficked.
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This includes men,
women, and children.
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While the Indian Government
works to end trafficking,
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it is a huge industry.
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Specific numbers for
India are hard to find.
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The International Labor
Organization estimates that
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human trafficking is
a $150 billion business
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worldwide.
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Even though
that number is large,
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the amount of human suffering
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that is caused by that
industry is even bigger.
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Even though the
problem seems insurmountable,
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Operation Child
Rescue is doing a great work
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to save children
and change lives.
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It all begins with the rescue.
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So if you're
rescuing, say a girl
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who has been sold into
slavery, it's very different.
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Because here we
have to also look at the,
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you know, the
privacy of the individual,
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make sure that they are safe
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and protected
and separated from,
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say, the trafficker or
from the brothel keepers.
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We also have to collect evidence
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which is again
very, very sensitive
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and assist the police
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or the law
enforcement with this.
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So there's a huge
planning element that goes in.
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The team sits
down we make plans.
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We have Plan A,
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if anything goes
wrong, then we have Plan B.
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We also have escape
routes for every single person.
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We have code names that we use.
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We have the
currency that we photocopy
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and keep as evidence
beforehand, especially if it's,
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you know, we're rescuing
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from a sexual
exploitation situation.
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We have clothing
that we specifically wear
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when we go on
these rescue operations
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to make sure that nobody
grabs a piece of our clothing,
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or especially
footwear that we can escape
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easily from there.
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We have disguises and
cover ups that we use as well,
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to make sure that
people do not recognize us.
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So there's a huge
element into the investigation.
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But there's a huge element
into the planning as well
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of every rescue operation.
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It can be hard to
see how any parent
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would let their
child be trafficked.
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Unfortunately,
traffickers often use
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the parent's best intentions
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for their children against them.
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I've just had a
report from India
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that shows you the lengths
that traffickers all go to,
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to be able to take girls
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from their homes and villages.
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This was just a small village.
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And one day a well
dressed man came to the village.
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And he said that he was
originally from the town,
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and he wanted to
give a scholarship
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to three or four
young girls in the village.
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The villagers were very excited
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and the fact
that their daughters
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were going to have an education.
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And sure enough, three
months, two months later,
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their uniforms arrived in a box,
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beautiful uniforms,
ready to go to school.
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And then one
day, the bus arrived,
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it even had the name
on the side of the bus
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of the school,
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they believe they were going to.
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There was a big ceremony
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and they all said
goodbye to their girls.
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And they got on
their bus and drove away.
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They were never seen again.
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The bus got down
the road 20 mile.
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The girls were taken out.
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The uniforms
were taken off them.
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And they were thrown into a van
and driven clear across India
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to work in the
brothels on Bombay.
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This shows you
the lengths and depths
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the traffickers all go
to deceive the parents.
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Often we wonder,
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"Why would a parent
let their child go?"
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But they're normally deceived
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that the child
will be better off
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and sometimes
they're paid with something.
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Operation Child Rescue
just plays a small key role
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in helping
rescue these children.
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While the need is great,
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that does not diminish
the importance of each life
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that is saved.
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Because while one person
saved does not change the world,
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it does change the
world for that person.
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Operation Child Rescue
not only saves children,
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but also helps each
child on an individual basis
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depending on their need.
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When these children are rescued,
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most often these
are very young children
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below the age of 18,
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many times below the age of 15.
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And what happens
with these children is,
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first we have to ascertain
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whether they
need short term care
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and there are homes,
short term stay homes,
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or we look into
how we can find out
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about where their homes are
and where their parents are,
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obviously
they've been separated,
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or sometimes they've been sold.
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So these are short term.
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But we also need long
term care for children
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who have been abandoned,
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or who have been sold
from a different place
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and cannot recollect anything
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about their homes
or their families.
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So these children
need long term rehab.
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And we ended up putting them
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into some long
term rehab options,
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like the government run shelters
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or we have private shelters.
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A caring environment
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for these young
women is crucial.
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But in most cases, it
is only part of the process
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in gaining their lives back.
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Many of them have had
their childhood taken from them
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in horrific ways.
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And it takes time to rebuild.
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That is why
Operation Child Rescue
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has a place
called the Azadi Home.
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The Azadi Home is vital
for children like Nazrim.
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You know, Nazrim's story is that
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she doesn't recollect much.
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But she was
actually kidnapped as a baby
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and then sold to
somebody in UP, Uttar Pradesh.
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And then from there,
she was brought to Bangalore
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with somebody
else, another child.
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I mean, she must have
been all of eight and nine
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when this was happening.
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And then she
was sold to a couple
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who are actually
running a brothel.
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So she hadn't seen any life
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apart from
exploitation and abuse.
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So for her to be free here,
to be able to eat good food,
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she appreciates the
smallest things in life
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that most of us
would take for granted.
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So every time
there's some special meal,
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she'll always say,
"Oh, I love the food here."
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Or she, you know, she
appreciates the building.
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She appreciates the clothes.
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And now she has a
little puppy as well.
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Nazrim? Yes.
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What's your puppy's name?
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Oliver and Olive.
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Yeah, she's named her
puppies, Oliver and Olive.
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And she is so
protective of those puppies.
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You know, they've given her
a reason to kind of a mother,
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mother them.
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Well those that Operation
Child Rescue have saved
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went through
unimaginable horrors,
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they now have a bright future.
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That bright future is
not just for themselves
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because some of
them also have children.
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You know, all they're mums.
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They're all single mums.
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And they're all looking to see
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how their children
are going to study.
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How they're
gonna become doctors,
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and they just have
different dreams for them.
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So our dream is to
see this next generation,
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just change the
situation of exploitation,
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and be able to go to
school, be able to study,
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be able to just
live a normal life,
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like any other child
from a good family would.
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Do you want to sing something?
What do you want to do?
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Sing ABCD?
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Okay, let's
sing. One, two, three.
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A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
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H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,
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L, M, N, O, P,
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Q, R, S, T,
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U, V, W,
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X, Y, Z.
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The effects of
saving just one person
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is not limited to that person,
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it ripples out to all
the people around them
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and to the next generation.
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These children
could look forward
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to a bright future,
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thanks to sponsors
and donors like you.
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Hi, I'm Jean, Boonstra,
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associate speaker at
the Voice of Prophecy.
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Now, I'm sure that you're
aware of the global problem
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of human trafficking.
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And in places in the
world like India and Nepal,
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for example, this
problem of human trafficking,
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well, it's very real.
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Not long ago, I was in India,
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and I learned a little bit more
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about what happens in that area.
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Young girls are tricked,
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usually girls who
are disadvantaged,
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maybe from a poor
village or community,
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and they're
tricked into becoming part
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of the sex industry
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and into prostitution.
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It's extremely sad.
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And you know, these young girls,
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they're caught in
a web and a lifestyle
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that they don't
want to be a part of.
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But once they're in it,
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it's very
difficult to find a way out.
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When we think about the
problem of human trafficking,
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we often think
about these girls,
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but it often
affects young boys as well.
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Young boys in
India, for example,
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they're caught and
they're used for child labor.
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They're put into begging rings,
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and they're often
taken advantage of as well.
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And it's not just these
young girls and boys either.
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This affects infants as well.
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Young babies are left
on the side of the road
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abandoned with no
one to care about.
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Child Impact International's
Operation Child Rescue
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addresses each of
these three issues.
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They have an answer, a solution,
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and an opportunity to offer hope
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and a way out for these people
caught in human trafficking.
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At Voice of Prophecy,
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we are privileged to partner
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with Child Impact's
Operation Child Rescue,
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to help these young girls
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that are caught in prostitution,
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the young boys doing
labor at a very young age,
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and these young babies
that simply need a home
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and someone to love them.
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It's our privilege
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to partner with Child
Impact's Operation Child Rescue,
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and be part of the
solution to give that hope.
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Now, is this
something that appeals to you
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and would you like
to learn more about
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and be a part of this?
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Well, I encourage
you to get in touch
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with Child Impact
International today.
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They would love
to hear from you.
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