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, Bangladesh,
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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 and orphans.
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Above all, Child Impact's
sponsors give hope to the ones
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who need it the most.
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The life of every
human is precious,
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especially children.
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That is why it's
hard to see so many suffer
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because of human trafficking.
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Thankfully,
Operation Child Rescue
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works to save these children
and give them a bright future.
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Another area that they work
in is saving abandoned babies.
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One of the key projects
of Operation Child Rescue
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is supporting the baby rescue
center in Bangalore, India.
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It's located about an hour
out of the city of Bangalore
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and it's run by
an Adventist trust
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called the Ashram Trust.
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It's real touching
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when you come to
the baby rescue center.
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And you actually
see these children
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that have been rescued.
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All rescued from
terrible situations,
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left outside police stations,
left outside hospitals,
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even found on
the side of the road.
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This little boy here was
found on the side of the road.
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Operation Child
Rescue is just so excited
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that it can be
involved in the real rescue
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of these precious little babies.
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Even though
it's hard to imagine,
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baby abandonment has
been an issue in India
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for many years.
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Seeing the need an
organization was formed
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to save these
helpless little ones.
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This rescue program has been
going on for the past 30 years
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and hospital began
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because of this rescue program.
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As they went from the religious
to do some primary health,
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they found babies
who are being killed
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or not going by parents.
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Parents do not
want female child.
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And that motivated the
chairman to begin this program.
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And as it said today we
have a viable project going on
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and we rescue a lot of
babies through this project.
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The Ashram Trust has
a unique relationship
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with the Indian government
in that it has a license
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to receive abandoned children.
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It also then has a process,
a legal process for adoption
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or placing the children
under an appropriate orphanage.
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The Ashram Trust is very
committed to finding proper
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and the correct
parents for children
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that are abandoned.
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These kids are left
on the side of the road,
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often outside a police station
or often outside hospitals.
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And this is a haven
for them to be brought to.
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There are many different reasons
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why a parent would
abandon their baby.
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Unfortunately in India,
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it is often
because of the culture.
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The cultural
aspect is any girl child
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is looked upon as a
curse for the family
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because of the
dowry that has to be paid.
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Huge expense that is there.
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And so, every family in
the villages want to get rid
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of the girl child.
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They like to have male child.
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And most often, if
there is more than one bear,
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female child, then they
tried to kill them very quietly
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without even bringing it
to the attention of anybody.
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And this is where
the government brought
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in a scheme called the
cradle, baby cradle program,
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where if they don't want a baby,
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they can come and
leave it on the cradle and go
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without anybody's notice.
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And that is one main source
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where we rescue the babies from.
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The need is great.
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According to UNICEF,
India has 29.6 million orphaned
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and abandoned children.
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That is a staggering number.
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It is almost a
10th of the amount
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of people that are currently
living in the United States.
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What's even sadder is that most
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of these children
are not taken care of.
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A study done by
Childline India Foundation
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discovered that approximately
only 470,000 children
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were in institutionalized care.
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Even though the need
is great, the baby rescue
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is doing its part
to lower those numbers.
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And to ensure that
babies that they rescue
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end up in good homes.
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Yeah, we rescue a child
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and the child comes to us
in whatever condition it is.
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It may be sick.
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It may be malnutrition,
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or it may be a challenged child.
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And we take the child
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and we do a
thorough medical checkup
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with qualified
doctors in the hospitals.
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Then after that, the
child is taken care here
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in the home for almost
two to two and a half months.
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Within that period,
there are the parents
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who are looking for a child
to be adopted as their own.
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And they
register on the website,
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which is a common website.
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And through that,
the request comes,
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then we match the
children and the baby
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and the parents.
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And then we'd go
through the process of checking
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if the parents will take
care of the baby to the last
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and the purpose of which
they are adopting these babies.
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And then only we give
this baby to them as adoption.
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And they take care
of that from that point.
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So, within a matter
of six months normally
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every baby is placed in a home
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where they could have a
loving care of the parents.
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It is very
important that the babies
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end up in a kind loving home.
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If the baby rescue
did not ensure the safety
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of the home, there is
a danger that the child
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could be sold
into slavery or abused.
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But thanks to the baby rescue,
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every infant that
comes into their care
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is given the best
chance for a bright future.
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The baby rescue receives
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and cares for not
just healthy babies,
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but also babies
that have a range
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of different health issues.
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Sometimes we have
received one baby,
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which was wrapped in a
mat and thrown near a market.
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And when the baby cries,
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somebody passes
by and sees that,
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and then they call the
police and then they call us
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and we will pick it up.
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Those are the worst scenarios,
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and there are very
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badly sick babies
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also come to us.
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We have had a baby which
had a multiple organ failure,
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which came here, which we
had to take to the hospital
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and spend a lot of money
to take care of the baby.
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Those are the
very unusual things.
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Children who are
challenged physically, babies
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who are challenged
physically are brought to us.
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We had a couple
from Hosur itself
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who normal couple
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who had a baby
with a very large head
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and the parents
could not take care of it.
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So they came and gave it to us.
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We took care of the baby
for almost four or five months,
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and then the baby
could not survive,
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but we gave a
proper medical care
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and attention love till
the baby lasted with us.
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These are some very
unusual circumstances.
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We have to spend a lot of time,
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energy, money, and
people who could really,
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really show love and
concern for these babies.
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My name is Rashmi, I'm
the manager of this home.
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In this adoption unit
we have eight children.
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Recently we had a newborn baby.
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That is Mithun.
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He's a new born
baby, 27 days old.
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His mother is
infected with the HIV.
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So, they are not willing
to take care of the baby.
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They handed
over to a government,
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the government
taking care of the baby.
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After that, they are
handed over to our home.
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He's under observation.
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Now he is taking Nevirapine
syrup 1.5 ml every day morning.
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After 45 days, we
are having a one test.
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He's, after treatment he will,
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he's ready to give
for adoption after test.
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He's an abandoned baby,
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the parents have
thrown into the bushes
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and around thorns.
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After the government
take him from the slum area,
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they have given a
treatment for one month.
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After treatment, the
government has handed
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over to our care.
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Child Impact through
its project Operation
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Child Rescue is very
excited that it can help
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the Ashram Trust.
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And we help with supplying
the basics for the babies
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themselves,
clothing, food, sanitary items,
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and we've even bought some
equipment for the home itself.
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Babies are not able to choose
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the place or parents
that they are born to,
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but we have a choice in helping
to provide them with the food,
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shelter, clothing, and love
that they so desperately need.
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Organizations
like the baby rescue
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give hope to the helpless,
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but they can only do
that because of the generous
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donations from people like you.
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Thank you for giving these
little ones a chance at life.
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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 about
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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
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
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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
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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
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Child Rescue 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
with Child Impact's Operation
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Child Rescue, 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 to partner
with Child Impact's Operation
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Child Rescue, and be part
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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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