Child Impact
International is an organization
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that gives hope
and fosters permanent,
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positive change 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,
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 and a home for deaf
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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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The country of India
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has experienced a
great deal of progress
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in the last 50 years
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from being a top
technology country
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to having their
own space program,
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India's rise has been amazing.
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In spite of all this progress,
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there are still
areas of the country
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that have not seen
these advancements.
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One of these places
is in the Indian state
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of Odisha,
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specifically the mountain
area of the Koraput district.
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Here is found a
region full of tribes
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that are still
living the same way
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that their ancestors
have for thousands of years.
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It is usual for girls
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between the ages 10
and 12 to be married off
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and some of the most remote
tribes still sacrifice boys
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between the ages of 6 and 11,
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with the hope of
appeasing the spirits.
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There are
thousands of children here
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who have no hope for the future
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because if
they're able to escape
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an early marriage or death,
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the most they
have to look forward to
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is malnutrition and poverty.
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I've had the privilege of
visiting Jeypore many times
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and it's an amazing drive.
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To get there
it's about four hours
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and you see tremendous scenery,
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you see large farms, you
see various small villages
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and it takes about four hours.
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Seeing the need, Child
Impact International knew
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that they had to help.
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Way back when we first started
getting in the state of Orissa,
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it was called then,
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I learned about the
Bonda tribal people.
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Now, when I saw these people
and I just couldn't believe
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that in a country like India,
I mean the ladies particularly,
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the ladies were wearing
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just a piece of
cloth around their waist,
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maybe from about here to there.
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And, you know, in India
all the women wear saris
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and they're all
covered up so nicely.
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And so these ladies
had this piece of cloth
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just tied around their waist
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and then on the top
they just had beads,
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strings and strings
and strings of beads.
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It reminded me of pictures
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that I'd seen
about Papua New Guinea
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many, many years ago.
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And I was told that
they didn't have any school
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for the children.
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I didn't actually get
right up to the village,
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I saw a lot of the women,
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but they said that the children
were just totally naked.
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So it was with those
tribal people in mind
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that we first started
the school in Jeypore.
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And to begin with, we
just had one building,
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I think it just
had a thatch roof.
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This small
school opened in 1998,
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but it soon became clear
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that the facilities
were less than ideal.
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There was no campus
before and the first time I came
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everything was
just like a jungle,
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all the bushes and everything.
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There was no road
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and you can see
the hill over here.
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We had to cut that
hill to make a road
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and that was the road
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to go to the main
road and we could not...
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At nights we could not go.
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And during night,
there is to be wild animals,
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like tigers, leopards and
there's hyenas and wolves.
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And so the children,
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those who were
staying in the room,
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the boys used to sleep
on the veranda in the open
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and girls used to
sleep on the top floor.
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And so at night
it was really scary,
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everything was dark,
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except the building
had just very dim lights
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and that was the situation.
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The first couple of
years were difficult
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for this fledgling school,
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but it didn't take
long for things to change
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in a major way.
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Garwin McNeilus
and his wife Marilee
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wanted to see the
most needy projects.
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Jeypore was on the
top of Helen Eager's list.
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Unbelievable
that Garwin McNeilus
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decided to come to that
particular area and that is,
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maybe, almost the
most beautiful campus
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anywhere in India.
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Do you think, maybe I'm biased.
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All it took was one visit
to start the ball rolling.
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And once Mrs. Eager
brought Elder Garwin McNeilus
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and his wife to
visit this place,
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just, she said just to see.
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Actually, they were
working for the blind school
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and then she said
let's go and see Jeypore.
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So once when he came over here,
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he was very much impressed
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with the way children
are learning over here
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and he felt that
he will do something.
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He will take up this project
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and this was
completed by Maranatha, India.
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And they worked in two phases,
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first phase, they
made the girls' hostel,
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boys' hostel, school
building and the dining hall.
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And then second phase,
and some staff quarters.
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And in the second phase,
they completed children's home
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and the staff
quarters and water tower.
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It took just 10
months for construction
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to be completed on
eleven new buildings,
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plus renovations to
the two original buildings.
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Even with all this new space,
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it didn't take
long for the school
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to reach capacity,
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so a system had
to be implemented
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in order for all the children
to be properly cared for
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and educated.
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So have two shift,
standard 4, grade 4 to grade 12,
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their classes are
between 7:30 to 1.
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And then exactly at
1, kindergarten classes,
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LKG to standard 3.
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So we have this shift
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because the
classrooms are not sufficient.
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We cannot put all
the children in the rooms
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because
classrooms are not sufficient
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and so we have this shift.
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And secondly, all the
students cannot eat food
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at the same time
in the dining hall,
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so we have two shifts.
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First the bigger children eat
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and as soon as they
eat and go to class,
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then the smaller children eat.
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And that big
house is here to manage.
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All of this is a lot of work,
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but it is for a
very important cause
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and that is the children.
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Children like Sulochana,
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who dreams of a better
life through education,
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a life that her parents
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are desperately
working to give her,
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but there is only
so much they can do.
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Father says, "I'm not educated,
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I have a great desire
to educate my daughters,
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but then the financial problem,
due to financial problem,
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I don't think I can
continue their education.
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But I have a deep desire
at least till high school
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I'll try to educate
them and after that,
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if I cannot educate them,
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the other alternative is
only to give them in marriage."
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In rural parts
of India like this,
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there are not many options
for girls and young women.
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Education is almost
entirely out of the question,
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so marriage is the only option.
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This means that
they're unable to pursue
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any career or education
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which would help
them escape poverty.
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The tribal areas are very
poor and then you understand
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the benefits of the
child 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 fed.
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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
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 on all subjects,
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which is far more
than they would get
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at the local government schools
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in these remote areas.
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Education is the key
that unlocks a bright future
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for children like Sulochana.
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While the answer seems simple,
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a lot has to go into providing
an education to needy children.
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The one thing that allows
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Child Impact to provide
an education is sponsors.
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Without sponsors, none
of this would be possible.
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This is something
that sponsored children
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and their families
are very grateful for.
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He says, "They are very
happy that their two children,
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somebody is
helping them to study."
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And he says, "With
his financial problem,
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he would have
never been able to send
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his two
daughters to the school."
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And he's so thankful
to whoever is helping them
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for the studies and
he's grateful to them
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and he says that I pray
to the God to bless them
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and give them good
health and strength.
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I like to thank them
from the bottom of my heart
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because when I was small
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from that time
they take care of me.
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And when I came here,
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they helped me for
that I'm very thankful.
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If they could not help me,
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I could not be here in this time
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because my parents they
could not pay any money.
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For that I thank
them from my heart.
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Whether your
support is large or small,
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know that the
blessings of every penny
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are drastically changing a
child's life for the better.
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Thank you.
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I just want to pay tribute
to the co-founder Helen Eager
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and the McNeilus family
for establishing this school.
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It just delivers a
tremendous mission based service
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to these kids
from the tribal areas,
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and it's just so exciting to see
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these kids getting an education.
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They have so much energy
and they're just so eager
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to get an education
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and to have a
future in their lives.
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The story of
Sulochana was very compelling.
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To hear her father
say he has a strong desire
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for her to have an education,
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but that he can't
afford it, so normally,
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he would give her into marriage.
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Well, that's a challenge
because most of these marriages
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don't work and
the girl is simply,
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either enslaved
labor or trafficked.
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To see her getting an education,
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being so happy of
receiving hope for the future
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is just so rewarding.
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Jeypore is a
school of Child Impact,
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and we're proud of this school
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and the hope that
is given to children
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and the opportunity for
them to be introduced to Jesus.
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Jeypore serves tribal
areas and many of these children
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are able to receive an education
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because of sponsors like you.
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If you would like
to support this school,
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we'd invite you to go to
our website childimpact.org
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and select the
school development fund.
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Again, that's childimpact.org
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and the school development fund.
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Let's make a difference
for these children today.
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Unees, bees.
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We're going to learn about?
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Sabbath day.
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The previous day
we learned about what?
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Petition.
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