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 to providing
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an education 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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Bangladesh is a country
in South Asia that is almost
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entirely surrounded by India.
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It is the eighth most
populous country in the world
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being home to more
than 163 million people.
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Even though it
boasts a large population,
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it is a fairly small country
with a landmass approximately
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the same size as New York State.
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For reference, New
York State has approximately
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20 million people.
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Of those 163 million,
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approximately 40% are children.
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Children have it
very hard in Bangladesh.
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Many are orphaned and
don't have access to schools.
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About 1.7 million
are in child labor
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and approximately a
fourth of them are between 6
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and 11 years old.
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Child marriages
are also an issue.
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While the numbers have reduced,
the practice is still common
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and generally accepted.
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One of the best ways
of helping to prevent this
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is education and sponsorship.
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In rural Bangladesh, 35%
of the population live below
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the poverty line.
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And amongst
woman, it's even higher.
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There are statistics like
that people only earn $1.98
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a day and the absolute
poor are 32% of the population
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and the extreme poor are 19%.
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And both those
categories are above poor.
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We've heard from the
children the stories of struggle
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of their parents,
of their solo mums.
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And we've heard how they've
been struggling to feed them.
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And so we see that sponsorship
is much greater than education.
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Sponsorship is
supporting the family.
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It's giving the parents hope
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and there's a huge
benefit to the community.
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Sponsorship is
effective and sponsorship
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is making a
difference on a wider
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scale here in our
program in Bangladesh.
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Milton is one of
those whose life has been
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changed by sponsorship.
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I'm here today with a real
success story of sponsorship.
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I'm with Milton
Das, who was the leader
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of our sponsorship
program in Bangladesh,
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and Milton is
wearing the Bangladesh flag.
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Milton was a sponsored
child right from the beginning
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of his education
in a mission school
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all the way through
school and then college
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and then he
graduated with a degree.
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And now Milton heads up
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the team in
Bangladesh that supervise
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the running of our
sponsorship program,
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and it's just so great to see
a success story of sponsorship.
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And now that we have Milton
leading our team in Bangladesh.
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It has changed lives
like Milton's that create
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a ripple effect of
positive change all around them.
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He was a needy child who
was helped by sponsorship
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and now he is
helping other needy children
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who will grow up to
help those around them.
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A current student
who has aspirations
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of helping others is Man Singh.
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He isn't able to
visit his home often
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due to how remote it
is and the challenges
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of traveling in
many parts of Bangladesh.
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Many of the
challenges are due to flooding
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and roads that
aren't well maintained.
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This is Ruma Bazar,
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and we need to go
through a river way.
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There is no road out there.
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It's a wonderful place
and we're going to visit.
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Man Singh da Marma is a student
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of BASC being
sponsored by Child Impact.
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He is traveling
back to his village
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which is about 250
miles away from the school.
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That is a long journey by bus,
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but there are no
roads to his village
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because of how remote it is.
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So the last part of
his journey is by boat.
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This is Panthala
Marma Para, that means
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Panthala Marma Village.
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So we're going to
visit Man Singh's house.
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He is our student.
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We had a long
travel to meet him up here.
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Man Singh is currently a
10th grade student at Basque.
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So Man Singh is one of
our students of Basque,
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and he is currently
studying in grade 10.
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And next year,
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we are hoping that he's going
to sit for the SSC examination,
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and we pray that he is going
to have a successful result.
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And he lives
here with his parents.
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And you can see
the beautiful village
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where he lives.
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After the short visit,
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we are not going
to stay for long.
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We have just come to
see his family members,
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his house where he lives.
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This is Man Singh's house.
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So his parents are farmers.
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So, they work
hard in the field and,
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I know, grow peanuts.
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And you can see they
have some sacks of peanuts.
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His father sells this
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and with these earnings,
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actually, his father, you
know, does not earn a lot.
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Whatever he goes,
he sells in the market
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and support his
child, but this income
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is not sufficient to
pay his tuition fees.
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In my family I'm
having my dad, mom,
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brothers and brothers-in-law.
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But where are they? I
don't see them around.
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Every one of them have
gone for Jhum cultivation.
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When are they
coming? Will it be late?
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Yes, 5 o'clock, 5 to 5.30.
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We are in such a time
when nobody is around.
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Yes, everyone is on work.
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So how much your
dad and mom earns?
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Is it enough for your family?
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To run the family, it's
difficult for my parents
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because we are four brothers,
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so the earning is not
enough to provide our tuitions.
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Since 2012, I'm
studying at mission school
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and from 2012 onward,
I'm receiving sponsorship.
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Now I'm reading in class 10.
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What's your aim in life?
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My aim in life I
mean, I want to be a teacher
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and teach my students.
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Yeah. So as like me?
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Okay, I'm so happy to hear that.
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So I'm praying for you
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so that you may be
a successful teacher
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And be successful teacher.
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The progress that Man Singh
has achieved shows the power
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of sponsorship and education.
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Since Man Singh is far
from any city or school,
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the hope of having a
life outside of his village
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would be in vain.
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Man Singh's goal of becoming
a teacher shows that changing
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one life does not end there.
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Because he's going
to positively change
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the lives of hundreds, if not
thousands of future students.
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While there has been
great progress in educating
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many poor
children in Bangladesh,
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there are still many
more that are in need.
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One of the great
aspects of my job
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is getting to the field to
see what Child Impact does.
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And as you go through the
day, just occasionally something
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happens that has
a big impact on you.
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And just yesterday, it happened.
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I was standing here at the gate,
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near the gate of the
school and a lady came in.
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You can see she was distressed.
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She was crying.
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She wanted to speak
to one of the teachers.
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And when she did, tears
were rolling down her face.
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I could see that
something was wrong.
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And she's a solo mom,
her husband has left her,
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run off with
another woman to India
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and she is struggling
to bring up two girls.
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And to be honest,
she has to get out
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and earn some money
because she can't feed them
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and look after them.
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She's also worried that
they're going to be trafficked
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or taken away from her.
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So she wanted them
enrolled in the school.
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She wanted them sponsored.
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And I could see that it
wasn't just an education,
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it was giving her hope.
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It was giving her hope
that her children could be fed
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and have an education.
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Sponsorship is
making a big difference.
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And if you could sponsor a
child or you could help with
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the Unsponsored Child
Fund, it will make a difference.
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Child Impact's
sponsors have accomplished
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many great things in Bangladesh,
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from humanitarian work,
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to education for needy children,
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but always accomplishing
the most important thing
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and that is changing
minds for God's kingdom.
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But there is still
much work to be done.
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Thank you to all the sponsors
that are continuing to invest
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in changing lives.
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The video you just
watched creates a compelling
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case for child sponsorship.
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My name is Tom Evans, CEO
of Child Impact International.
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Why is sponsorships
such an effective way to make
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a difference?
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The stories of Milton
and Man Singh in this video
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clearly capture this.
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Milton was a child in need
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who was sponsored to
attend a mission school.
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Today he is giving back
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and is the field coordinator
for over 1000 students
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sponsored by Child Impact.
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Man Singh is
currently in year 10
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and has a vision for
his life that would not have
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been possible
without sponsorship.
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He plans to give back
by becoming a teacher.
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The impact one
sponsored child opens
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the possibility to
thousands being influenced.
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I have some
exciting news to share.
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Child Impact has
committed to sponsor
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150 new children in Bangladesh
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and there is
capacity for 200 more.
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My family personally sponsors
a child from Bangladesh,
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and I'd like to invite you
to consider doing the same.
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You can select a child on
our website childimpact.org
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or by calling our
office at (423) 910-0667.
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If you aren't quite
ready for that commitment,
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I'd invite you to consider
our Unsponsored Child Fund.
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Thank you for the difference
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you're making
through sponsorship.
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The full impact will
only be known in eternity.
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