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
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in the lives 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
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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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Zambia is a
country rich with history
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and spectacular landscapes.
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The Victoria
Falls were discovered
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and named by David
Livingstone in 1855.
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Describing them, he
said, "Seems so lovely
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must have been gazed upon
by angels in their flight."
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Geographically, Zambia
is a landlocked country
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located in South Central Africa.
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The population of Zambia
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has one of the
youngest median ages
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of any country in the world.
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The population of 17.9
million is growing fast,
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and is expected to
double every 25 years.
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This is putting a
substantial strain
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on the demand for jobs,
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health care,
and social services.
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Education is key to ensuring
that this growing population
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is able to support
itself and to help raise
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the next
generation out of poverty.
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Though education is required
by law up to grade seven,
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often the quality of
that education is lacking.
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Many children are not
able to go beyond grade seven
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due to a lack of schools to
support all of the students.
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Learning of the
great need in Zambia,
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Child Impact
International decided to expand
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into the country Well,
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Child Impact's just at the stage
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where we're growing
and we needed to find
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a new country to go to.
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And we had always had a
strong request for Africa.
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There are many
people who have a burden
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and a heart for Africa.
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And so we looked at it.
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And we were very
excited to find Riverside Farms
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that we could partner with.
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Riverside Farms
give us good management.
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They operate a good school
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so that we can be confident
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that our
sponsorship on the ground
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is very effective.
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The founders of Riverside Farms
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were dedicated to
helping the people of Zambia.
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The history is
there were two doctors,
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a father and a son
who came to Zambia.
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And they actually flew
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and served about seven
countries there in Zambia
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as flying doctors.
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So one was an eye
doctor, J.G. Foster,
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and then his son, Ray
Foster, did more surgeries
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and other more general work
under, yeah, tough situation.
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And so he was the
first doctor to treat Blacks,
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Indians or
Caucasians alike at home.
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And so even today,
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you can go and find
people who will say, "No,
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that Dr. Foster came to my home
and he treated me as a child."
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And so huge
respect was built there.
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But it wasn't
there at Riverside.
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It was in Zambia
as a whole helped,
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start one of
the biggest churches
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in Lusaka.
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And then war broke out.
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And the church pulled
out all the missionaries.
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And then after the war, he said,
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"Hey, I want to come back."
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And when he came
back, the church said,
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"Listen, you know,
we've nationalized our system.
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So we're not sending
American missionaries
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back to Zambia."
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He says, "No problem.
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I'll go on my
own. I'll be a doctor.
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I'm going to go back."
So he went back to Zambia.
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Bought one farm, sold that farm,
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bought another farm, Riverside,
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and began to work there.
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As he got older,
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his father actually the
father of the older doctor,
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the eye doctor he passed away,
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he was buried
actually on the farm.
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Riverside Farms' rich
history of missionary service
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continued by
expanding into education.
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The school at Riverside
Farms offers primary education,
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but is continuing to grow
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and will offer
secondary education.
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Education is a vital
part of helping Zambia
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to break the poverty cycle.
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When I visited Riverside Farms,
I was really taken by the need.
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I mean, we operate
in six other countries,
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and I've seen a lot of need.
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But here I saw families
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that were really,
really struggling,
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I was actually very touched
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by the commitment of the parents
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who are fighting a
drought, a real drought.
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And so not only
did they have a need
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for their children to go
to school for an education,
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they actually have a
need for their children
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to have a meal every day.
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And so I know that
in the Zambian school,
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the kids that are going there
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are of very genuine need.
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Zambia is still recovering
from the effects of the drought
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with a shortage of food
and clean drinking water.
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For many of the children
that attend Riverside Farms,
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the meal that they eat there
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will be the only one
they will have that day.
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The work that Riverside Farms
is doing is vitally important,
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not only for
these children's future,
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but also for
their immediate needs.
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The partnership
between Child Impact
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and Riverside Farms
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has opened the door
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for Riverside to be able
to do more for the children.
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So the school when
we built the new school,
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we were planning to build it.
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And then when we got in
touch with Child Impact,
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that's going to allow us
to put the school at capacity.
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There's no
reason to run the school
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with just a handful of people
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who can afford to
come to the school,
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because they're working.
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And you have
this whole set of kids
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who are completely unserved,
the ones who need it the most,
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who wouldn't be able to come.
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And so this
provides that opportunity
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because even with the farm,
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and us be able to do some,
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it allows us to have teachers
for the full set of teachers,
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and provide for a lot more kids
that way who wouldn't get in.
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And it also allows us
to add the feeding program,
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which this year
with the drought,
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we've had a very few inches
of rain in the last two years.
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So they already had a drought.
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And then we had almost a
complete drought this year.
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I'd say 20 years,
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we haven't seen
a drought this bad.
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I mean, people are
obviously are starving to death.
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And so when kids come to school,
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one of the
things that farm's done
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is provided each
of them with bananas,
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because we grow bananas.
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But that's not a complete meal.
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And they need one
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because they're
not getting much.
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And so being able to be
involved with Child Impact,
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there were some of
the hungry money projects
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that got involved,
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they're going to be
able to get a full meal,
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one meal when they're there.
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And that's an impact
that we couldn't do otherwise.
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And it just is
going to allow the school
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to have better books,
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them to have a
uniform, these kids,
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a lot of them
were coming in rags,
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I mean, just straight up.
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And so that's
something if for them,
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you know, they come to
school, they're all in uniform.
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They're all equal in
the ability to learn,
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and have God impact
their life that way.
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These children are being
given a hope and a future,
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thanks to the partnership
of these two organizations
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and sponsors like you.
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But what they are being given
goes beyond just a meal today,
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and an education for tomorrow.
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They are being given a knowledge
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of the world to come.
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This knowledge they are
not keeping to themselves.
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They are sharing
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what they've learned
with their family and friends,
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which has had an amazing impact.
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This one boy that we took,
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he came to me
and he started so bad
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that I didn't know if I
should take him into school.
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But I decided to take
him and he completed school.
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And it's the same story.
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He became baptized.
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And now he's
finished nursing school,
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we sent him to nursing school.
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And he's
witnessing to all the people
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that he is at school with.
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And he's influencing his family.
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And he's just
such an amazing boy.
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And he's giving even
sermons without stuttering.
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And I just see so
many positive effects
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of when these kids go to school.
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So I'm so excited
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that we're going to be
able to even double in one time
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through Child Impact
the amount of children
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that we're going
to put in school.
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Sponsored children
remember the great gift
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that they have been given,
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and are eager to
help others and tell them
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about what they
have learned about God.
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You see children
who go to school,
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and their parents get baptized,
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and you see kids
going to school and you see,
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yeah, they're
telling the stories,
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they're singing
the songs they now know
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and have a
background and go on to school.
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I mean, one of the big doctors
in town went to Loma Linda,
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who put him all the way through,
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came back and now he
runs the Adventist clinic,
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a big part of running
the Adventist clinic in town.
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And yeah, my kids,
that's where we take them,
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you know, they
have a major problem
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or if I got sick,
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you're going to someone
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who went to the
school right there.
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So it's cool to see that impact
and that's from someone who,
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you know, the
education changed their life.
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These are just a few
examples of changed lives.
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Thanks to the support
of donors and sponsors,
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there are so many who are
now unable to help others.
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There are many
more who are wishing
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for the same opportunity.
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You know, when someone
gives to sponsor a child,
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that child gets an opportunity,
we always talk about,
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well, you know, your kids,
hey, they that your kids can,
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anything they can
dream of they can be
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and we all use
these kinds of things.
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It's a lie in Africa.
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Oftentimes, kids have no chance
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and their future
looks very monochromatic.
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You know, it's one
thing they're going to do,
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they're going to
be a sheep herder,
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they're going to
be a goat herder,
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they're going to
be a cattle herder.
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Or they're going
to burn charcoal,
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or they're going to die.
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And when you give
kids an education,
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you've changed their life.
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Everything becomes possible,
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they actually
have that opportunity
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to change the world.
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And you see them, some of
them doing it, it's really cool.
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So that's really what happens
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when you sponsor a
child is they have a chance
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when they would
have otherwise had none.
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It's very important for us
to find a partner on the ground
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that supports our mission.
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And so they need to be
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a strong
Adventist Mission partner.
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And Riverside is the ideal
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because not only do
they have strong management,
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they operate a well-run school,
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and then in turn, their job
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is that they're
serving the community.
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And so Riverside for us
is a very unique partner
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in that they ensure
that the school's well run,
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but then in turn,
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we're helping
them with their mission
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in the local community.
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Have you experienced
a miracle in your life?
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Many times, miracles come
through the actions of others
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who God uses in powerful ways.
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My name is Tom Evans,
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CEO of Child
Impact International.
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I believe that
our sponsors provide
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a miracle for children
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who are in
desperate need of hope.
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The children
sponsored through the ministry
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of Child Impact International
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come from a place
of extreme poverty.
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Their future is bleak.
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Matthew 18:10 reminds us,
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"See that you do not despise
one of these little ones,
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for I tell you that
there are angels in heaven
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always see the face
of my Father in heaven.
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The word translated despise
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literally means
break further down.
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These children need hope,
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they need a path
to a brighter future.
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I want to
encourage you to contact
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Child Impact
International today.
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Help build these children up,
give them hope, and a future.
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Please visit childimpact.org
That's child impact.org
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You can also click on
the sponsorship link there
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where you can see children
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who are waiting to be sponsored.
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If you are already
sponsoring a child,
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please encourage others
in your sphere of influence
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to consider doing the same.
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Let's be the miracle
a child is waiting for.
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