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,
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Kenya, India,
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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 give hope
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to the ones who
need it the most.
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Child Impact International
is a nonprofit organization
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whose sole focus is
uplifting impoverished children
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around the world
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through
education and the gospel.
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This episode will
focus on what Child Impact
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is planning to do in the future
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to accomplish the
goal of helping children.
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Now this episode is too short
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to be able to cover all
the areas they are working in,
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but instead we'll
highlight a few key ones.
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India is a large country
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and currently home to
much of Child Impact's work.
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While most of the
children that are sponsored
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through Child
Impact are not disabled,
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the ones that are receive
the best education possible
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in an environment
that enables them to reach
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their full potential.
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The Kollegal
School for the Speech
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and Hearing Impaired
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is located in a rural
setting in Karnataka, India.
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It has a wonderful
campus with over 100 students.
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Without this
school for the deaf,
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there would be very
little help for these children.
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Those who are deaf
are treated very poorly
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because deafness
is considered a curse.
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Some families will try to hide
the fact their child is deaf.
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Sometimes fathers
will leave their families
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because they
don't want the shame
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of being the
father to a deaf child.
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But graduates from this school
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have been able to
live fulfilling lives
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and get well-paying jobs.
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Child Impact is committed
to not only the continuation,
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but also growth of
this needed school.
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The school needs a
new boys' dormitory.
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New government requirements
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means that we have to
have separate buildings
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for the boys and girls.
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And so, Child Impact is
very committed to the future
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of the deaf school
and also wants to start
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a major project
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building a new boys' dormitory.
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Child Impact also helps children
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who suffer from
another disability
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and that is sight
impairment and blindness.
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A child who is born
blind or becomes blind
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from an accident or
disease has little hope
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for a positive future.
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Some view them as a curse,
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while others look at them
as a liability to themselves
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and their families.
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The most they can hope
for is to do menial tasks,
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while some are
locked away, or worse.
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Child Impact
International saw the need
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that these children
had and opened a school
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designed to help them
reach their full potential.
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This school has helped
thousands of blind children
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to live full lives by
giving them an education
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that opens many,
many doors for them.
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Even though we
face many challenges
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like getting qualified
teachers to go to the location,
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we are very
committed to improving
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the quality of education,
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to improving the
quality of long term education,
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so that these children
have a chance for a future
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and are able to get a job.
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Child Impact was
concerned about children
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that have been
trafficked and babies
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that have been abandoned.
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That's why they
decided that the best way
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to address the problem
would be to form a partnership
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with a non-government
organization in Bangalore.
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Operation Child Rescue
was formed as a project
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of Child Impact International
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to assist
children that are abandoned
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or trafficked with an
initial focus in India.
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Child Impact was excited
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that it could
help in some small way
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in giving rescued girls hope.
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They have not only rescued
many children and babies,
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but also helped
to rehabilitate those
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who have gone
through some of the most
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traumatic
experiences imaginable.
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We want to grow
our rescue programs
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that are involved in trafficking
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and other child rescue activity.
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We plan to expand
Operation Child Rescue
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in the further cities of India,
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expand into Bangladesh
and look for opportunities
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where we can
partner with other people
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that are on the ground
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and have a team on the
ground doing the rescues.
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Even though growth is important,
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it's also vital that
quality does not suffer
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in the shadow of expansion.
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That's why Child
Impact pays close attention
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to what is
happening with the children
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that they are sponsoring,
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making sure that they
are well taken care of,
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and that the education
that they are receiving
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reaches a good standard.
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What's our future in India?
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Well, we are going to
have to plan very carefully.
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I have to be honest with you
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that some of the Mission School
education is now dropping below
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a certain standard.
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And we have an obligation
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to ensure that our
children get an education
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that's at least at
government standard,
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and the
government acceptable level.
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So we're going to
choose very carefully
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what schools we take on
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and where we're
going to operate in India,
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so that we can
probably do a little less,
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but do it far more effectively.
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We will not drop any children,
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and we're very committed
to the children we have.
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We're very committed to
the special needs school,
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we're very
committed to the orphans.
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But we just simply are
going to have to look carefully
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at where we operate
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and how we
operate and do it better.
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Child Impact International
is constantly working
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to live up to its
name by not only increasing
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the amount of
children sponsored,
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but also expanding
into new countries.
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It's very exciting
that in the last few years,
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Child Impact International
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has been on a growth curve.
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And we're very
appreciative to the donors,
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the supporters and the
sponsors that do support us.
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We want to grow the children
that we minister and help.
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We want to grow our
sponsorship program.
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And we plan to expand that.
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We will grow in
Bangladesh and Myanmar.
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And we're also
expanding in other countries.
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As I record this,
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we're just expanding into Kenya,
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and also into
other African countries.
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One of the first
African countries
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that Child Impact
expanded into was Zambia.
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When Child Impact
expands into a new country,
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they look for an established
ministry to partner with.
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In Zambia, they
found Riverside Farm,
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which is a long running ministry
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with a great track record.
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The partnership
between Child Impact
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and Riverside Farm
has opened opportunities
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for them to
expand in the future.
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When we built the new school,
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,
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the ones who need it the most
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
and us being 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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So in the previous
school, we had about 70 kids
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that were packed in.
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And so now we'll be able to
go up to about 120 this year,
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and then we'll
add on and we'll go,
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I think it'll end
up being about 200 kids
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that will be in the school.
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Child Impact and Riverside
Farm are also looking forward
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to the opening of
a secondary school,
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which will allow them to
offer continued education
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for sponsored children.
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Up to 150 students
will be able to study
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through the 12th grade
once it opens in early 2022.
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It can seem like the
future of Child Impact
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is mainly about
the organization,
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but it's really
about the children.
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The growth of Child
Impact in the future means
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that the lives of more children
will be forever changed.
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They will not be
stuck in the poverty cycle.
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They will not be
stuck at the village
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doing backbreaking menial labor
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just to have
barely enough to eat.
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But even more important,
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Child Impact works
with the Adventist Church
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to give these
children a lifesaving knowledge
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of Jesus Christ,
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a knowledge that they would
probably never have known about
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except through sponsorship.
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By being a sponsor,
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you're not only
helping these children today,
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but are also participating
in the Great Commission
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to teach the whole
world about the gospel.
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It is exciting to
see how God has blessed
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the ministry of
Child Impact International.
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All of what you've
witnessed and much more
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has been possible
through generous sponsors
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and donors like you.
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My name is Tom Evans,
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CEO of Child
Impact International.
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I'd like to share with
you a vision going forward.
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This statement captured
my attention in the video.
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It is vital that
quality does not suffer
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in the shadow of expansion.
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At Child Impact,
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we are
committed to strengthening
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our existing ministries
in India to the blind,
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deaf and orphans along with
the human trafficking projects
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under Operation Child Rescue.
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Our work in
Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal,
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Sri Lanka, now in
Zambia and Kenya will continue.
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The quality of our sponsorship
program is a top priority.
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While we strengthen
existing ministries,
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I'm also inspired by the prayer
of Jabez in 1 Chronicles 14.
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Jabez called on
the God of Israel,
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"Oh that You would bless
me, and enlarge my territory.
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Let Your hand be with me."
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That is my prayer for
Child Impact International.
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Why?
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Lives are being transformed.
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I'd like to share
part of my personal passion
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for ministry to children.
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When my wife and I were dating,
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she said that she would
like to have 10 children.
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Well, I didn't believe her,
so I decided to take my chance,
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and hope that she
would change her mind.
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Twenty years later,
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I've discovered that children
don't have to be biological
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to be part of your family.
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Yes, we have
biological children,
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but we have opened our home to
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provide respite
for a foster parent,
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posted exchange high
school and college students,
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sponsored several
children, and more recently,
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we adopted two
boys from an orphanage
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in Eastern Europe.
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The total of children
is easily surpassed 10
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and it continues to grow.
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My wife was right.
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Friends, children
are close to God's heart.
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The reward of investing in the
lives of children is eternal.
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I'd like to
especially encourage you
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to do something
tangible in the life
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of a vulnerable child
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or perhaps 10 or more children.
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Would you partner with
Child Impact International
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to reach more children?
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Let's enlarge the
territory as God opens doors.
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You can donate
and sponsor a child
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by visiting childimpact.org
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or by calling 423-9100-667.
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Thank you, and may God bless.
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It's hard to
believe that Christmas time
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is approaching again.
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I'm Tom Evans,
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CEO of Child
Impact International.
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Every Christmas, we
feature our very important
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major appeal, which
we call impact gifts.
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This year, we are focusing on
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three significant opportunities
to make a difference.
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The challenge that
COVID has left us within
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the third world countries
where Child Impact operates
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continues to pose
many difficulties.
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Their tremendous
needs are compounded
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by shortages and cost increases.
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The most tragic of all is
human loss due to the pandemic.
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It feels overwhelming
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and almost
insurmountable at times.
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I'm very grateful
for the Lord's blessing
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and the generosity of
Child Impact supporters
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and I'm proud of the work
that this has allowed us to do.
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Impact gifts is our most
important appeal for the year
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and now has an
extra sense of urgency.
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During this Christmas season,
we would like to invite you
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to partner with us in
the following three ways.
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First is the
Where Needed Most Fund.
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This not only
supports our operation,
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but also allows us to support
urgent requests we receive.
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Unexpected challenges arise
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and we want to be
prepared for this.
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Where Needed
Most is the key fund
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to running our
organization and helping others.
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The next fund is the
Blind, Deaf and Orphan Fund
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which is a key program
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to help serve the special
needs children who we support.
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These precious
children with special needs
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are a significant focus
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of our ministry at Child Impact.
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Our third appeal is
Operation Child Rescue
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which is doing such an
amazing work in rescuing,
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rehabilitating,
and simply giving hope
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to many trafficked
and vulnerable children.
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Please give thought
to how you can support us
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at this critical time.
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You can go to our
website at childimpact.org
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That's childimpact.org
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I'm thankful for
the Lord's blessing
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and for your support.
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May God bless you.
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