Child Impact International
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is an
organization that gives hope
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and fosters
permanent, positive change
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in the lives of
disadvantaged children
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and their communities.
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Countries include Zambia,
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India, Nepal, Bangladesh,
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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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Hi, I'm Jim Rennie,
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CEO of Child
Impact International.
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And I just want to
talk to you about India.
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And as you know,
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and as you've seen on the news,
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the pandemic is going
through huge proportions
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beyond the capabilities
of the country to cope with.
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Hospitals are full,
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people are
sitting on the streets
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outside hospitals.
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There's is no oxygen.
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And to be honest,
it's very, very serious
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and a huge disaster.
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And it's only getting worse.
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I just wanna talk
for a minute about the...
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our sponsorship
program in India.
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Obviously with the
schools being closed,
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some are just started to open
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when this wave of
the pandemic hit again.
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So the schools are closed
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and for our sponsors
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who are
contributing to children,
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this puts us in a dilemma.
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Well, we are
continuing to pay the schools,
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the sponsorship
money for the very reason
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that they don't have
the bulk of their income
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and the teachers
are not being paid.
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And these schools are being
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put in a very
vulnerable financial position.
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So we want to
support the teachers
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as best as we can,
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and we are
distributing rice to them,
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but we also want to ensure
that the schools are opened.
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So we believe
our ongoing support
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has an important role
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in keeping the
Adventist mission schools open.
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As you know,
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we operate in this emergency
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our Rice, Health
and Education Appeal.
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And we're getting many
requests more over India
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for help to these
hospitals and medical clinics.
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And it's simply
overcoming a lot of business
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that we would normally have.
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However, we have
received a special request
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through Anita Kanaiya,
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who is our
director of our Rescue team
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in Bangalore, India.
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And so we want
to interview Anita
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and consider the
help that we could give.
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I'm interviewing Anita Kanaiya,
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who's our director
of our Rescue Operation
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in Bangalore, India.
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But right now
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India is facing
a pandemic crisis.
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And I know you've all
seen the pictures on television
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and it's actually unbelievable.
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So we just want to
briefly talk to Anita
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and find out
what's going on the ground
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because Child
Impact and its supporters
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have been asked to step in
and just help in a small way
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to save some lives in
the city of Bangalore.
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So, Anita, it's
great to see you.
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Thank you, Jim.
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Thank you for the
concern that you have for India
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and thank you
for this invitation
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to be on this call.
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So just give us a short overview
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of the situation.
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Is it really as bad
as we're being told?
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Yes, it is.
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And it's probably worse
than you are being told.
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The country is
reeling under the second wave
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of COVID infection that has,
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you know, gone beyond
anybody's expectations,
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medical facilities
and doctors especially.
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Just the sheer numbers
that are present in India.
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And this virus that
has become so vigilant
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and is easily jumping
from person to person.
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We have just about every family
who's either been affected,
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lost somebody, or is
battling with friends
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who are really serious.
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So this is just across India.
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There's no particular
place that is really able to say
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that we're safe.
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There are particular
states and cities in India
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which are very bad.
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There are some
others who are all right,
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but Bengaluru or Bangalore
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where we are located
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is particularly very, very bad.
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And just tell me about
the impact on the people
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that are in the
poverty situation,
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the people that
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we would normally be
helping with food, the poor,
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what impact,
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just tell me some of the effects
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that it's having on the poor?
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For instance, you told me
about the orphans yesterday?
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So, Jim, what happened,
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and I have been
added to a government group
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of, you know,
people who run homes,
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who are experts with
children basically to discuss
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how do we look after children
who have either been orphaned
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because both parents
have succumbed to COVID
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or who are left alone
at home without parents,
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because both
parents are in hospital.
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There have been so many kids.
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I mean, names, there are
people who have brought children
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who are COVID positive
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and have left
them in public places.
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You know, so
someone will care for them
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because there's no
one to look after them,
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neighbors are scared.
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You know, people
don't want to do that,
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but by God's grace, I think
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people have come forward.
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Families have come forward,
institutions have ramped up,
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childcare
institutions have ramped up
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to look after children,
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but we're talking
about large numbers,
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large numbers of children
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because this particular
wave has hit the younger people.
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So between those in
their 40s and their 30s
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have actually succumbed
to the disease very fast
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and have left very
young children homeless.
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Right. That's just
amazing. So let's...
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We don't have much time,
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so let's just talk about the...
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So you've been
put on this group,
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a Christian
group of those involved
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and also
involving the government.
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So tell us about the requests
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that we received
from the Baptist Hospital?
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So I'm part of a
group of Christians
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who are looking to see
how we can respond to this,
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you know, COVID crisis,
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whether it is
to help with oxygen
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or to help with
actual admissions,
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because there are no beds.
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And we get about
200 phone calls a day.
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We've got volunteers
working round the clock to try
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and access beds in
hospitals for the very serious.
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We started food distribution
about three weeks ago
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for those who've
been home quarantined.
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But there are
lots of elderly people,
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you know, husbands and wives,
whose children are abroad,
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who've got COVID
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and they just
don't have any help.
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So we've...
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We're supplying food
to more than 210 families
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of say four or six
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who are just shut off
from the outside world.
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What this disease
does, is it isolates you,
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you know people
don't wanna come,
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you are forced to be
in a home quarantined,
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you can't get access to food.
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So that's one of the
responses we have been,
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you know, doing over
the last three weeks,
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but the medical response.
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Baptist Hospital is
one of the premium mission,
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Christian mission
hospitals in Bangalore.
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And a lot of us actually access
our medical care from there.
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And though that
hospital has been,
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you know, completely
flooded with requests
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that have turned away ambulances
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with very serious people
because they don't have beds.
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So one of the requests
that came from them was
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if we could help
them with the ventilator,
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they could increase
the capacity of beds
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to look after some
very serious people.
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The other requests are
from another mission hospital
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called the
Marthoma Mission Hospital
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which has just ramped
up an entire floor of beds,
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and they needed
some medical equipment
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to help them to
deal with these cases.
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We ourselves have
actually sent pastors
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and Christian people
as referrals to these,
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both these hospitals,
and they have recovered.
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So we are really looking to see
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how we can help
them in this time of need
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to ramp up their
medical facility,
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to be able to treat more people,
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especially Christian people,
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Christians who are
struggling and the poor.
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Well, we're very
excited that tonight
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we are sending you the
money for the ventilator
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and the supportive equipment.
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Just very
quickly, can you assure us
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that the money will
get to the right people
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and that the ventilator
will get to the hospital?
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So, let me assure
you that this is us,
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that is me in this group.
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I have known these,
it's a group of doctors,
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medical suppliers,
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I'm in direct contact
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with the medical
supplier of the equipment.
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In fact, this
morning I spoke to him
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and he reassured me
that he has supplies
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because people are
running out of supplies
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at this time.
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So, yes, I am in
direct contact, Jim.
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The money will be
paid directly to the vendor
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and we have already
gotten to an agreement
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of how the
payment will go through
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and how the
machines will be delivered.
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I am in touch with
the Baptist Hospital.
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We have got letters from them
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and which we will send on to you
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where they have assured us that
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these equipments
will be used immediately,
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put to use immediately.
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So please rest assured
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that this money
that you are raising,
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thank you so much for it
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at this time of need
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will go towards the
equipment directly to the vendor
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and to the hospital.
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And I will
personally make sure that
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we actually have evidence
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that the machines have
reached and they are in use
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and that we can send
also, please rest assured
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that we are following
up as closely as possible
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to ensure that the
machines are reaching
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exactly where they
need to be to help people.
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Anita, that's just amazing.
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And we are so
excited that we can support.
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And I know that the
people are watching this
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who support Child
Impact International,
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and have effect in supported
Operation Child Rescue,
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because Anita is responsible
for the rescues in Bangalore.
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And also the anxiety home
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that I know many
of you have supported.
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This emergency is overwhelming.
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This emergency is
beyond comprehension.
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And I would just ask
that if you wish to contribute
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to this emergency,
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please go to the child website
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and we're putting it
through the Food, Health
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and the
Education Emergency Appeal,
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and you'll be able to
see it on our website.
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Anita, we
appreciate what you're doing.
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And our prayers are with
you in the work that you do.
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And we're very proud and excited
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that we can
assist you on the ground
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in Bangalore, India.
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Child Impact is
proud of the work
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that you and your team do.
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Thank you.
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Thank you very much, Jim.
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And thank you to all
the donors and supporters
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who, you know, who
have a heart for India.
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And thank you for
just meeting our need
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at this very critical time.
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Thank you so much.
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Well, you've heard from Anita,
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the situation on
the ground at Bangalore.
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And, in fact, it's
the same all over India.
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And I guess it's a little
hard for us to comprehend,
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but we've seen it on the news.
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And as we receive
this special requests
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from our Christian brothers,
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we believe that we need to help.
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And as you know, we
operate the Rice, Health
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and Education Appeal.
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And so for this month
any funds could come in.
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We're going to allocate to help
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these Christian
doctors in hospitals
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with oxygen equipment or beds
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or anything
they originally need.
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You know, I really
appreciate the generosity
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you've shown
already for this appeal.
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And I guess we're not
normally in the emergency field,
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but we just have a
responsibility to help.
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And I know you want to help.
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And so I just ask you
to consider supporting
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the Child Impact, Rice,
Health and Education Appeal.
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You can go to our
website, childimpact.org
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and you'll see
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the Rice, Health
and Education Appeal
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featured there.
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And I would just wanna thank you
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for the support you're given
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and the support you will give
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as we look at this
tragic situation in India.
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