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Series Code: HIM
Program Code: HIM001109S
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00:07 Child Impact International is an organization giving hope.
00:11 Previously called Asian Aid, 00:13 Child Impact International is an organization 00:15 fostering permanent positive change 00:18 in the lives of disadvantaged children 00:20 and their communities. 00:21 Child Impact is committed to making a difference 00:24 in the lives of children and those who are in need. 00:27 Serving communities in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, 00:30 Sri Lanka, Myanmar, 00:32 and will soon expand to other countries. 00:34 For the last 50 years, 00:36 Child Impact has invested in the futures of people 00:39 and their investment has proven infinite returns, 00:42 driven by the dedication 00:43 to helping those who have the least. 00:45 Child Impact is an organization 00:47 focused on the welfare of children, 00:49 implementing diverse development projects 00:52 and sponsoring thousands of children. 00:54 Their outreach spans from child rescue operations 00:57 to providing an education for orphans, 00:59 deaf and the blind children, giving them a sense of place, 01:03 a home, but above all, 01:05 Child Impact is an organization giving hope, 01:08 giving hope to children, giving hope to communities, 01:11 giving hope to the ones who needed the most. 01:14 This is Hope in Motion. 01:27 Bangladesh is a very small country. 01:31 It is 4.6 times smaller than Texas. 01:34 Even though it is small, 01:36 the population is almost half that of the United States 01:39 at 168 million. 01:42 Since Bangladesh is very small, 01:44 there are barely enough resources 01:46 to support that amount of people. 01:48 That creates a lot of problems for a country like theirs. 01:52 Poverty is almost inevitable. 01:55 The resources are scarce 01:56 and enforcing laws is difficult. 01:59 Bangladesh has improved over the years 02:01 like making it free and mandatory 02:03 for children to go to school. 02:05 But even that positive change introduces problems. 02:10 Due to it being free, the education isn't as good. 02:13 Also, the students 02:15 who are in the greatest need of education 02:16 don't have money for food. 02:20 As a result, they can't go to school, 02:22 since parents put them to work 02:23 in order to make money to survive. 02:26 This is where the great work of sponsorship 02:28 can be seen, 02:30 giving the children a chance at a better life. 02:37 Today's episode will show 02:38 how sponsorship not only helps to keep the children in school 02:41 and provide them with a brighter future, 02:43 but also their perspective 02:45 on what it's like to be sponsored. 02:50 Sponsorship is vital for helping kids 02:53 in countries like Bangladesh. 02:55 The amount of help they get is beyond our understanding. 02:59 Poverty is all they know. 03:01 Parents have to decide to put their kids to work 03:03 instead of going to school 03:04 because the alternative is to starve. 03:07 This is unheard of for us. 03:09 For them, surviving is a daily effort. 03:12 So it's understandable 03:13 why a lot of children end up working. 03:16 The amount of imploring that is seen by Child Impact 03:18 has proven just how much 03:20 the parents don't want a future of poverty for their children. 03:24 So, I enjoy this work because when I see around, 03:30 I visit around villages. 03:33 So, I know that people and they are needy, 03:37 and they sometimes they approach to me 03:39 and they cry to me, and they ask for sponsorship, 03:44 so I am interested to work behind them 03:48 so that I can do something for them. 03:50 With each sponsorship it's one more child 03:52 that will not need to experience the hardship 03:55 that is very common in Bangladesh. 03:57 As stated before, 03:59 more than half the population is in poverty. 04:02 That means any change or drop at work or food 04:05 makes it even harder for a child to go to school. 04:07 You can see former generations of sponsored children 04:10 feeling blessed as well as paying it forward 04:13 to help the next generation. 04:15 If I'm not studied here, maybe I will be lost. 04:22 Maybe my father and my mother 04:24 cannot provide me the good education. 04:27 Maybe they cannot provide me a good food, 04:29 good shelter and it is the basic needs. 04:32 They cannot provide me. 04:33 Even I am, I was a student over here, 04:38 that time also they cannot, 04:39 they didn't provide me the good things, 04:43 the basic things. 04:47 It is... 04:49 For me, it is difficult to explain 04:51 because this is my birthplace. 04:53 And I love that school from my heart. 04:57 And actually, I love school. 05:00 When I studied the college, 05:02 that time I had a dream that I will work at KMMS. 05:08 Why did you choose to do this work as your work? 05:11 Yeah. 05:12 Because when I came to this boarding school 05:15 first time in 1990, so I had sponsorship support, 05:20 because my family background is not good. 05:23 So, as you know that boarding school fees 05:27 is little higher than day school. 05:30 So, I know that this studying 05:34 in boarding school is hard. 05:37 And my parents could not pay my school fees. 05:41 So, if I had not this sponsorship support, 05:46 so I could not also study and I could not get education. 05:51 We were able to see first-hand 05:53 how sponsorship feels for these children, 05:55 and what their lives are like 05:57 with the help of their sponsors. 05:59 We got to interview many of them. 06:01 But it was only a few 06:03 in comparison to the amount of sponsored students at KMMS. 06:08 We have around 400 students at present. 06:11 These students come 06:13 from all districts of Bangladesh. 06:15 And in Bangladesh we have 06:17 around 64 districts. 06:22 Many students are coming from Hill Tracts. 06:25 Many are coming from north, south, east and west. 06:29 And we have more than 10 ethnic groups, 06:33 this school 06:34 and this school is open for all people. 06:37 Even we have students from all churches, 06:40 Catholic, Baptist, Oxford, Methodist, 06:43 Adventist, 06:45 we have also students from many Hindu backgrounds, 06:49 and we have very few students from Muslim background. 06:52 Supporting us 06:54 and majority students have sponsorship 06:57 and there are some students that do not have sponsorship. 07:00 But whenever the students come, 07:03 they, we need to provide them education, 07:05 we need to provide them food, 07:07 we need to provide them accommodation. 07:09 But even the students sometimes they don't pay 07:13 but still school bear their expenses, 07:17 and we don't send them home. 07:20 And some student they pay some but some they cannot pay. 07:24 And the school also face a lot of challenges, 07:27 but in spite of all this problem 07:30 God blessed us to run the school 07:32 in spite of many challenges and strategies. 07:37 The school has sponsorship as part of the day's events. 07:40 The students even have time 07:41 for writing letters to their sponsors. 07:44 It is a special admiration 07:46 and appreciation that these students have 07:48 for their position of being sponsored. 07:51 They honor it 07:52 and have a very respectful approach 07:54 to how they view sponsorship. 07:56 They resolve to make it not be in vain. 07:59 The grades are better than the other school, 08:01 and the students take it a lot more seriously 08:03 than the students at other schools. 08:06 KMMS also focuses on giving the students 08:08 a time for studies 08:10 in order to give them the best chance 08:12 at future opportunities. 08:13 From an external point of view, 08:15 it might seem like they don't have 08:17 a life full of joy and health. 08:18 But when you are there, 08:20 and you see things from their perspective, 08:22 it's understandable 08:23 why so many have a love for the school. 08:26 When I come in the school, we, I have a sponsor, 08:31 so that this sponsor, 08:36 this sponsor helped to study regularly. 08:41 And also, I feel proud of him. 08:45 So, I also thank him to give this a nice privilege. 08:57 I also give 09:01 my heartful love for him. 09:06 Even years after they leave, 09:07 they value the opportunities that were given to them. 09:13 When I was a student over here, that time I thought, 09:19 oh, if I saw my sponsor, 09:23 if I visited my sponsor or if I hug him, 09:27 then I will feel better. 09:29 But I had no privilege to saw him, 09:33 even I don't know, now, 09:36 I don't know who is she or who is he. 09:39 I don't know who is the person who helping me. 09:43 But I am very thankful to him or her 09:46 that he or she supported me from my childhood 09:50 to till my college level. 09:53 For their love 09:55 and for their financial support, 09:57 I'm able to complete my college 09:59 and I'm able to reach my goal. 10:03 It's beautiful to see the impact 10:04 and the effects that sponsorship is having. 10:07 Knowing that even one person being helped 10:09 completely changes their life and future. 10:12 Walking around and seeing children 10:14 have a childhood, 10:16 and be able to have friendships and enjoyment. 10:21 Every sponsored child has a story 10:24 and a challenge that they had to face 10:25 while making it here. 10:27 But they didn't give up 10:29 and still have smiles on their faces. 10:32 They are like many others doing all they can. 10:35 Likewise, your sponsorships 10:37 are giving their efforts a fighting chance, 10:40 both in their spiritual lives and their physical ones. 10:44 Thank you to all the sponsors who are helping, 10:46 the job is large 10:47 and the dent has barely been made. 10:49 But every small amount is pushing the change 10:52 to one person's life at a time. 10:55 Thank you, sponsor. 10:57 Thank you, sponsor. 10:59 Thank you. 11:00 Thank you, sponsors. Thank you. 11:26 The Key Mission School in Bangladesh 11:29 where Child Impact has many sponsored children 11:32 has an urgent need for a multipurpose building. 11:36 The old building which you can see here 11:39 was over 40 years old and was poorly constructed. 11:43 It was extremely dangerous. 11:45 I'm Jim Rennie, 11:47 CEO of Child Impact International. 11:50 And last year, I visited the school 11:52 and was able to confirm with an engineer, 11:55 the critical state of that old building, 11:58 it was dangerous. 11:59 The school, 12:01 Kellogg-Mookerjee Memorial Seminary 12:04 has over 450 students, 12:06 including many sponsored by Child Impact. 12:10 This school is a key mission outreach, 12:13 and serves a very poor community. 12:16 Simply put, this building was dangerous, 12:19 and we had to pull it down and we had. 12:22 Workers started in faith on a new three-story building. 12:26 And then this building will house 12:28 over eight classrooms, 12:30 a science laboratory, a school library, 12:33 school administration offices, 12:36 but more important 12:37 right at the front of joining the road, 12:40 there will be a multilevel English preschool. 12:44 This will attract fee paying day students 12:47 and will drive urgently needed revenue 12:50 for the school. 12:51 The total cost including the fed out, library, 12:54 science lab and English training school 12:58 is about 584,000 and to date, 13:01 Child Impact with his generous supporters 13:04 has raised 430,000. 13:07 The reality is we still need 150,000. 13:11 Right now, we are asking you to help, 13:14 any amount would be great. 13:17 In our current TV series, 13:19 you have seen the poverty in Bangladesh. 13:22 This is a very special school 13:24 that serves a poor community and has over 50 orphans. 13:29 The needs for the classrooms, 13:30 library and science lab 13:33 are critical to the kids graduating. 13:36 The English preschool will be an outreach 13:38 and a critical revenue for the school. 13:41 I know these are difficult times, 13:43 but this school will be a key outreach for the church, 13:46 and these kids need help. 13:49 Please help us in any way 13:51 with the special Bangladesh boarding appeal. 13:55 You can go to our website, childimpact.org 13:59 and donate to the Bangladesh building appeal 14:02 or you can call our office. 14:04 Thanks for your support. |
Revised 2020-05-29