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Series Code: HIM
Program Code: HIM001120S
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00:03 Hi there.
00:05 I'm Jim Rennie, 00:06 CEO of Child Impact International. 00:09 And I've got some exciting news 00:11 about our new project in Zambia. 00:14 It's a unique new mission school opportunity 00:18 that will expand the ministry 00:20 of our partner Riverside Farms 00:23 through an expanded 00:24 Child Impact sponsorship program. 00:28 The Riverside Farm partnership 00:31 with Child Impact International 00:33 allows for a great partnership 00:35 between two strong Adventist ministries. 00:40 Riverside Farm provides a structured 00:43 and well managed school project 00:46 with an Adventist education program, 00:48 while Child Impact provides poor children an education 00:53 and sharing key revenue for the new school. 00:57 The government have approved the school 01:00 and it will be run by Riverside Farm management 01:03 on the same basis that 01:05 they run the current primary school. 01:09 The school will cover grades 8-12. 01:12 The school will be a day school 01:15 with lunch supplied for the students. 01:17 The approximate capacity will be 40 students per class 01:22 with two groups per day 01:24 since the classes are by subject 01:27 and not by grade. 01:29 The school will be located 300 meters 01:32 from the current primary school. 01:34 Housing will be provided 01:36 for the headmaster and the deputy headmaster. 01:40 The need for education is strong, 01:43 and there is no Adventist secondary school 01:45 in the area. 01:47 The school will allow the 150 primary school students 01:52 to expand their education. 01:54 Within the attendance of 300 students in the future, 01:59 sponsorship will grow to 150 plus. 02:03 The school will give the local needy children 02:06 an Adventist education 02:08 and will be a key outreach for Riverside Farms ministry. 02:13 ASI and donors have provided 02:16 one day buildings for the schools, foundation 02:19 and construction of the base buildings. 02:22 Child Impact has been asked to complete the project 02:25 and furnish the school with furniture 02:28 and educational resources. 02:31 The need is $150,000. 02:35 We have some great news for this project. 02:38 We can double your donation. 02:41 Child Impact has matching funds for this project. 02:45 Each dollar given will be matched 02:48 with the dollar to $75,000. 02:51 For each dollar you give 02:53 it will be matched dollar for dollar. 02:56 Why should you support Child Impact 02:59 and Riverside Farms in this project? 03:02 Let me explain. 03:04 It expands the mission average of Riverside Farms in Zambia. 03:10 It widens Child Impact's mission in Zambia. 03:14 It will extend the sponsorship life 03:17 of the Child Impact children 03:19 already sponsored at the primary school. 03:23 It insures over 250 poor children 03:26 sponsored by Child Impact 03:28 will be given an Adventist education 03:31 through to grade 12 or higher. 03:34 It is valued for the donors funds, 03:36 as the school has a construction time 03:39 of less than 12 months. 03:42 There will be no cost overrun 03:44 as Child Impact and Riverside Farms 03:47 guarantee the project costs. 03:51 And there's a proven project management team 03:53 at Riverside Farms led by Alan Knowles, 03:57 who is well-known for construction 04:00 of this type of one day buildings. 04:03 Please go online right now 04:05 for full information or to donate. 04:09 Childimpact.org is our website. 04:12 That's childimpact.org. 04:14 Or call us at 423-9100-667. 04:21 That's 423-9100-667. 04:27 I really want to thank you 04:28 if you can join us for this exciting project. 04:48 Riverside Farms give us good management. 04:51 They operate a good school so that we can be confident 04:55 that our sponsorship on the ground 04:58 is very effective. 04:59 When I went to ASI, 05:01 I used to go by this Asian aid booth. 05:03 And I said, "Oh, wouldn't that be 05:05 something if this could come to Africa?" 05:08 It was just, 05:09 and I just would dream about it. 05:11 And then last year, 05:12 I stopped by and I talked to Jim Rennie. 05:14 And he says, "You know, 05:16 we're thinking of moving into Africa." 05:18 And you know, of course, it got me a little excited. 05:20 But I thought Africa, Africa is huge. 05:23 And so last spring, 05:24 when I heard that Jim Rennie with Child Impact 05:28 was coming not only to Africa, not only to Zambia, 05:31 but to Riverside Farms, I was so excited. 05:34 And so he came over and just it went from there. 05:40 When I visited Riverside Farms, I was really taken by the need, 05:46 I mean, we operate in six other countries, 05:49 and I've seen a lot of need. 05:54 But here I saw families that were 05:57 really, really struggling. 06:00 I was actually very touched 06:02 by the commitment of the parents 06:05 who are fighting a drought, a real drought. 06:08 And so not only did they ever a need for their children 06:12 to go to school for an education, 06:15 they actually have a need 06:16 for their children to have a meal every day. 06:19 And so I know that in the Zambian school, 06:23 the kids that are going there are of very genuine need. 06:29 A very few inches of rain in the last two years, 06:31 so they already had a drought. 06:32 And then we had almost a complete drought this year, 06:34 I'd say 20 years, 06:37 we haven't seen a drought this bad. 06:38 I mean, people are straight up starving to death. 06:40 And so when kids come to school, 06:42 one of the things that Farms done 06:44 is provided each of them with bananas, 06:46 because they grow bananas. 06:48 But that's not a complete meal. 06:49 And they need one 06:50 because they're not getting much. 06:52 And so being able to be involved with Child Impact, 06:54 or some of the hungry money project 06:56 that got involved, 06:57 they're going to be able to get a full, a full meal, one meal 07:00 when they're there. 07:02 And that's an impact that we couldn't do otherwise. 07:06 And just, it's gonna allow the school 07:08 to have better books than to have a uniform, 07:12 these kids might have more coming in rags, 07:14 I mean, just straight up. 07:16 And so that's something for them, 07:20 you know, they come to school, 07:21 they're all in uniform, 07:22 they're all equal in the ability to learn, 07:26 and have God impact their life that way. 07:28 The thing that impresses me with these children, 07:31 though, from a very young age, 07:33 they have to haul water, they have to carry firewood, 07:37 watch the goats, and the cows herd them. 07:41 And they have to do with these home chores 07:44 from when they're just young children. 07:46 There's not one family that we're sponsoring, 07:49 that has running water or electricity in their home. 07:52 It's very important for us to find a partner on the ground 07:57 that supports our mission. 08:00 And so they need to be 08:02 a strong Adventist mission partner, 08:05 and Riverside's the ideal 08:07 because not only do they have strong management, 08:10 they operate a well-run school, 08:14 and then in turn their job 08:17 is that they're serving the community. 08:19 And so Riverside for us 08:21 is a very unique partner in that they ensure 08:25 that the schools well run, but then in turn, 08:28 we're helping them 08:30 with their mission in the local community. 08:33 Well, I feel it's our responsibility 08:36 to help the areas near you. 08:39 As Christians, we need to look out for the widows, 08:42 the orphans, the people within our vicinities. 08:45 And I feel a real burden for that. 08:47 And so the thing is, once you start helping them 08:50 with this school, 08:51 it's going to open up a huge opportunity 08:55 for many more ways to help them 08:58 like you're going to find out that they need food, 09:01 they need many things in their homes 09:03 that we're going to, it's going to come to us 09:06 and we're going to have to be ready for this. 09:07 And so it's just a like little opening wedge, 09:10 and maybe that'll give us 09:12 an opportunity to share Jesus with them. 09:14 I feel like these children, 09:15 it's like a brand plucked out of the fire. 09:18 There was this one boy growing up, 09:20 his mother died. 09:22 And his father was a drunkard 09:24 and his older brothers all drank. 09:26 And he came to me one day 09:27 and asked if he could go to school. 09:29 And I, you know, I wasn't sure if I could take another one. 09:32 But I took him and I put him all the way through grade 12. 09:36 He didn't have any discipline in his life, 09:39 he didn't know about responsibility, 09:41 but he learned those things. 09:43 And then my husband put him to work 09:45 and working on the One-Day Church. 09:48 And then after that we were able to get funds 09:50 and we put him in college. 09:52 And now he's just completing his teaching, 09:56 and he's going to be a teacher. 09:57 And he's, and not only that, 09:59 I gave him Bible studies 10:01 while he was in school, and he was baptized. 10:03 And so I'm just so excited, 10:05 I feel like what would it become of him 10:07 if we hadn't reached out to him? 10:09 And not far from us is a big hydroelectric dam. 10:12 And pulled up, they're looking for someone 10:15 who had a meeting with a government official, 10:17 and the guy pulls where he says, 10:19 Hey, where's the bananas, and we're known for bananas, 10:20 because everybody likes nice bananas. 10:22 And I said, "Oh, we don't have any here with us today." 10:24 And he goes, you know. 10:25 And then he went on to tell us that, 10:27 that Alan Pauline, the ones who helped 10:30 with a school project had put him in school, 10:33 he'd gone through the school. 10:34 And he was now working for the power company, 10:38 generating the power for the whole country. 10:39 So it's cool to see that 10:43 full circle there. 10:44 I just see so many positive effects 10:47 of when these kids go to school. 10:48 So I'm so excited that 10:50 we're going to be able to even double in one time 10:53 through Child Impact the amount of children 10:55 that were going to put in school. 10:57 It was because they could see the educational impact 11:01 on the community because the parents 11:03 will come to work. 11:05 And those kids go to school, and then the people 11:08 who can't get an education, because they can't, 11:10 obviously we can't employ everyone. 11:13 If they're going to school as well, 11:15 more kids are getting impacted, 11:16 and they're going to secondary school, 11:18 many of them are going to college. 11:19 And they're becoming part of that, 11:21 part of the community. 11:22 Now there one of the big doctors in town 11:25 went to Loma Linda, 11:26 we put him all the way through, came back. 11:28 And now he runs the Adventist clinic, 11:29 a big part of running the Adventist clinic in town. 11:32 And, yeah, my kids, 11:34 that's where we take them, you know. 11:35 They have a major problem. 11:37 Or if I had, I had got sick, you're going to someone 11:40 who went to, went to the school right there. 11:42 So it's cool to see that... 11:45 that impact and that's from someone who, you know, 11:48 education changed your life. 11:49 Children grow up in the village with nothing to do. 11:53 And so their peers start drinking, 11:57 they start drinking, 11:59 and they just live this useless, listless life. 12:02 And the women will not desert their children, 12:05 and they will do whatever they can 12:07 to provide for them. 12:10 And so you can see 12:11 how education is going to make a big difference. 12:13 Because they'll have a purpose now. 12:15 They won't be just hanging out and doing nothing 12:18 and getting involved and drinking 12:20 and whatever other vices around. 12:22 The education, I mean, when you have people 12:24 who are completely without education, 12:29 what hope do they have. 12:30 I mean, they have no hope outside of, you know, 12:32 either become criminals, or try to survive on a smaller 12:36 and smaller share of maize that only grows, you know, 12:40 three out of five years successfully at any level 12:43 and even that successes, 12:45 they don't know much about farming, 12:46 they're good farmers and that they work hard, 12:48 but you know, growing corn, 12:51 or the maize that they use there, 12:52 I mean, you know, 12:54 you have the ability to get 12 tons a hectare, 12:56 maybe 13 tons of hectare, maybe even more. 12:59 And they get on average, you know, 2 tons a hectare. 13:04 So you have all this potential, but it's not happening 13:08 some practices. 13:10 So without that, you look at that, and you say, 13:12 "Oh, you know, they're not going to make it 13:14 without education." 13:18 We really appreciate that Craig and Pauline made themselves 13:22 available for our TV program. 13:25 You can see the confidence they have. 13:28 You can see the passion that they have 13:31 and for us to have them on the ground 13:33 involved in our program is very, very important. 13:38 And I just want to thank Riverside Farms management, 13:43 I want to thank Craig, 13:44 I want to thank Pauline and Alan 13:46 for what they've done in getting us established 13:50 on the ground in Zambia, 13:52 and our partnership with Riverside Farms. 13:55 So there's a number of ways that you can help us in Zambia. 13:59 First of all, obviously, you can sponsor a child, 14:02 and for just $25 a month, 14:05 you'll be sponsoring a day student. 14:07 They come from a nearby village, 14:09 and we give them a lunch every day, a uniform, 14:14 we supply shoes, and they get a total education. 14:19 So for just $25 a month, you can sponsor a child. 14:24 You may just want to sponsor a child for a year. 14:27 And so you may want to send us 12 months sponsorship at once. 14:31 And we're very, very happy with that. 14:34 But if you don't want to sponsor a child, 14:36 we understand that 14:37 and so you could send a donation 14:40 to our unsponsored child fund 14:43 because we always have children that are unsponsored. 14:47 Or simply give us your prayers so that we can move forward 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Revised 2020-12-05