For India's Deserving Youth: El Shaddai Children’s Rescue & Living Hope Children’s Home (In Hindi)
Today’s
Good People, Good Works
will be presented
in Hindi and English,
with subtitles in Arabic,
Aulacese (Vietnamese),
Chinese, English,
French, German,
Hindi, Indonesian,
Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Malay,
Mongolian, Persian,
Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish and Thai.
Mr. Kurian (m):
Every child
is very precious.
Every child
is a success story.
For me, the opportunity
to work with a child
is a success.
HOST(IN HINDI):
Intelligent viewers,
welcome to another
heartwarming episode of
Good People, Good Works.
Today we visit
two remarkable
children’s charities
in the fast-developing
natio of India.
Both provide
underprivileged
youngsters with
life’s basic necessities
while simultaneously
preparing them
for a better future.
Ninga(m):
In El Shaddai,
we get love, care,
affection and everything,
and plus they do it
in the best possible way.
All their staff encourage us,
they never discourage us,
but always encourage.
I feel like one day
I’ll become a successful man
and I will be a better
person in the future.
HOST:
The story of
El Shaddai ChildRescue
begins with Anita Edgar,
a British lady who took
a last minute holiday
to India
in December 1996.
During her trip, she
visited the state of Goa
and saw many
deprived children
needing assistance.
Among other issues
they faced, they had
no birth certificates
and therefore could not
access education
or healthcare.
The future
for these young ones
looked bleak.
While praying one morning,
Ms. Edgar had a vision
from God – she should
help the less fortunate
children and orphans by
opening a home for them.
Through
the Lord’s arrangement,
she later met
Pastor Matthew Kurian
and his wife Julia,
both of whom
had been helping
Goan children in need
for more than two years.
Together they decided
to form El Shaddai.
Mr. Kurian (m):
El Shaddai is
a Hebrew word,
from the Old Testament.
That's a word that
God said to Abraham.
It means, that “God of comfort,
provider of all.”
HOST:
El Shaddai is a non-profit
charitable group
that aids abandoned
street children, orphans
and those
from dysfunctional
or economically unstable
families in Goa
and elsewhere in India.
The compassionate
organization now cares
for over 3,500 youth
in seven states through
25 different projects.
Ninga (m):
In 1997, El Shaddai had
come to visit our village;
and they spoke to us,
saying would you like
to come and do
your education (with us)
and we will
provide you everything,
all the facilities.
Pama(m):
I’m very happy
that my teacher
has taught me everything.
And I want to say
to the ChildRescue
that I am really happy
that they brought me
over here and made (me)
learn many things.
If they were not there,
surely I could not study
and all, and could not
speak English. and all.
HOST:
El Shaddai has numerous
initiatives that address
a wide variety of needs –
from sheltering children
without homes
to providing
educational opportunities.
Mr. Kurian (m):
We have
a three-tier program.
One is that we have
children's homes.
Children's homes are
meant for the children
who are traumatized
or homeless, orphaned
or children at risk.
We have four homes
in Goa, one in Nagpur
and one in Chennai,
six homes (in total).
They are mainly
for the children who have
no other way to survive,
because we believe
the best place for a child
is to be with the parents,
no matter
how poor they are.
Then we have
another program called
“night shelters
and daycare centers
in the city.”
That's mainly
for the street children.
We invite them
to come to our shelters.
We provide free food.
They can come there
and have a bath.
Over a period of time,
we inspire them
to get a normal life,
like going to school.
Or if they are
over 12 years (of age),
we give them an option
of getting trained
in one trade.
Mr. Kurian (m):
Then we have
community centers.
We work with
the children and women
basically.
Again, the same concept,
(we) encourage
all the children
to go to school.
And from the school,
they come back to a center;
we give them lunch,
give them a bath,
and give them the
additional education.
We do lots of activities about
personality development
and faith building.
Shekhar(m):
My happiest memory was
when they celebrate
my birthdays.
It was a great joy
because I never used to
celebrate my birthdays
when I was at home.
Pastor Matthew and Anita,
they taught me many things.
Shaker(m):
When I become an adult,
I’d also like to work
in this charity to share
my experience as staff.
Miru(F):
Hi, my name is Miru,
and I am from Karnataka
and I am 16-years old
and I stay
with my friends here. Yeah
I have a dream to become
a lecturer, or a nurse.
Here I can see my future.
HOST:
When El Shaddai proudly
set up its very first
children’s home,
the charity warmly received
an inaugural group
of 15 children.
They, and others whose
lives have been touched
by El Shaddai’s programs
over the years,
have now achieved
economic independence
and stability in life.
Mr. Kurian (m):
I have hundreds of children
who have come out
through this system who
are working in different
companies, hotels,
and different factories.
And they are far better (off)
than what they were.
India has a huge need.
I’m sure I cannot help
all of them,
but I can help some of them.
Ninga (m):
By coming here
to El Shaddai,
I learned around
three, four languages,
that is Hindi, English,
Konkani and my language.
And then, now
I’m doing my education
and plus El Shaddai has
helped me in many ways,
like giving me
good education,
providing me
good clothes, food,
every facility, like love,
care, and affection,
and everything.
And it’s fantastic
to stay in El Shaddai.
HOST:
We now shift to one of
the fastest-growing cities
in India, Bangalore,
in the state of Karnataka,
to visit a non-profit,
non-governmental
organization called
Living Hope
Children’s Home.
The Children’s Home
lights a beacon of hope
for the children
of migrant workers
as they are given a chance
to expand their horizons
in many ways.
Vinod(m):
My name is Vinod,
I am in sixth standard.
I love Children’s Home.
I have a dream
to become an engineer.
Thank you and welcome
to Children’s Home.
Kantaraj(m):
Let me introduce myself;
my name is Kantaraj.
I have been in Living Hope
Children’s Home
for four years.
Before this, in my house,
I wasn’t doing anything,
(I had) no goal in my life.
But today,
I have a dream to become
a police inspector,
and I love Children’s Home.
Thank you.
HOST:
Over the years
the ever-expanding city
of Bangalore has
attracted large numbers
of masonry
and construction workers
from all over the state
of Karnataka as well as
from the neighboring states
of Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
These workers move
from project to project
throughout the metropolis.
Dhiraj (m):
My dad,
Reverend William John,
he used to
walk around this area,
across the city, and
he found out that a lot of
construction workers
are there and
helping to build our home
in which we stayed.
And he saw the children
helping their parents.
And he thought
“Why don’t I start
a children’s home
so that they can
have a better future?”
HOST:
Reverend John,
along with his wife
Rebekah John,
started Living Hope
Children’s Home
in 2002, to provide these
underprivileged youth with
proper accommodations,
nutritious food,
health care and education.
Dhiraj(m):
My father is a priest.
The migrant workers
came to see
what exactly is happening
in the church,
and that’s where
my dad approached them
and said if your children
want education, bring them
to the Children’s Home
and we will educate them
for the rest of their lives.
Dhiraj (m):
We started off
with 10 children.
It went on and went on
and to date, we have
around 101 children.
(We have) two centers,
one in Gauribidanur,
which is 80 kilometers
from Bangalore and
in which we have 16 girls,
and the main branch
which is in Bangalore city,
we have around 85
boys and girls together.
And apart from that,
we are trying to reach
and mobilize these children
with a lot more education
and a lot more variety
in their life, so that
they may not go back
to what they were,
back where they started off.
They go to
a nearby school which is
a government school,
which provides them
only education
in the local language,
which is Kannada.
When they come back
to our Children’s Home,
we have
extracurricular activities
such as dancing, skits,
and gardening,
teaching them English,
and singing songs.
HOST:
Let’s now meet some of
the splendid team members
who help run
the Living Hope
Children’s Home
in Bangalore.
Manohar(m):
My name is Manohar.
I have been working here
for eight years.
This is God-giving work,
the best work, that’s why
I like to do this work.
Merlin(f):
My name is Melina.
I came to here because
I love children;
because of that,
I came to teach them,
and I am a volunteer here.
Triveni(f):
My name is Triveni,
I like children,
and I am a teacher.
James(m):
My name is James;
I am from Myanmar.
so I am cooking
for the children,
I love children.
Simon(m):
My name is Simon;
I have been staying (here)
for two months.
We love children,
and we have all (we) need
and we enjoy it here
with the children.
HOST:
To ensure the youngsters
grow up to be good citizens
who are able to
contribute their very best
to society,
the Children’s Home
teaches the children to
care for the environment
and to protect
our precious planet.
Dhiraj(m):
We started off
introducing environment
basics with the children.
It’s like in terms of
keeping themselves clean,
and no wastage of water,
and no wastage of food.
So these are
the small things
where we can
change the environment
in our Children’s Home.
HOST:
Our gratitude,
El Shaddai ChildRescue
and Living Hope
Children’s Home
for taking care of
vulnerable young ones
and setting them
on a course
for success in life.
Under your
loving guidance,
may all the youth grow up
to be the self-confident,
independent and happy
pillars of a vegan world.
Be Veg,
Go Green,
2 Save the Planet.
Children:
Please
Be Veg,
Go Green,
2 Save the Planet.
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For more details
on the organizations
featured today,
please visit
the following websites:
El Shaddai ChildRescue
www.ChildRescue.net
Living Hope
Children’s Home
www.LivingHope.org.in
Lovely viewers, thank you
for your company
on this week’s edition of
Good People, Good Works.
May we soon
transform our planet to
one of peace and purity.