The Children

Some of the children shown on this site are without a sponsor, although all forty-eight currently live in Sanctuary Home. Previously, they lived on the streets. Those classified as orphans have no parents to care for them. Those classified as semi-orphans were also in a merciless situation: they have one living parent who has remarried, and according to their culture, they are not welcome in the new household. Some have a parent who can't care for them, and some have been abandoned. All of these children need to have their physical needs met, as well as their emotional needs and an education. If you would like to sponsor a child, please email us to find out which children need sponsors at this time. Update: All forty-eight children are sponsored. Once we complete the new SH building, we will need sponsors for an additional twenty children.

Rajesh already has a sponsor.

Child profile by P.Isaac, Tenali, India

We are very much grieved to let your good selves know about the condition of this boy.  This boy was found in a helpless stage.  His father was a drunkened more over.  He was victimed of the habit..  Due to that reason this boy’s mother left his father and found her own way.  They don’t whether she is lilving or not.  But relatives could not take care of this boy.  He was lying in the streets collecting the garbages but was also going on the mercy on the school teachers.  Later I was given his address through one of our church friends.  On a hard struggle we could get him over here.  One more regrettable thing that this boy was working in a liquor shop to clean the glasses for his fathers selfishness sake.  He was mercilessly being beaten sometimes was being kicked while escaping we could find him in the railway station.  I am praying for this boy so that he may have sponsership. In this regard we urge your goodselves to consider him and see that he is sponsored with.  Thereby his life will be very much bettered.  This appeal is made humbly before your goodselves. 
 

That was before...this is after...

Greetings! I wanted to tell you about our interview with Rajesh. First of all, we spent the week observing him play and interact with the other children, and he is a happy boy and we didn't perceive any problems. Most of the children were somewhat bashful when we put him on the spot in the interview, but Rajesh spoke right up. He is in 6th class and is 12 years old. He always has a grin on his face, a look like he's planning some mischief. His favorite subject is math, and he likes to play volleyball. He also likes to climb, and once he climbed up to retrieve a goa fruit to show us. He is also a good swimmer. According to Rajanikanth, Rajesh is always smiling, very active, very helpful with the smaller boys, and is healthy. We asked Rajesh for some comments, and he said (through a translator): "The warden does a good job and the cook is giving good food." He would like to be a policeman when he grows up. He asked for prayers for his good health.

 

About the swimming: I asked where the children went to swim, and was told a very amusing story by Isaac. In the early days of SH, a group of five or six boys sneaked away from SH without informing anyone, and they went to one of the canals to go swimming. The canals are very dirty - I can only imagine what's living in that water. The other children reported on the naughty boys, and Isaac went to retrieve them. I had the impression that the only physical punishment they received was a twist of the ear, but that they got quite a talking to. Isaac explained more about the nature of SH, what was being offered to them, and what was expected of them. The boys were very repentant and promised never to do it again. Isaac called all of their names and had them line up before me, each wearing a very sheepish grin, shaking their heads and making motions with their hands to indicate "never again." It was difficult to keep a straight face. So some of the boys are good swimmers, but they're not permitted to swim in the dirty canals.

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