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.

 

Dilip already has a sponsor.

Child profiles by P. Isaac, Tenali, India.

Here is a boy by name Dilip, who is 9 years old . As we were visiting slum area along with Sis.Amanda , Bro. Ray & Sis. Ruth we found this boy in the slum area. we really do not know what his flashback is. According to him, his parents missed him in the train. After that he was helpless and going door to door to beg food .He was sitting under the tree with hungry stomach and urging all of us for food. He also showed where he stayed and also showed his fishing rod. He was very much curious and expressed his enthusiasm to get educated. Sister was very much moved and allowed him to be put up in S.H. Now the boy is doing well by God’s grace. we are extremely happy with his presence. Thereby we are thankful to Sis.Amanda.

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

Greetings! I will tell you what I know about Dilip. We went to visit a slum area during our trip, to distribute food. It was an open area near a canal, mostly dirt with some bushes, and a tree being worshipped. We didn't see them worshipping it, only saw that it was painted a certain way and offerings left there. We were called over to meet a boy (I think Rajanikanth or Anil called us over) named Dilip. He had a little tent-like thing rigged up with some sticks. I don't have photos of it, but I did get it on video. The tent material was old tarp, and it was held up with some sticks. He could just fit inside, and he showed us his fishing pole (stick with string) and homemade broom. He said that he had no parents and had been in this situation for four years. We thought they had died, but later learned that he had been abandoned in the train station. He had attended school for two years, but then had to stop to support himself. Te earn money for food, he was collecting plastics (trash) to sell to the recycling center. He wanted very much to go back to school. He was so thin.

 

We told Isaac that if there was room for Dilip, we could certainly find a sponsor. (Thanks!) Rajanikanth gave him the address, and we left. That night, I think, we were called outside to greet the new children who had come from the slum area, and two others. Dilip was there with his small bag of possessions. He ate with the others, and they all had a safe place to sleep. The next day, Dilip was meeting the other children, and we noticed him joining in the games with them. What a relief it must have been for him! Because of the holiday in January, school was scheduled to be out for several days. Dilip and the other new kids would be enrolled on the Monday after we left. We gave Isaac $90 each for them - $30 for the first month while we looked for sponsors, $10 for school uniforms, and $50 for their supplies (bed rolls, pillows, lockers, etc.).  While the other children went to their last day at school before the holiday, Ruth took the new kids to the church building, where she gave them an art lesson and let them decorate bags and color some of her illustrated Bible stories.

 

On the last day, when I interviewed the kids, I also interviewed the new ones. Dilip thinks he is 9 or 10 years old, but he isn't sure. He says he has finished 3rd class, so he will likely be starting 4th now. He is very happy to start school. When he used to attend school, he liked English and math. His favorite game is khokho. The comment he made about SH: "no hungry now." please pray for his health and his education. He also says that he is grateful to be admitted into SH.

Dilip is the tallest boy, in his new school uniform.

 

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