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.

 

Venketesh already has a sponsor.

Child profiles by P. Isaac, Tenali, India.

Here is pathetic story with which I am very much worried. During  Sis, Amanda visit to us we were very privileged  to visit slum area. We found a hut there covered with  old clothes in which  a mother and two children by name Venkatesh, Hanuma stay in. Sis. Amanda was very much moved on considering their merciless condition. We were told that the father of above said two children died out of T.B. We also found she was leading her life by cleaning dishes in a small hotel. She was in a condition that she could not even earn minimum food for her there by struggle for food two children cannot be described. By God’s grace the two children are able to find accommodation in S.H through Sis.Amanda involvement. We are indeed grateful to her as she allowed them to have a better life.
 

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

Venketesh is 8 years old and in second class. His favorite games are kabaddi and ring toss. When we interviewed him, he had been at SH for only two or three days. He said he was rejoicing very much to be there, but I got the sense that it was also difficult for him to be in a new place. His mother, ill and destitute, will come to see him every few weeks. He was smiling and bashful, and he seemed to relax when Ruth held a special art class just for the new children. He enjoyed drawing and coloring.

Venketesh is the third from right; his little brother Hanuma is second from left. These new children are wearing their school uniforms.

 

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