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May 28
It’s been over a week since it happened, but I still can’t stop looking at this page. It’s hard to believe it’s real, but there it is, staring back at me with the total amount raised… $190,000. We knew it was a big amount when we agreed to fundraise for this project back in November. […] Read more...
Over the past few weeks, we have seen and heard some truly incredible things. We’ve gotten letters and checks from people in Arkansas who said they couldn’t sleep until they gave to this need. We’ve heard of middle school kids in North Carolina doing creative fundraisers for this land. We’ve gotten emails from a girl […] Read more...
Friends, we have an urgent need for the kids at Asha Mission Children’s Home in India. Please watch the video below before you move on… URGENT NEED :: Asha Land Project from The Sound of Hope on Vimeo. In case you couldn’t watch the video – allow me to explain this need here. The children […] Read more...
We wanted to give you another update on our sweet girls, Aksha and Jyoti. You may remember their story from this blog. The girls were both very sick – Aksha with serious lung infections and Jyoti with parasites in her brain (which we’d been fighting to heal for years!) We just got a report from […] Read more...
We would like to introduce you to the newest addition to the Asha House family in India. Meet Baby Leah! Isn’t she beautiful? Leah was born by c-section on January 20th. As you can see, she is already dearly beloved by the other children at Asha House! We are so grateful that her mother […] Read more...
We have one more important update from our year end projects - and we are really excited to share these photos with you! There are so many of you who gave to our Home for the Holidays fundraiser when our sweet kids at Asha House were in danger of being homeless at Christmas. Their landlord was kicking them out on December 17th, and they didn't have anywhere to go!
But thanks to your generosity, our kids (and staff) had nothing to worry about. In just 20 hours, $5,665 was raised to help them renovate an old school building and turn it into a big, beautiful Children's Home!
We are looking forward to taking you on a video tour during our next visit to India, but until then - we hope you enjoy these pictures!
Read more...Dec 26
Merry Christmas everyone! We hope you've all had a wonderful holiday with your loved ones. Here's a special message for you from our kids in India and Thailand. Thank you for helping us give these precious children HOPE this year! Read more...
Here in India, we've found that there are 3 main areas that the children at our homes are rescued from - the Red Light District, Leper Colonies, and the Slums. We've visited all three of these areas during this trip, but our visit to Chauma Slum was definitely the most overwhelming.
After a short drive from the Children's Home, we arrived at what appeared to be an empty trash heap. But as we peered inside the open huts made of leftover plastic and cardboard, children began to arrive out of nowhere. Within a few moments, we were surrounded by filthy, beautiful, pathetic, precious little boys and girls.
They were covered in dirt and sores. Snot dripped from their noses and their matted hair looked like it had never been washed or brushed. Their clothes were trash - torn, worn peices that other people had thrown away. And as they ran to us, Babu (our Indian partner) explained that any food they got was also from the trash - leftovers or spoiled items their parents found while trashpicking.
I looked deep into their eyes and it was more than I could take.
Read more...Who says people in India can't celebrate Thanksgiving!? Let me tell ya, our kids and staff at Asha House are VERY thankful today.
If you've been following me, Ericka or The Sound of Hope on facebook or Twitter then you know one of our orphanages here in India had a very urgent need a couple days ago. You can read about it and watch the video HERE.
Here's the bottom line - we needed to raise $5000 in a week. Sounds crazy, right? Well, believe it or not, it was donated in only 20 hours!
There were 21 people/families that gave to this need. Today, our kids are THANKFUL for YOU!
Read more...As you saw in the last video we posted, we've spent the last four days at Asha Mission - one of our Children's Homes in Delhi, India. We still have a lot of great stories and videos (and long-term needs) to share with you about this home, but during our visit to Asha House yesterday (our 2nd Children's Home here), we found out about an URGENT need that we had to share ASAP. (*note - if you're wondering why both homes have the word Asha in their name, it's because Asha is Hindi for HOPE.)
Yesterday, we found out that the children and the staff are literally being kicked out of the home they've been living in for the past 4 years. Unfortunately, this is a risk when you run an orphanage in a rented house (which is why our hope is to someday help the house parents purchase land of their own!) The landlord has decided to rent the property to another organization for twice the amount, and he's decided to do it quickly. The staff, all 30 children, and all of their belongings have to be out of this house by December 17th!
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