Precious Children's Home of India

Virginia Baptists invite you to sponsor one or more precious children of India.

We have identified 110 boys and girls along the southern coast of India whose lives were changed in the blink of an eye, without warning, by the devastating tsunami that hit central Asia in December of 2004. In an instant, most of these children lost every material thing in their lives, in some cases including siblings, relatives, and either one parent or both. Virginia Baptists, guided and coordinated by India Baptist Convention leaders, are generously providing funding for the care and temporary living quarters for these 110 children in various locations around southern India until the first three buildings of a new Precious Children’s Village are completed in 2008.

Once the children have moved to the Precious Children’s Village, all funds donated by Virginia Baptists for tsunami recovery will have been distributed. These sponsorships will provide continuing care for these children until they are able to be on their own.

May God bless and guide you as you consider your role in this life-supporting, life-changing project.

What this means to a child...

Shelter

Virginia Baptists’ partnership with the India Baptist Convention and India Vision will provide shelter for these precious children. The first blocks have been laid, progress is being made, and there is a dedication service planned for February of 2008 for the first two units of the Village.

Personal loving care

Children who live at the Precious Children’s Home are assisted by dedicated men and women who sacrifice quite a bit to give special, personal attention to these children. Currently the main campus of the Children’s Home is located on the same grounds as the India Baptist Seminary. This gives the children access to another group of caring, Christian adults who spend a portion of their week with the children. Older children are given responsibility over younger children as well to help them with their leadership and family skills as well as to assist younger children by having a “big brother or big sister” to look after them.

Healthy diet

The children receive well balanced meals at the Precious Children’s Home.

Education & access to medical service

Each child (of age) at the Precious Children’s Home attends public school, allots at least one hour each evening to homework, and gets tutored in several classes. Younger children attend school on campus and learn the fine arts of drawing, counting, and creative play – just like our young children. Regular check-ups by local physicians as well as access to emergency care at any time make these children some of the “lucky” ones in India.

Nurturing Christian environment

Each child living at the Precious Children’s Home celebrates in daily worship and devotion time. Bible study is a regular practice and each child attends a local church. The Precious Children’s Home is by nature a Christian environment so a child cannot escape the love of Christ that is offered by all of the staff.

What this means to you...

Joy of giving & receiving

Truly giving of yourself should not make you happy – it should bring a deep sense of joy. Caring for those in need was a key priority of Jesus’ teaching. Consider this opportunity simply a way for you to follow through with doing as Christ would have done “for the least of these….”

Relationship with a child

Your gifts do not simply go into a general fund to assist a random set of people. Your gift goes directly to the Precious Children’s Home and is used for one specific child. This gives you a starting point for a unique relationship.

Personal contact with the child through exchange of letters

You have the opportunity to send and receive letters from your child. These letters will become treasures to everyone involved as they will allow you a glimpse into each other’s world.

Possibility of visiting the child in India (through a partnership project)

Because of our ongoing partnership with the India Baptist Convention there are several teams a year that travel to India to assist in a variety of mission projects. You are welcome to join one of these teams. If you are able to join a team we will do the best we can to provide you with the opportunity to meet your child and have some time together to further that relationship.

Acknowledgement of tax-deductible contribution

All financial contributions made in this endeavor are considered tax deductible. You will receive acknowledgement at the end of the year as to your total contributions.

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