In 2008, Faith Home for Children Overcoming HIV and AIDS was initiated in a rented house in Adoni, Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh, India, overcoming several obstacles along the way with the help of a few well wishers and sympathetic local government officials due to the persistent, unflinching and single-minded commitment of the founder, Rev (Dr). R Daniel Premkumar. Since then, the institution has grown and now houses 19 girls and 17 boys ranging from age 5 to 15. Girls now are living in a well furnished building that was completed in July 2013 and the boys still continue to live in the tin roofed hut in which the home was started. As a result of the construction of the new building, the home could now increase the intake of children in the days to come. In view of the contemplated increase in intake and heightened need to equip the children with employable skills, the Home presently requires the following additional facilities.
The priority from the beginning has been, and more so now, is building up of children: A desire to spend generously on Vocation Building, Children’s Education, additional Computer Facilities, and Qualitative Nutrition for HIV Infected, Sports and Games, Exposure and Educational trips to places of interest, Talent Development, Spiritual Nurture and Leadership Building. The wish list also includes a few infrastructural needs such as development of assured water supply system for the home as well as certain agriculture related resources for self-reliant and sustainable living.
An Appeal for Ushering in a New Dawn :
· Digging of a bore well and setting up a complete and reliable water supply system at Faith Home still stands out as a priority. This is estimated to cost about Rupees One hundred thousand. (Approximately US$1700.00)
· In order to meet the priority objective of building up of children, the estimated financial requirement for each child is about US$50.00 per month. When you sponsor a child in Faith Home, your commitment of US$50 per month has the potential to change the child’s life forever! Your support changes every aspect of your sponsored child’s life. Such Children in Faith Home’s program are provided with a chance to thrive and prosper, physically economically, socially and spiritually. Faith Home is committed to helping children in desperate need to grow into competent, world wise and committed Christian adults. More than 22,000 children less than 5 years of age per day die from causes that often are preventable and treatable. Such a situation could be directly associated with their poverty and deprivation related to nutrition, health care, education and economic and social empowerment. You can play a key role in helping to turn these numbers around. Your monthly sponsorship helps provide your child with life-changing benefits that include:
· Nutritious meals
· Health and hygiene care
· Medical checkups/drugs
· Educational opportunities
· Skill development
· The caring embrace of a local church
Sponsor now! Be the answer to a child’s prayer. Your life changes too.
Rev Dr R Daniel Premkumar
Founder – Faith Home for Children Overcoming HIV & AIDS,
2-462/1, Shantha Mallesappa Temple Road, Adoni- 518 302, Kurnool District, AP, India
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