Archive for January 26, 2009
Bob’s notes – Visit to India, part 2
Mission awareness trip
Jan. 6-18, 2009
After spending a most enjoyable week with the sponsors in South India, Cristina, Alvaro Aguilar (Guatemala) and I flew to Hyderabad. We were privileged to visit subprojects, families and mothers groups, together with staff members from CFCA-Kansas and CFCA-Bhagalpur.
Words from a sponsored mother
“Normally every program ends with the vote of thanks … but today this word thanks comes right from the bottom of every mother’s heart. It’s not only financial and material knowledge that is given … but we are taught how to earn our living, how to educate our children, how to build a good and happy family and how to be a good mother.”—Agnes, Rosevilla Mothers Group
Small mothers group (SMG) leaders conference
This has been a day of inspiration and celebration with about 900 mothers group leaders present and a very high level of energy, identity and “buy-in” with the CFCA program.
Inspiring to me were the 20 little girls from subproject BLP, former street children. Sister Margaret shared their stories: This one was abandoned in the railway station. This one was found in the city market. These precious children (ages 2 to10) had prepared a few songs and a birthday cake for Mr. Prakash and they literally became part of my song Esmeralda … really because they have lived and are living similar realities today.
Community based
The mothers can be seen walking from their home to the meeting place. The transparency of the program, together with the joy and confidence of the mothers, speak clearly that this program is healthy and sustainable. I believe it can be said that they are truly community-based when our own CFCA colleagues living and serving in their own community give the example of walking with poor without religious, caste or any other prejudice. (more…)
January 26, 2009 at 2:52 pm Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA) 2 comments
