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About the Orphanage:
REACH Orphanage is located in
Bapatla, India. Through REACH, 350 destitute children receive
the bare minimum requirements of life: food, shelter, and
clothing.
Over the years, REACH has grown to include a primary school,
sewing & typing learning centers to teach the orphans and over
100 children from surrounding slum areas.
The REACH Orphanage has many needs. Children are in need of
basic school supplies, underwear, lightweight blankets, used
clothing, combs, lice killing shampoo, soap, toothbrushes and
toothpaste.
Additional needs include backpacks and water bottles.
Every morning & every evening
grateful songs of praise can be heard by all who pass the
orphanage. |
Facts about India:
·More
than 1 billion people live in India
·India
is roughly 1/3 the size of the
continental U.S.
·80%
Hindu; 3% Christian
·18
Major Languages and 1000 Minor Languages
·Over
50% of the population is below poverty level
·Caste
System = rigid system that
determines one’s place in society,
including arranged marriages & assigned jobs
·India
is the world's largest, oldest,
continuous civilization.
·India
is the world's largest democracy.
·India
invented the Number System.
·India
is one of the few countries in the World, which gained
independence without violence.
·India
is the largest English speaking
nation in the world. |
