A Christian school for the slum children in Beggar's Valley, India
Two of us visited a Christian school that serves the children who live in Beggar's Valley in Hyderabad, India. The building is very run-down. It is in such poor shape but there is no money for repairs.
The children are hungry but there is no money for a lunch for them.
The following is from Pastor Samuel, who runs the school:
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First we appreciate you very much for your favorable consideration towards us and we appreciate you also for remembering us. We praise the Lord that it is come from the Lord and it is God’s plan.
We are also praying a lot with fasting for a financial miracle.
We started by faith and hope our school on the Word of God ‘Train up a child in the way that he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it” Proverbs 22:6.
And pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. James 1:27.
And “Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.” Mt. 28:19.
We have no missionaries or groups and churches or denomination in foreign or here behind us. This school work is running only by faith and hope and prayer.
We want to spread gospel to the children and their parents and give free education on non profit basis. We started our school on 1999 June 12th by prayer. Since then we have educated many orphans and slum dwellers. 99% of the children that study in our school are slum dwellers. Many children come to school without eating anything at home in the morning. In the afternoon they bring very little food.
For few years we also provided midday meal to our school children because of their pitiable condition. But due to our financial crisis we stopped midday meal but continuing free education.
We took this building on rent for long lease for 30 years from 1990 to 2020- May 30th ending. We deposited Rupees 100000 with the building owner and made an agreement for 30 years lease.
1) We are paying Rupees 10,000 per month at present. We have 10 years more agreement until 2020. This is for your information.
2) We have 175 children in our school at present. We are collecting Rupees 150 per month from each child from 100 children.
3) We have 11 teaching and 3 non teaching staff, and we are paying salary of Rs 21000/-
per month
The school is running in losses of Rs.21000/- though day by day it is becoming very difficult for us to run the school, but by seeing the pitiable condition of the children that are in the slums and at beggars’ valley we are running the school. We are not hopeless people but in the Lord we are hopeful people and expecting that God will bless us one day for better future for His glory.
Pastor Samuel
posted by Gloria Goris Stronks @ 2:41 PM
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