As I mentioned in last month’s email, our kids have now advanced to 4th grade. We want to invite all our sponsors to pray for their child's encouragement and perseverance in their school work, pray they would study hard, respect their teachers, and be motivated to learn.
When we were in India in February, one of the things we learned about most of these children is that they’re “first generation learners”. When we asked if most of the children’s parents were literate, the staff explained that usually, no, the parents are not literate. But beyond just that, many of the parents have never attended school a day in their lives. Many of our children’s parents do not value getting an education at all (much less a quality education). It would benefit them more in the short term if their children would simply work and contribute to the family’s income & needs. It is difficult for them to see beyond today, to have a vision for how their child getting an education will ultimately lead to a better job & more pay-- and an ability to help the family even more. So going to school is not necessarily a high value to many of them.
Because of this reality, for your sponsor children to have an adult like YOU positively impacting their life for education… encouraging them to stick with it, to study hard, to learn all they can… this is a unique gift. You have a voice of influence. Use it when you write to your child.
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| These are mothers of our students who came to an event we invited them to at the school. Many of these women have never attended school. |
