Did you know ?

• 35,000 children will die of malnutrition and preventable diseases today.

• Over one billion people worldwide live in poverty, mostly women and children.

• Each year, more than 12 million children under five years of age die in India.

• 130 million primary school children have no access to education in India.

• An estimated 250 million children work in the developing world.

• There are 100 million street children in the world.

• 7,000 Nepali girls are sold to brothels each year.

• There are 100,000 children living on Calcutta’s streets.

Who are these children ?

• Children at risk from poverty
• Children at risk because of AIDS
• Children at risk from exploitation
• Children at risk from war
• Children at risk from life on the streets

What are we doing ?

Harvest NOW is helping 2,000 children in Asia by providing funds for building orphanages, supporting orphans and providing exciting children programs to help them grow in a safe and Christian environment.

Orphans in India

• Asansol - Eastern India        

• Machlipatnam  - Southern India

Orphans in the Himalayas

Orphans in China

Orphans in Cambodia

Orphans in Vietnam

My name is Neema.  I am 12 years old. I come from a Tibetan family. My parents died a few years ago.  They were Tibetan Refugee living in Nepal. After both of my parents died because of severe shortage food and bitter winter weather, I went to live with my grandmother.  

We were living in a single room. There was no bathroom, shower or electricity. We slept on the floor and at night it got very cold. We spent every night praying, hoping to survive another day.  Life was very hard and very difficult. Most of the time we had nothing to eat but radish soup. Grandmother made rice wine and sold it to the villagers to earn a little money. Plenty of firewood and water was needed for making these drinks.  Every day I went far distances to collect water from the spring and firewood from the forest.

Grandma could not afford to send me to school.  But every week I looked forward to going to church in our village.  The name or our church is The Victory Church started by Harvest NOW mission. I enjoyed the church service and always took part in the Sunday school. Grandma always taught me to praise and fear God. She was glad I was going to church with my friends.

Three years ago after my grandmother died, a missionary working in our area arranged for me to come to a very nice children’s home where I could stay.  After I came to this home, my life began to change for better. This home is operated by Harvest NOW and just like me, there are many other children who also live in this home.  Here I am loved by our house parents Uncle Pat and Aunty June.  They are very kind and loving.  Every day we are able to go to school and learn about Jesus.  I also enjoy nice hot meals twice a day.  Breakfast and a snack are also provided. Every six months we are given new shoes.  But most of all, I love to worship God and lead my youth group in prayer and Bible study every night.

Meet Lalan Murmu - A tribal boy in India

My name is Lalan Murmu.  I am six years old. I come from a Santhal tribal background that has been for living in the dense forest of interior regions in India. My tribe follows the Hindu religion of animal sacrifice and worship. When I was 2 years old, my father was accidentally killed during a tribal hunting festival. My mother works as a dishwasher and breaks stones on the roadside. My home is a thatch hut by the road side. I really wanted to learn to read and write but I could not as my mother did not send me to school as she was too poor to spend wages on anything else except food.

A year ago something good happened in our lives. A missionary from Harvest NOW came and prayed for us. They told us about the living God and his son Jesus Christ, and how God wanted everyone to be happy and free.  The missionary visited us more frequently and after a couple of months there was a small gathering in our village to praise and worship God. It was there that Jesus Christ came into our lives on the thatch hut by the roadside. My mother accepted Jesus as her Savior. Our ‘hut’ is now used for school for the children. I am slowly learning how to read and write.

Last week God helped me to come to one of the orphanages cared for by Harvest NOW in India.  Now I have an opportunity for a better education and to learn more about the love of Jesus Christ. Will you please pray for my mother who is a widow and my two other sisters so that they too can have a better life. I know God will help them.

Meet Devi, Mona and Pappu

The whole village rejoiced the day Devi married a businessman from Calcutta.  Her family was so proud.  She was going to Calcutta for her honeymoon.  Instead, at the age of 15, Devi began her “married” life in a dark room of her new home, a brothel. 

Mona and Pappu have never slept in a bed.  Each evening, they make their way to the alley behind a hospital.  With the few rupees ($) they earn selling paper, cardboard, and rags, they buy a meal.  They feel fortunate because their sleeping place is quiet and secluded, away from the railway platforms where street children are robbed and abused. 

Devi, Mona, and Pappu represent the millions of children at risk in India, Nepal, China, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia.  Many of these children have no chance of eating one proper meal a day, of going to school or of sleeping and living in a secure home.  Some girls never see their 5^th birthday due to higher rates of foeticide and infanticide.  In Calcutta, a 2004 survey identified nearly 200,000 children who were not in school.  Most of the reasons for their absence relate to issues of poverty discrimination, and migration.

These children often have shortened life spans, ill health and little or no education.  They are treated as misfits, criminals, and yet, most of them have been abused, neglected, and exploited in ways we cannot even imagine.  They are the innocent victims of adult sins.

Children of the Future - Children of Destiny 

We are asking you to join hands with us to help the poor and orphan children in India, China, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. 

Help the Orphans - Please click here.

 Thank you for helping the poor and orphan children in Asia