In March of 2007 I had a scheduled business trip to Singapore and India.  My mom had mentioned that she would enjoy accompanying me on one of my business trips.  The timing worked out well and she tagged along.  This was a two week trip so we scheduled to have some vacation type activities over the weekends when I wasn’t working.  My mom had connected with a few people that were doing work in India.  We scheduled to travel to their different locations to see what they were doing.  At that time, we didn’t quite grasp what we were about to see...

Bihar, India Visit

Article written by Dean Nelson

During the trip we traveled to the India state of Bihar.  It is the poorest state in India and has a population of 90 million people.  In Bihar, we met Abraham, who is changing Bihar from an area of despair, to a place filled with hope and purpose.  Click [here] to get a first hand account of what it is like to visit the poorest part of India.

During my trip I made a decision to do three things when I returned to the US.

1. 1.Spread the word
   

2. The website you are seeing now is the start to share the wonderful things these people are doing.  Hopefully we can connect with more people who can help them.
   

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2. 2.Buy a school bus
   

3. I decided to start a fund raising drive. to collect enough to buy a new school bus for the kids in Patna. I will continue gathering support until I reach $10,000.  See how you can help the effort [here].
   

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3. 3.Create a video
   

4. Abraham needs a video of his work to show to people around the world when he travels gathering support.  I will use the footage I shot while we were there to help Abraham in his work.  It’s amazing that I decided to purchase a new HD camera to film the data center we finished in Bangalore rather than hiring a company.  This allowed me to capture good quality footage for Abraham while I was there.  Before I left for India, I had no idea I would even need to do this!
   

Bangalore, India Visit

Article written by “The MOM”

The first stop was in the heart of Bangalore, India.  We met Kumar and his wife Jeevaline.  They are helping the children of the Dalits who live in the slums of India’s fasting growing city.  The Dalits are considered “the untouchables”.  Because of this, poverty is everywhere and the Dailts do not have an opportunity to better themselves.  But there is a light in the middle of this darkness.  It’s called the Good Shepherd School.