There are 400 million children in India.
35% of the population is living on under $1 a day.
One in every ten children is disabled in India.
1 out of every 6 girls does not live to see her 15th birthday.
Every sixth girl child's death is due to gender discrimination.
28% of girls are abused between the ages of 8 and 12.
There are approximately 2 million child commercial sex workers between the age of 5 and 15 years and about 3.3 million between 15 and 18 years.

Friday, December 01, 2006

Sunaina & Bharti


Sunaina is one of the funniest people I've ever meet. (Leslie, she has you quip humor and can turn the most mundane thing into the biggest farce.) Her favorite color is blue. She likes to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. She likes to eat chow mein and drink coca-cola. Her favorite subject is English and she hates Hindi and science. She wants to be an Air Hostess when she grows up.

Bharti is petite and is full of questions. Her favorite colors are blue. She likes to draw. Her favorite subject is English and she hates General Knowledge class. Her favorite actor is Sharukhan. When she grows up she wants to be an Air Hostess.

1 Comments:

Blogger Leslie said...

I love that you told us about the children that have forever changed you. I wasn't able to stay long enough to get to know the Ukrainian orphans as intimately as you have gotten to know these souls. How funny to hear their preferences and dreams for the future. Will they have the opportunity to pursue these things once they leave agnel? Is a there a social stigma attached to them like the orphans in Ukraine?

Alicia said to let you know that she's been praying fervently for you. Mrs Gilman came by today and asked for your blog address. They're in town for the weekend but will be back before Christmas as well. Erin sat with me for awhile. She seems settled, mature, and doing so well in SC.

I can't believe you've been there a month. Brace yourself. The departure won't be an easy one. What will u do with your layover in London??? We will be here waiting for you.

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