Maranatha Children Homes

Raising poor and needy children for God and Country.

Maranatha Children Homes is a ministry of Maranatha Visvasa Samajam (Maranatha Faith Community), a full gospel and charismatic faith community started by Rev. G. Moses Choudary. The Children Home was started in the native village of pastor Moses Choudary, Kurumaddali, with a strength of 22 children in the year 1982, with the aim of raising poor and needy children for God and country.
 

Boys and girls at Maranatha Children Home, Vijayawada.

The Children Home kids at Vijayawada have recently gone on picnic to a beach and they had a great time. The 270 boys and girls are very happy in Children Homes where housing, food, clothing, medical, and educational expenses are provided free. Some of them are in colleges and universities. Several of them have accepted Jesus as their savior. The kids in Hyderabad - What a day for them when they saw an airplane for the first time and ran with it as far as they could screaming airplane…airplane!!!

Four Children Homes

1) Children Home at Vijayawada At present there are about 270 kids in four Children Homes. One of the oldest boys has become a doctor, another two engineers, one has become computor engineer, one is pursuing his computer studies, one is a Management graduate, One is going to become a Physical-therapist, three of them are in polytechnic college and three others are presently going to Engineering college and another one to medical college. The Children Home was started in the native village of, of Pastor Moses Choudary, Kurumaddali, with a strength of 20 children. It was later shifted to the city of Vijayawada after getting a permanent facility.

Every summer, they get six weeks off when we send them home to be with either their mother, father, grand parents, uncle or aunt etc. to keep in touch with the surviving family. We keep the kids who have nobody to go with us in Vijayawada. We keep them in our homes or with some believers to give a family touch.

The 10th graders in Vijayawada Children Home have done exceptionally well in their final exams conducted in April. Two of them got admitted into Polytechnic Colleges and others into Junior Arts & Science colleges. Another boy got admitted into an Engineering College and another just got a job in Hyderabad after graduating from a Polytechnic College. Thank the Lord for blessing them. Several of them have been saved and love Jesus.

 Glimpses of daily Activities of the children

The children wake up at five o' clock in the morning and go for devotion which lasts for half an hour. They have a study hour from six to eight o'clock and they have their breakfast after finishing their bath. The school starts at 9.30 AM for the morning session and ends at 12.30PM for lunch. They have break for one hour and again the afternoon session starts at 1.30 PM and ends at 4PM. From 4PM to 6PM they play games and sports. They have study hour from 6PM to 8PM. From 8 to 8.30 they have devotion. 8.30 to 9 they have night dinner. This is the usual schedule on week days. On Sundays they attend Sunday school classes at the church.
 

The School

We used to hire teachers and have class rooms in the Children Home premises. However, we have learned with experience, that the children are not getting exposed to the outside atmosphere as they live and go to classes in the same premises. So, we are sending the children to a good privately run school in the city of Vijayawada.

The home is assisted by cooking staff (4 members), a washer-man and a scavenger. It has a permanent barber who visits the home twice a month. The children wear uniform for the school, usually with a different color each year. They wear color dress for special occasions like Christmas, New year etc. They feel elated after wearing a new dress and will be in joyous mood the whole day. They have double-decker cots to sleep. Their academic curriculum includes Moral Science, General Knowledge, Drawing, English, Telugu, Hindi, Maths, Science and Social Studies. They have fine arts and literary activities like debate, elocution, essay writing, singing, dancing and different activities as such for occasions.
 

Picnic times - Times of fun.

2) Children Home at Kannapuram

Kannapuram is a small village in an interior part of West Godavary district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The majority of people living in that area are a backward tribe called Koyas who are a nomadic people group with primitive culture.

Four of the kids have passed the 7th grade with high scores. They have taken an annual comprehensive exam and one of our boys stood in the first place in the whole school. Since they did so well I wanted to move them to Vijayawada city where I could send them to even a better school until the 10th grade. But the Headmaster of the school has refused to transfer them saying that they were too good students to move and that he'd not want his school miss the reputation these kids would bring in future. So, I had to leave the kids in Kannapuram.

The Children Home ministry has had an influence upon the people of Kannapuram that they have come to know that we share the love of God with the poor and needy kids. It has helped Pastor. Samuel John reach some souls. Thank God for the open doors to preach the gospel to the people of this area.

We wanted to send the children to an English medium school where all the subjects are taught in English but found out that it'd cost us much more. So, we've dropped that idea for now. If we can get an average of $ 30 a month on each child, we can put them in English medium school next year, ie. in June 2001.

3) Children Home at Zaheerabad

It only costs about $ 30 (US dollars 30) per month to sponsor a boy or a girl which covers their food, shelter, clothing, education etc. So just contact us for more info.

4) New Children Home at Hyderabad

I have started a new Children Home in June at Hyderabad with 35 boys and girls from 4 to 12 years of age. Ammaji, my wife, did the cooking for a week until the cooks came in. It is exciting to see all these kids playing and running all over the ground. It is a beautiful sight to see. I see a lot of life on the land now. I am humbled to be a little part of sharing God’s love to the unfortunate, poor, needy, and orphan kids with your partnership.

the stories behind the kids are heart-moving. Oh, this sin-sick world has caused so much damage to even the innocent children. But Thank The Lord for giving us HIS burden to care for them and share HIS LOVE with them. Glory to God !!

We've admitted them into a nearby school. We had an official opening on July the 10th. It was a glorious time when the prominent community people were surprised with joy that an orphanage has begun in their community. One of them said that he’d supply rice for the kids for one year. The city officials were there too.

Thank God for three gas-connections granted by the Government without any deposit. Cooking gas is rationed in India and controlled by the Central Government. We got clothes made for the kids by the tailor. Each kid has three school uniforms and three regular dresses. We've purchased the shoes, socks, and ties for their school. They look absolutely beautiful. They don't look poor anymore. They have new strength and will be a blessing to the ministry in Hyderabad. They are excited and very happy. And we are very happy for them.

1. Dr. Prabhakar Tumpati, MD, was one of the first 22 boys when we started the Children Home in 1982.  He won 2 gold medals in his school of a 1000 students as the Academic Champion. He got a rank of 127 in EAMCET, an admission test taken by 50,000 students, to go to Osmania Medical College in the city of Hyderabad. After his graduation from Osmania Medical College, he was working as a doctor in India and in the country of Norway for a few years before moving to the United States. He was saved by the Lord as a teenager in our ministry in Vijayawada. He is married to an MCA (Masters in Computer Applications) woman living in the USA. He is currently in the pursuit of getting further medical training in Internal Medicine. He would be starting his residency in Internal Medicine in the state of Pennsylvania from June 2004. He is also the webmaster for this website.

2. J. Ramachandra Rao got his MS (Electronic Engineering) from the University of Toledo, Ohio. He currently works for a reputed Hardware company located in Florida, USA. He is the son of one of the pastors in our ministry. He got his B.Tech. from J.N.T.U. in Kakinada before coming to the US for further studies.

3. B.Gopala Krishna has finished his M.C.A (Masters in Computer Applications) and been hired by Hughes Software Systems in the year 2000 with 250,000 Rupees (about $6,000) a year. He has sent his first gift of $400 to the Children Home. He was on a soft-ware project work in Maryland, USA for about 6 months in 2002.  Since November, 2003, he  works  for the same company in Maryland, United States.

3. Y. Sudhakar Rao  got his B. tech. ( Electronic and Comm. Eng)  and is working as a lecturer in Vignan Engineering college in the city of Guntur. He secured the state 1st rank in the state of Andhra Pradesh and won a cash prize of 25,000 rupees in ECET. He was previously working for IBM with 330,000 Rupees (about $7,270) a year. This ministry has sponsored their education with your gifts. And Thank you for your partnership !

4. G. Samuel got his B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) from J.N.T.U. in Kakinada. He latter started a computer Institute in Kakinada to train many software engineers. He is married and has a daughter.

5. Pastor T. Jyothi Babu got his B. Th. and M. Div degrees in theology and is serving the Lord in the city of Hyderabad. He was one of the first 22 boys that came to the Children Home. His father is one of the pastors in our ministry.

Some of the Fruits of the Ministry along with Pastor Moses Choudary.

7. J. Siva Kumar got a competitive rank in the entrance test called EAMCET in order to get in to a medical school. He is doing his 3rd year of M. B; B. S. from Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam. He wants to serve the Lord and Land as a doctor.

8. K. Ramesh is doing his B. Pt. (Bachelors in Physiotherapy) in the city of Hyderabad. He wants to be used by the Lord as a physiotherapist.

9. G. Chandra Mouli grew up in the Children Home and is serving the Lord as a musician.

10. B. David got a competitive rank of 390 in an entrance exam and did his Diploma in Electronics and Comun. Eng. from Masabtank Polytechnic in Hyderabad. He was awarded a merit award and a gold medal by the chief Minister of the state on Sept 6th, 2002.

11. B. Bhushan Raju got his Diploma in Computer engineering in Gudlavalleru Polytechnic College and is getting his B. tech in Visakhapatnam.

These are just a few of the fruits of the ministry of Maranatha Children Homes. Since its humble beginning in the year 1982, this ministry has helped hundreds of children get food, clothing, shelter, good quality education, and bible based value systems needed in life.

A dollar a day!

What a privilege we have to care for and share our love to these kids! It costs $30 a month on each child. It includes a child's food, clothing, medical, maintenance, and educational expenses, and the utilities such as the electricity & phone expenses and the staff salaries such as two cooks, kitchen helper, doby to wash clothes, Warden. God’s kids like you make possible the ministry of Maranatha Children Homes. Dollar A Day, helps a kid. That’s not much! Is it?