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Kagita
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Stories on Children - Part 1
Kagita
Date of birth: 27th October 2006
Sex / Religion: Female /Hindu
Place of birth: Vuyyuru, INDIA
Family:
Mother died and Father alive
Language / grade: Telugu/ Lower Kinder Garten - English Medium
Remarks -
Swarna is one of the three children. She has two elder brothers. Swarna parent’s
marriage was arranged by elders. Her father worked as an employee in a small
private company with a meager income. Later he had a calling from God and
committed his life to serve the people. He went to a Bible college for training
and after completion of the course, the man started ministry independently. He
did not have any sort of financial support from any denomination. After Swarna
was born, her mother suffered severally with Nervous weakness followed by hypo
tension and anemia. She was unable to do regular duties and fulfill
responsibilities to the children. She was subjected to electrical treatments,
but was not able to recover and finally succumbed to weakness in June 2008. The
family lost the caring hand and the father became lonely with his three
children. They also suffered financially. The elder boy was placed with his
grandparents and the burden of supporting the other two kids became burdensome
to the father as he is staying in the ministry.
The man came to know about Maranatha Children Home at Vijayawada in a gospel
meeting and came forward and explained his situation about his family. He was
expecting admission for Swarna and seeing his pathetic condition, the girl was
given admission. Swarna is
happy here as she is enjoying the fellowship of other Children like her. He is
being taught the discipline and moral values of life. Love and care are shown to
her in an environment that is conducive to his physical, mental and spiritual
growth. May God richly bless your
generosity in helping this needy girl.
Name: Harish Maddukuru
Date of birth: 25th August 2003
Sex / Religion: Male /Hindu
Place of birth: Thulluru, INDIA
Family:
Mother died and Father alive
Language / grade: Telugu/ Upper Kinder Garten - English Medium
Remarks -
Harish is one of the two children. He has one younger sister. Both the children
are born out of the love marriage of their parents. This marriage was not liked
by either of the grand parent’s of the children. The couple stayed in harmony in
spite of the dislike by their in-laws. The man made his living by working as a
truck driver with a small pay. Due to financial
implication, the wife also joined in a small savings scheme offered by ladies
community. She needs to pay monthly
scheme amount without any pending according to their rules. After 3 to 4 months
of joining in the scheme, she failed to keep her commitment to the scheme and
this led to big amount in pending. The scheme people demanded for money and
her husband did not know about this until they come to the house. The man did
not know anything about this issue. They both started to quarrel each other for
this reason and for the pending payment. The woman felt angry, guilty and
insecure in this situation and committed suicide by taking Pesticide.
The kids became Orphan and the father became scared about this situation and
deserted both the kids and left to an unknown destination. Both the children are
now destitute and their grandparents did not come forward to their rescue. One
of the relative had taken both the children to their home. She was searching for
an alternative shelter to join Harish and his sister and heard about Maranatha
Children Home at Vijayawada through her friend. She approached us and explained
the sad story about the children. Upon seeing the pathetic condition, we took
Harish and his sister into the home. Harish is now happy as he is having three
meals a day, clothing, shelter and education. He is growing in an environment
that is conducive to his physical, mental and spiritual growth.
May God richly bless your generosity in
helping this needy girl.
Name: -
Anantha
Sowjanya
Date of Birth:
- October
10, 2002
Sex/Religion:
- Female/Christian
Place of Birth:
- Medak, India
Family:
- Father left the family
Language/Grade:
- Telugu/II grade – English medium
Remarks – Sowjanyais one of the three children. She has an elder sister and a brother. Her
father supports the family by working as a laborer and the meager income coming
from the hard work is insufficient to meet the physical needs and education
expenses of all the children. At that time Sowjanya is in her mother’s womb.
The couple lived happily for a few years and in the course of time the man
developed bad habits like drinking and totally depended on money for fulfilling
the passions. Her mother also supported the family by working as a farm laborer.
He used to force his wife for money when she carried Sowjanya in her womb. She
suffered with her husband’s torture. Finally the family took divorce in the
presence of Gram Panchayath members. After divorcing her husband, she gave birth
to Sowjanya. When Sowjanya was born, there was none to help her mother except
the grandmother. By this time the livelihood of the family is financially weak
and it’s too difficult to live. There was no other support for the family. Only
her mother did hard work to support the family. Sowjanya’s father never came
back to the house after she was born.
By the help of her
relatives she came to know about Maranatha Children Home in
Hyderabad. She approached us to take this little girl and Sowjanya
was granted admission into the home that cares to the needs of orphan children.
Seeing upon the pathetic condition, the
Sowjanya was granted
admission. Sowjanya
is now happy in this home as she is going to school along with other kids and is
having three meals a day, clothing, and shelter. She is growing in an
environment that is conducive to her physical, mental and spiritual growth.
Thank you and God bless you for supporting this needy girl!!!
Name: -
Ragaraju
Dappu
Date of Birth:
- November
15, 2002
Sex/Religion:
- Male, Hindu
Place of Birth:
- Medak, India
Family:
- Both parents died
Language/Grade:
- Telugu - Upper Kinder Garten – English medium
Remarks – Raga
Raju is one of the
three children. He has two elder sisters. His father supports the family by
working as a farm laborer and the meager income coming from the hard work is
insufficient to meet the physical needs of all the children. The couple lived
happily for a few years and in the course of time the man developed an extra
marital affair with another woman. He deserted the family for that woman. His
wife was mentally shocked for his behavior and started searching
everywhere for her Husband even during nights. Years passed away in pursuance of
her life partner. In the meantime her daughters have grown up into young girls.
The elder daughter’s marriage was performed with the help of village people. The
woman became mentally retarded and the local village people helped her to come
back to home instead of wandering. During this situation, the mentally retarded
woman was deceived by someone and got pregnancy and finally gave birth to Raga Raju.
As the woman was unable to take care of this newborn baby, the younger sister
started to care for him. Later the relatives and village people performed the
second daughter’s marriage.
Immediately after
the marriage, the family came to know about the murder of the woman. After the
dead body was recovered from a school bathroom, elder people in the village
contributed some money for the funeral of Raga Raju’s mother. Now Raga
Raju is total orphan. After he lost his mother, the sister and
brother-in-law started to care for him. One day, Raga Raju’s father came
back to his house and was surprised to see the boy and objected the child, as he
is not from his blood and threatened to kill him. The boy’s brother in-law also
started objecting and asked his wife either to kill the boy or else depart from
the house along with him. She decided to come out of the house for the sake of
this little boy and started working as a maidservant in some houses of
believer’s from the fellowship of Maranatha. These believers came to know about
her problems and informed the Pastor of their church. The Pastor understood
their need and advised them to join Raga Raju in Maranatha Children Home
at Hyderabad, which cares to the needs of orphan children. Seeing upon the
pathetic condition, the boy was granted admission. Raga Raju is now happy
in this home as he is going to school along with other kids and is having three
meals a day, clothing, and shelter. He is growing in an environment that is
conducive to his physical, mental and spiritual growth. Thank you and God bless
you for supporting this needy boy!!!
Name:
Chaitanya Raghava Kanumilli
Date of Birth:
24th December 1998
Sex/Religion:
- Male, Hindu
Place of Birth:
- Visakha, India
Family:
Both the parents died
Language/Grade:
- Telugu/6th grade in English medium
Remarks:
Chaitanya’s father earned his livelihood by farming. His mother was sick with
tumor in her stomach. She neglected her health without taking any treatment.
So, she expired in February 2004. After his mother’s death his father was
addicted to alcoholism and later he was affected with jaundice. Because of his
sickness he didn’t take care of his children. He did not take the right
treatment for his sickness and did not stop drinking. He suffered for few months
and then expired in April 2005.
Chaitanya and his
brother were with his grandparents till his father’s death. Then they were taken
to their uncle’s house who is a truck driver. His income did not permit him to
take care of these boys along with his family. By seeing his struggle one of his
neighbors advised him to join the older boy, Chaitanya, into the Children Home.
Later he approached us and explained the condition of Chaitanya. We took
Chaitanya into our Home in 2008 and joined him in 4th class. He has a younger
brother, Naveen, who stays with his grandparents. Appreciate for extending your
helping hand in shaping the life of Chaitanya. God Bless you richly!
Name: Rongali Neeraja
Date of Birth:
18th January 2005
Sex/Religion:
- Female, Hindu
Place of Birth:
- Visakha, India
Family:
Mother alive and Father expired
Language/Grade:
- Telugu/1st grade in English medium
Remarks: Neeraja
is from a small village in Visakha district, India. She has an elder sister,
Swathi, staying in another hostel. Her father worked as a car driver to get
livelihood for his family. All the family members lived happily for seven years.
Under some unknown circumstances he hanged himself right after he came from his
work on 16th January 2006. The unexpected death made his family in a
desolate situation.
Neeraja was not
even one year old when her dear dad died. All the three members went to live
with her grandparents. They are not in a position to feed them. Then her mother
started working as a daily laborer in the fields. But it’s not enough to feed
the two little children with her meager income.
Neeraja’s mother
heard about our Children Home through one of her relatives and approached us. As
soon as we heard the situation of her family, we were moved and took Neeraja
into our Home. Since we need a helper in the Children Home, her mother expressed
her wish work here and happily working from June 2008. We do appreciate your
interest to help this cute little girl to have bright future. God Bless you
abundantly!
Name: Latha Tummalapalli
Date of Birth:
11th September, 2003
Sex/Religion:
- Female, Christian
Place of Birth:
- Pulla, India
Family:
Both the parents alive
Language/Grade:
- Telugu/2nd grade in English medium
Remarks – Latha is
one of the daughters of Pastor Babu Rao Tummalapalli. She has one younger
sister. Pastor Babu Rao has been doing the ministry at Pulla, Andhra Pradesh,
India. The ministry was started by him in the year 1981 with a vision to reach
unreached caste Hindu families. The village has many Hindu temples and is full
of idol-worshipping people. The temple priests chant ‘mantras’ regularly through
loud speakers highlighting the greatness of the Hindu god’s and goddess. They
opposed the gospel of Jesus Christ and Babu Rao. In spite of this stiff
opposition from the villagers, Babu Rao went on with the vision assigned by the
Holy Spirit. The population of the village is 25,000 that comprise of people
from all caste backgrounds. The village soil is very fertile and most of the
villagers make their living by depending upon agriculture.
Latha is doing
well in academics. She scored 117/150 and 135/150 marks in first and second Unit
(monthly) exams of 2nd grade. She was given “A” and “A+” grade for
achieving good marks. She scored 25/25 marks in Mathematics and 25/25 marks in
Hindi. She has good attendance in the class.
Name: Divya Jyothi Tummalapalli
Date of Birth:
17th September, 2005
Sex/Religion:
- Female, Christian
Place of Birth:
- Pulla, India
Family:
Both the parents alive
Language/Grade:
- Telugu/Upper Kinder Garten
Remarks – Divya
Jyothi is one of the daughters of Pastor Babu Rao Tummalapalli. She has one
older sister. Pastor Babu Rao has been doing the ministry at Pulla, Andhra
Pradesh, India. The ministry was started by him in the year 1981 with a vision
to reach unreached caste Hindu families. The village has many Hindu temples and
is full of idol-worshipping people. The temple priests chant ‘mantras’ regularly
through loud speakers highlighting the greatness of the Hindu god’s and goddess.
They opposed the gospel of Jesus Christ and Babu Rao. In spite of this stiff
opposition from the villagers, Babu Rao went on with the vision assigned by the
Holy Spirit. The population of the village is 25,000 that comprise of people
from all caste backgrounds. The village soil is very fertile and most of the
villagers make their living by depending upon agriculture.
Divya Jyothi is
doing well in academics. She scored 133/150 and 140/150 marks in first and
second Unit (monthly) exams of Upper Kinder Garten. She was given “A” and “A+”
grade for achieving good marks. She scored 25/25 marks in English, Hindi and
Telugu subjects and 24/25 marks in Science. She has good attendance in the
class.
Name: John Babu Tummalapalli
Date of Birth:
17th April, 2005
Sex/Religion:
- Male, Christian
Place of Birth:
- Bhimadole, India
Family:
Both the parents alive
Language/Grade:
- Telugu/1st grade in English medium
Remarks – John
Babu is one of the three children of Pastor Jyothi Babu Tummalapalli. He has one
older sister and a younger sister. Pastor Jyothi Babu has been doing the
ministry in four villages, namely Bhimadole, Mattivarigudem, Kurellagudem and
Perugugudem, Andhra Pradesh, India. He has inherited the above four churches
from his father started by him in different times. He has a vision to reach
unreached caste Hindu families. John Babu is doing well in academics. During the
first unit (monthly) exams, he suffered from fever and could not attend General
Knowledge and
Rhymes exams. He just scored 98/300 marks. In second unit exams, his score was
183/300 marks.
Name: Nishitha Grace Tummalapalli
Date of Birth:
11th July, 2007
Sex/Religion:
- Female, Christian
Place of Birth:
- Pulla, India
Family:
Both the parents alive
Language/Grade:
- Telugu/Lower Kinder Garten
Remarks –
Nishitha Grace is one of the three children of
Pastor Jyothi Babu Tummalapalli. She has an older sister and a brother. Pastor
Jyothi Babu has been doing the ministry in four villages, namely Bhimadole,
Mattivarigudem, Kurellagudem and Perugugudem, Andhra Pradesh, India. He has
inherited the above four churches from his father started by him in different
times. He has a vision to reach unreached caste Hindu families.
Nishitha Grace is doing well in academics.
During the first unit (monthly) exams, she scored 283/400 marks. She missed her
rank for not writing Computer Science exam due to fever. During second monthly
exam, she scored 352/400 marks and stood in 7th rank. She is steadily
progressing in the academics.
Name: Harshitha Grace Tummalapalli
Date of Birth:
15th February, 2003
Sex/Religion:
- Female, Christian
Place of Birth:
- Pulla, India
Family:
Both the parents alive
Language/Grade:
- Speech therapy in a physically challenged residential school
Remarks –
Harshitha Grace is one of the three children
of Pastor Jyothi Babu Tummalapalli. She has a younger sister and a brother.
Pastor Jyothi Babu has been doing the ministry in four villages, namely
Bhimadole, Mattivarigudem, Kurellagudem and Perugugudem, Andhra Pradesh, India.
He has inherited the above four churches from his father started by him in
different times. He has a vision to reach unreached caste Hindu families.
Harshitha Grace is a dumb and is
psychologically weak. She has retarded growth in the Brain due to improper
supply of Oxygen to the organ. This lead to speech impediment and she is able to
speak only few words after joining her for a Speech therapy in a physically
challenged residential school at Hyderabad. She uses signs to express her
language. She is also taught alphabets and she tells them orally. She is growing
in environment that is conducive to her as all the children growing are of the
similar condition. The parents are hopeful of seeing this girl,
Harshitha Grace speaking fluently one day.
