{"id":10141,"date":"2007-09-27T13:42:42","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T18:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=10141"},"modified":"2011-08-08T13:50:49","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T18:50:49","slug":"5848","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/09\/27\/5848\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Seeks to Help India\u2019s \u2018Rag Pickers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (September 27, 2007) \u2013 The children scour the streets of  India\u2019s slums, picking through dumps for trash to sell so they \u2013 and  their families \u2013 can eat.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Often referred to as \u201crag pickers,\u201d  they have only the clothes on their backs and often suffer from ill  health. There will be no escape for them without an education, which  their parents cannot afford.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10158\" title=\"india\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2007\/09\/india.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2007\/09\/india.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2007\/09\/india-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/>Earlier  this year, Jim Sundholm, director of Covenant World Relief, told the  story of four such children who scavenged through garbage for rags they  would clean and sell to people such as truckers, who would use them to  check their oil. Today, the four live and learn at a school operated by  the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item5397\" target=\"_blank\">Hindustani Covenant Church<\/a> (HCC).<\/p>\n<p>With  this year\u2019s annual Children\u2019s Service Project, kids in Evangelical  Covenant churches across North America can enable the HCC to reclaim  even more lives. By participating in the 2008 effort, \u201cCaring for the  Children,\u201d the kids will help feed, clothe, and provide education to the  children of India\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n<p>Covenant World Relief partners  with the Department of Christian Formation to promote the project each  year. Previous efforts have enabled children to attend school in the  Congo and get off the streets of the poorest neighborhood in Colombia.  They have built an orphanage in Central Asia and provided school  supplies to the children of Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Caring for Children  promotional materials were mailed this week to churches. Included in the  materials are a color poster and booklet containing 24 stories from the  children who live in Mumbai, India and work in the dump yard.<\/p>\n<p>Projects  typically run from December through May. Churches may use the booklet  over the full 24 weeks, or read multiple selections over a shorter  period. Each church can decide when and how to start collecting their  offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the CovChurch.org for more information and pictures that may be used.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=10141&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (September 27, 2007) \u2013 The children scour the streets of India\u2019s slums, picking through dumps for trash to sell so they \u2013 and their families \u2013 can eat. 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