She needed an escape — an oasis — a place to get away from the horror show of her life and find HOPE — And you helped make it possible.
Merry Christmas, Bangladesh!
Your Christmas gift for Jannatul Naim changed his life — and eternity! He was struggling for survival in an impoverished slum of Dhaka in Bangladesh. His country is 90% Muslim, and he came from a Muslim family. But there was little time for religion as his mother desperately tried to provide for her children on her own — Naim’s dad had left long ago.
A child doomed to hopelessness — Until you reached out to her!
If her stepfather had his way, a little girl named Ishrat would have just disappeared. She was the child of his wife’s first marriage … they had children of their own now, and he begrudged Ishrat her place in his home. That would be bad enough in the USA where school is mandatory and the rights of children are more protected …
HOME OF HOPE— SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH
Dear Friend of Eurasia, In the short time Larry Smith had been serving in Bangladesh, people had come to him asking for a variety of things. But one man made a request that left him in shock. “Brother, take my child.” The desperation in the man’s voice was obvious. He wanted the best for his child, but he had no way to provide what was needed. Unfortunately, neither did Larry. The man walked dejectedly from Larry’s office that day. Larry never knew what happened to him or his child, but that brief encounter set a course for Larry’s life and…
AJI SE DIN: ONE DAY CAN CHANGE A CHILD’S LIFE
Dear Friend of Eurasia, The biggest children’s outreach in Bangladesh is December 16. That day is Victory Day, the national holiday commemorating the end of Bangladesh’s liberation war. The outreach, called Aji Se Din (which in Bangladesh means “This is the Day”), brings hope to children in the slums. Twelve-year-old Parvej lives in a slum outside Bangladesh’s capital city. He is eagerly awaiting this December’s outreach. “I go to the mosque every Friday for prayer,” says Parvej, “but when I went to the Aji Se Din outreach, I found love and hospitality. There is no other program in my community…