For the next installment of our Spotlight on AIM Partner’s, we are moving on to India. India is where I will be spending my first month on the World Race. This AIM partner was introduced to me through several friends and acquaintances who have partnered with them via AIM, and one who is now on staff with SCH India!
Sarah’s Covenant Homes
“Not only in India, but throughout the world, there are people who feel that children with special needs lack worth, or that there is shame in being differently-abled.
Jesus sees them so much differently. He said that the first shall be last and the last shall be first (Matthew 19:30). These children, who aren’t valued by society, are the very ones He wants to lavish with His deep and unending perfect love. We want to be part of that!
The vision for Sarah’s Covenant Homes is to provide our children with the next-best thing to a traditional family. Love, growth, laughter, nurture, and more love!
Over 100 children have been referred to us by the government, ahveing been abandoned or relinquished by their families. most of them arrived in extremely weak condition, with illnesses, anemia, and medical/surgical needs. We provide them with medical care, education, physiotherapy, good nutrition & supplements, and lots of love.
In the future, we see a large campus that contains apartment units where SCH kids are fostered in family units with lots of one-on-one interaction and therapies. A mini-hospital, kitchen, chapel/prayer room, school rooms, therapy rooms, laundry and playgrounds will all be central and shared for a warm community feel. We are committed to our children and young adults – kids won’t “age out” of SCH and be sent to an institution or released to fend for themselves. But because we know that we can never replace a loving biological or adoptive family, our prayer and desire is that many of our children would eventually be placed in wonderful adoptive families. For those who will be adopted, SCH will be a place where they can get well and thrive physically and in every other way and learn that they are valuable and worthy of love.”
This video gives a glimpse at the heart and vision behind SCH India from the founder, Sarah Rebbavarapu
A promo video for SCH India’s #105in105 campaign
