A Much Needed Outreach

In recent years the unmet needs of special needs children in India became very clear to us. As a result, we began seeking ways to reach out to these children and their families.

We have found a few dozen of affected families who live in the villages around His Rest Retreat Centre. Their needs include hearing and speech impairments, mild to severe intellectual and developmental disabilities, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, and physical disabilities. Most have parents who are close blood relatives. The families are very poor, and most are day laborers. The challenges of caring for these children have left the parents physically and mentally exhausted. They need encouragement, prayer support, counseling, and financial help. We are working with these families through regular programming to offer encouragement, hope, activities, and training to meet the needs of these children and parents.