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ABOUT US: Hebron Children’s Home (formally Hebron Orphanage) is a sanctuary for orphaned, homeless, and disadvantaged children in a remote and very poor region of Southern India, in Andhra Pradesh, north of Chennai – an area rarely visited by foreigners. Click here for a map of the region.
Hebron Children’s Home is entirely dependent on foreign donations for all operational costs and other expenses. The 340 boys and girls – aged from around 4 years old to late teens - come from local rural areas and include about 100 tsunami orphaned and displaced children that were rescued soon after the tsunami that hit the region in December 2004. Without the support that Hebron provides, more than 75% of the children would starve to death out on the streets within a few months. To qualify for admittance, a child must have lost at least one parent or have no parental support. Because there are far more destitute children in the region than could possibly be catered for at Hebron Children’s Home, Sagar and Sunetha hand-pick only those chidren who have the most appreciative, grateful and cooperative attitudes.The children understand what a privilege it is to belong to the Hebron family.
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History of Hebron Children's Home |
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The facility was originally established in 1961 by Prakasam Jalli and his wife, and is now managed and run by his son, Sagar, who at the age of 22, assumed full responsibility after his father died in 1989. Sagar later married one of the Hebron orphan girls - Sunetha.
Hebron
Children’s Home was appropriately named after one of the most
ancient cities in the world. The name means “friend’,
or “community” and also “friend of God”.About Us : Vision : Current Needs : Supporters : How You Can Help : To Donate : News : Positions Vacant : Contact Us
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