Today I visited the Sphoorti Foundation’s Children’s Home, which is an orphanage located just outside of Hyderabad. The premises contain one housing area for the boys, one housing area for the girls and a common area for cooking, eating meals and other shared experiences. The mission of the NGO is to provide full care for underprivileged children who are orphaned, abandoned, or destitute and includes children who have lost at least one parent, are from poverty-stricken families, have physically/mentally challenged parents, and children from families devastated by HIV/AIDS. Currently Sphoorti has 80 full time residential children and another 30 who come part time, ranging from ages 4 to 13. When I arrived and walked into the common area, the first thing I saw was about 40 of the brightest smiling faces you could ever wish to
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