Esther House
Growing the next generation of Women Leaders
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21 May 2020
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20th April 2020
Padmanabham village Andra Pradesh State, India, were our Girls home is located,
is a hotspot of the Coronavirus.
Schools and shops are closed due to social isolation because of COVID19.
All our 11 girls in the home are well and in good spirits,
We have a house mother living with them full time
Their home is built on top the church
Pastor John Victor and his wife Kamuri supply what they need and cook their meals
They have school work to do, games to play, they love painting and drawing, and tennis in the church yard
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As the girls live at the church
they are able to help. preparing bags of food to be distributed to the poor. People who have no work and very little food around the area of Padmanabham Pastor John Victor is supplying food to many with financial donations from supporters in Australia |
Lets Celebrate Birthday's ---- The Girls get very excited about celebrating Birthdays
Janashi is our helper at Esther house, helping the girls getting ready and preparing breakfast
Photos February / March 2020
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Help with homework
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On our visit with them in India, shopping for new dresses and shoes, fun fun fFunPhoto : Girls 2nd Dec 2019
Below: Tutor Sister Ester, Esther House and visitors. Pastor Colleen, Sister Glender with Sister Kumari October 2019
Esther Girls Sunday 23 June 2019 At the beach for lunch and a swim
12th June school year started. All girls were promoted to the next grade
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1 Swathi Year 4
2 Dumbai Year 4 3 Greeshma Year 5 4 Sravani Year 5 5 Harshavardhan Year 5 6 Sravani Year 6 7 Vanaja Year 6 8 Roja Year 7 9 Kamala Year 7 10 Srija Year 8 1)Roja. Year 7 2)Kamala. Year 7 3)vanaja. Year 6 4)Srija. Year 8 5)Sravani. Year 6 |
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Esther House January 2019
Elevated Life Girls Home
Esther House
This is a long term project to house and educate these girls in a loving home environment.
We have 11 girls in our home.
Padmanabham village
In the outer poor districts of
Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh.
This is 100 km from the state capital Visakhapatnam
Telugu is the local language
Children without parental care have been abandoned by a living parent or a relative.
Last year, the Times of India reported that nine-in-ten of abandoned children in India were girls.
Last year, the Times of India reported that nine-in-ten of abandoned children in India were girls.
Trafficking children in India for domestic slavery is a relatively new development.
This is due to rising demand for domestic maids to rising income in urban areas
and wide scale poverty in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh state, India.
Children as young as 8 years old are sold into domestic or sex slavery.
Esther House Girls Leadership Home was opened on 29th July 2016.
This is due to rising demand for domestic maids to rising income in urban areas
and wide scale poverty in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh state, India.
Children as young as 8 years old are sold into domestic or sex slavery.
Esther House Girls Leadership Home was opened on 29th July 2016.