India - Outreach Ministries

Anurag (Eternal Love)
In 1987 our North India Director, Prem Gideon, felt impressed to find a way to help the people of India. After bringing so many beautiful children from India to the United States, Love Basket wanted to find a way to “give back” to the people of this country. From this the ministry of Anurag — which means “Eternal Love” — was born. It is run by a dedicated staff made up completely of Indian nationals. Located in a walled village called Lado Sarai outside of Delhi, Anurag began as a social outreach for children doing poorly in school. After the success of this program, we looked for ways to meet more needs of the people in this village.

Women in India have a very poor chance at supporting themselves if they are unable to read, so a literacy program for women was formed. After completing the literacy program, women have the opportunity to obtain industrial training such as cutting and tailoring and gem cutting. Our tailoring program is nationally recognized and
approved by the Indian government.

In addition to the tutoring program, the needs of the children are met through:

•Wednesday Bible Club — ministering to up to 300 children.
•Vacation Bible School — ministering to 700 children this year; 138 of them received Jesus as their Savior!
•Mid-day Meal Program provides lunch for several hundred children daily.
•Daycare for the children of women in training and literacy programs, as well as working women in the village.
•Sponsorship which provides blankets, food, clothing and other supplies to destitute families.
•There is no government welfare program in India, so begging and prostitution are very prevalent. Our goal is to minister the love of Jesus to these people while giving them an opportunity to become educated and support their families in a safe vocation they can be proud of.

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