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Home » Field Reports » Trading Plastic Bottles for a Brighter Future

Trading Plastic Bottles for a Brighter Future

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July 16, 2020
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Discussing an ostracized girl named Asha and her poverty stricken family and the acceptance and education received through Gospel for Asia Bridge of Hope.
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WILLS POINT, TX – Gospel for Asia (GFA World and affiliates like Gospel for Asia Canada) founded by Dr. K.P. Yohannan – Discussing an ostracized girl named Asha and her poverty-stricken family, the stigma brought about by trading trash and plastic bottles, and the acceptance and education received through a Gospel for Asia (GFA) Bridge of Hope Center.

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sha picked up a discarded plastic bottle, dropping it mechanically into the sack she had swung across her back. It grew heavier as the morning wore on. Her empty stomach growled as she trudged through garbage-laden streets and alleyways. As on many other days, Asha had left her house without breakfast.

Ostracized and Trying to Survive

It was Asha’s daily ritual, ever since she was a very young child, to rise early in the morning to go picking through trash with her mother. Asha’s father was paralyzed, so he couldn’t provide for his family. It was up to Asha and her mother to support the family. But being ostracized within their society, they didn’t have many options when it came to jobs. They were left to rummage through trash heaps and filth every day to find plastic items they could sell. Asha shouldered the responsibility of gathering, sorting, grading and selling whatever she could find.

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