In May 2007, Sean and Gill Pawson and their
four youngest children, went to India to see for themselves
the work of development agencies such as World Vision.
While there they saw the dark side of life for many children
in that country.
They sat alongside dull-eyed child labourers,
they talked with children working in the energy sapping
heat making
matches, cigarettes and rope. They saw how these children
were being robbed of their childhood by merciless creditors
and ruthless employers.
But they also saw hope. They visited
World Vision’s
Born to be Free project which is transforming the lives
of children and families. The Pawson family talked and
played with children who had been released from bonded
labour and placed into schools. They listened to parents
describe the housing assistance, medical aid and economic
relief they had received from World Vision.
