$type=grid$count=4$meta=0$snip=0$rm=0$show=home

What Gives a Person Value?

Ben Hoogendoorn, President & CEO, reflecting on a recent Vision Trip to South East Asia.



Ringku was born to a low-caste family in a remote part of Bangladesh. That in itself is enough to deny her a place in society that would give her any significant value as a person. But Ringku had more challenges than most children. 

She was born with a double cleft lip and a severely deformed palette. It was a miracle she survived as an infant because her deformities made it impossible for her to breastfeed. It was almost impossible for her to eat because the food would come out of her nose rather than going down her throat. 

To be born into that culture with this type of birth defect was devastating as she had little or no value to anyone. Anyone, that is, but her mother. 

Her mother worked tirelessly hour after hour to ensure Ringku had sufficient nourishment. She would try to cheer her up by singing to her as she was being teased for the way she looked. Her mother told her not to be ashamed but to make the most of life. One thing that Rinku did from an early age was smile. Even though she had such traumatic birth defects, she would smile because her mother affirmed her value. Ringku was one of the sponsored children in the FH Community Development Program. Through that, she received her first surgeries to repair her lip. Because her case was so severe, more surgery was needed. 

This need was presented to my Rotary Club in Abbotsford, where members raised the funds required for these surgeries. The Abbotsford Rotary Club decided to sponsor Ringku, 16, when the opportunity became available.

I was able to meet Ringku last week in Bangladesh. As a member of the Rotary Club, I was honoured to present her with greetings and some small gifts. I was impressed by her family’s unending support. All were thankful for Ringku’s progress.

This young lady has a sincerely sweet spirit and was a pleasant person to be around. She rarely stopped smiling and was so appreciative for her surgery and for the Rotary Club’s sponsorship her until she completed high school. 

I’m so thankful I was able to meet this young lady who has developed such a sweet spirit and wonderful smile while overcoming significant obstacles, especially for a lower-caste girl with a severe facial deformity. Her mother said, “God created Ringku in His image, He loves her, and has a purpose for her life.”

GET POSTS LIKE THIS IN YOUR INBOX!

Name

advent,3,Africa,17,agriculture,14,Annual Report,4,Artex Barn,1,Artist,11,AWANA,1,Bangladesh,61,Bootcamp,1,Breastfeeding,2,Burundi,59,Business,5,Cambodia,81,Canada,111,child marriage,1,childlabour,1,ChildSponsorship,75,Christian,3,Christmas,7,CleanWater,1,Coffee,2,COVID19,11,CreationCare,3,development,3,diary cow,3,disability,1,divorce,1,EarthDay,1,Easter,8,Education,71,Emergency Relief,59,Empowerment,1,Environment,11,Equity,1,Ethiopia,87,Events,3,Expand Hope,1,extremism,1,Family,4,Father'sDay,1,Feed Kids,23,FeedingFamilies,9,Food Security,28,FoodFarming,113,fuel efficient stove,1,Fundraiser,1,garden pack,1,Gift Guide,55,graduation,2,Guatemala,99,Haiti,41,Halloween,1,HealthNutrition,115,HopeNotes,168,hospitality,2,Hunger,13,husband,1,Impact,5,ImpactPartner,9,incomegeneration,2,Indigenous,1,instagram,1,International Day of Happiness,1,International Women's Day,1,Iraq,1,justice,1,laughter,2,Leadership,33,Learn,7,Legacy,2,Lent,1,Livelihood,82,Love,1,Malaria,1,marriage,2,Medical,23,menstrual hygiene day,1,MentalHealth,4,microcredit,2,microloans,2,Moms,9,Mother's Day,1,Mozambique,1,Opinion,89,Over 1000 views,36,Over 800 views,15,Partnership,70,Peace,1,period,1,period poverty,1,Peru,7,Philippines,20,photography,2,pig,1,podcast,2,Poverty,26,President,2,Recipe,20,Recipes,18,refugees,8,Resources,4,RioAzul,1,Rohingya,4,run for water,3,Rwanda,45,sanitation,2,Savings,10,Soup Campaign,9,Soup Campaign 2015,2,South Africa,1,South Sudan,2,Syria,4,terrorism,1,thanksgiving,5,Tigray,1,toilet,2,tools,1,tourism,1,Uganda,69,Valentine's Day,1,veggies,2,Videos,30,WASH,2,Water,44,wife,1,WomenGirls,83,world childrens day,1,world toilet day,3,WorldFoodDay,1,Yemen,1,YouthEmpowerment,1,
ltr
item
Food for the Hungry: What Gives a Person Value?
What Gives a Person Value?
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPGkm6gwEufaqE4I4ZBI-6myzS3fPA1ivntVQcQYkOqnRtogHleCCkdAPPyt85LPyIA7BMw6hDbYKCph1fwXunPXKSS1lcuNwLAetJ1qbAnz_ffZlaXF6UmL3SM9GdQc_9t_wy0G2hI__/s1600/bangladeshi_flag___1971_by_maqtanim-d4e3ijk.png
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPGkm6gwEufaqE4I4ZBI-6myzS3fPA1ivntVQcQYkOqnRtogHleCCkdAPPyt85LPyIA7BMw6hDbYKCph1fwXunPXKSS1lcuNwLAetJ1qbAnz_ffZlaXF6UmL3SM9GdQc_9t_wy0G2hI__/s72-c/bangladeshi_flag___1971_by_maqtanim-d4e3ijk.png
Food for the Hungry
https://blog.fhcanada.org/2010/03/what-gives-person-value.html
https://blog.fhcanada.org/
https://blog.fhcanada.org/
https://blog.fhcanada.org/2010/03/what-gives-person-value.html
true
6831483658384501334
UTF-8
Loaded All Posts Not found any posts VIEW ALL Read More Reply Cancel reply Delete By Home PAGES POSTS View All RECOMMENDED FOR YOU LABEL ARCHIVE SEARCH ALL POSTS Not found any post match with your request Back Home Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat January February March April May June July August September October November December Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec just now 1 minute ago $$1$$ minutes ago 1 hour ago $$1$$ hours ago Yesterday $$1$$ days ago $$1$$ weeks ago more than 5 weeks ago Followers Follow THIS PREMIUM CONTENT IS LOCKED STEP 1: Share. STEP 2: Click the link you shared to unlock Copy All Code Select All Code All codes were copied to your clipboard Can not copy the codes / texts, please press [CTRL]+[C] (or CMD+C with Mac) to copy