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Precious Children Home
"If these children are not cared for...the cycle of crime continues"

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Crimes Youngest Victims
° Precious Children's Home is a Ministry of Prison Fellowship India.
° Located in Bangalore, India.
° This home is a haven for 128 children.
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The Home       

Precious Children's Home was established in 1996, with a mission to assist children in need by giving food, shelter, clothing, education and their day to day needs.   The children attend a public school and each of them have daily chores. Whenever possible, children remain in contact with their parents and families. Support of higher education is also provided.
As Executive Director George Reny relates, "We wish to bring up these children as good, God-fearing citizens of our country."

The Fellowship

Prison Fellowship India's ministry focuses on the "correction, reconciliation, welfare & rehabilitation of prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families." In addition to the children's home, they have a school, ministries within prisons, and a rehabilitation center. An affiliate of Prison Fellowship International, this ministry is providing a hope and future for the socially ostracized, including ex-offenders, released juveniles, drug dependent and dually diagnosed, orphans, and the AIDS afflicted.

The Children

The project gives first preference to children of prisoners and crime victims calling them "Crime affected Children."
Precious Children's Home notes that, "The children are the worst hit. Society shuts all decent doors to them." Many are "forced to steal or sell drugs in the street. If these children are not cared for, they too will land in a prison one day and thus the cycle of crime continues."
Because of their vulnerable state, these children are very precious.

Reny and Teeny: Finding Freedom in Prison

Reny was a hardcore drug addict imprisoned for murder and burglary. While serving his sentence, he spent much of his time in solitary confinement for smuggling drugs into prison, breaking rules, and resisting the guards. Reluctantly, Reny found himself attending a few Christian meetings and talking with volunteers of a prison ministry. On one memorable occasion he even heard and met Chuck Colson who had come to speak in the prison. During this time in his life, things began to change. At the age of 33, on August 15, India's Independence Day, he gave his life to Christ. Even though he was still in prison, for the first time in his life, he finally felt, "Free."
Once Reny was released from prison, he began work with Prison Fellowship India, leading the ministry in Bangalore. He felt the stigma of being an ex-convict and saw how this impacts every aspect of the individuals life and their family. He became especially concerned about how that stigma was affecting the children of prisoners. Seeing this tragedy of how the sins of the parents can crush the hope of their children, Reny and his wife Teena began their ministry with Prison Fellowship by taking 15 children of prisoners into their own home. Today, Teena, serves as Executive Coordinator PFI's Karnataka Chapter. Reny and Teena's vast experience and a passion for working with prisoners & their families, continues to guide their service.