Last night, the Mumbai based runaway hit movie Slumdog Millionaire cleaned up at the Academy Awards by winning eight prestigious Oscars. And India is proud of it. “The winners have done India proud,” said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “I’m at work, but if I didn’t have to be here, I’d be on the street jumping [...]

Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by admin
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Back in August 2008, while traveling on my first tour of India, we tested out a few “time lapse” videos of our kids. Needless to say after watching this video, the kids love the camera! We’ll have a lot more videos to upload to our YouTube channel after our March tour.

Posted on February 18th, 2009 by admin
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Here is one of my favorite videos on The Miracle Foundation’s YouTube channel. It’s simple and funny to watch. This is video of our children at the Rourkela Home dancing with some of our Ambassadors during our August 2008 tour to India.

Posted on February 17th, 2009 by admin
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This doesn’t have anything to with orphans or even children but I found this story from India too funny to pass up. A man from Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, which is where our orphanage Sooch Village is located, is punishing himself for not pursuing a lost love by writing her name 10 million times on postcards. [...]

Posted on February 10th, 2009 by TMF
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Even in India, the younger boys try to act tough. This picture is by Ambassador Jim Innes and was taking nearly a year ago at the Bhawani Home in Jharasuguda, Orissa, India.

Posted on February 9th, 2009 by admin
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Miracle Foundation Ambassador Deep Nasta recently submitted a short article in the Austin American-Statesman on his experience in India with The Miracle Foundation. It’s really cool traveling with such a big group of Austinites. There are 60 people on this trip, more than ever before. We take a quick flight from Delhi to Ranchi and [...]

Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by admin
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We’re coming up on the one-year anniversary of the grand opening of Sooch Village in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. When the village opened last March, hundreds of our children from the Rourkela and Bhawani homes made the long trek to Ranchi via train. For most of the kids, it was their first time riding a train.

Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by admin
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