BBA School

Hi everyone, this is Brian, and I wanted to take another opportunity to tell everyone about something that we think is pretty special. A family friend of ours runs a school here in Bangalore for orphaned children, children from poor families in neighboring villages, and any other children. The school's existence has relied on the profits of my friend's company and donations from friends. Beyond our church and friends, not too many people know about the school or the work that it does, so I thought I would begin the BBA marketing campaign by simply posting an email my friend sent to me about the school.
Keep in mind that this blog has to be sterilized to protect our friends. If you do take a sincere interest about what this school does, then email Colette or myself for more information on the school and how you can help.
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A brief history of how we started the school. In 1992 I quit my job because I had to do many things against my faith and belief . This was about the same time that we as a family had joined Bethel. I started a small scale factory & GOD blessed our factory. Since we had no church building of our own at Bethel , against the skepticism and odds we were able to contribute our might to the building of our church building. This really encouraged me to take bold steps for God. It was around that time 1993/1994 that the need of a good Christian school came up. We did spend much time in prayer and my sister quit her job as a water scientist at Eureka Forbes and devoted herself full time to the cause of the school.
We were in a situation that required someone to take up the project and run it. It then came upon my family to shoulder the project. So, we started a Public Charitable Trust to run the school.
The school began with 8 children, of which three were our children. God has been gracious and taken us through many ups and downs. The purchase of property (3 acres) was an amazing provision of God.
As we are new to this, we have no clue of how to raise funds. The factory has been the only steady source of funds and here again we are restricted in giving because of government regulations. However, we have survived thus far by the grace of God. Our desire is to reach families through their children and help the needy, deserving students who cannot afford the fees. As you have visited and seen the school you may have noticed that the building needs completion. The toilets and labs needed for the affiliation to the ICSE board of education is very much needed as many children leave because they cannot take exams from our school. This has become a great problem because we cannot get more paying children to help in defraying the cost. We are waiting on the Lord to open doors to finish the class rooms. We did budget this but the unexpected escalation of costs Eg: steel prices doubled, cement prices tripled, sand, which used to be available @ 2500 Rs a lorry load was sold @25,000 Rs, though the prices have now stabilized @ 7000 to 8000 Rs a load. The result - we have not completed the building. Parents who do desire to put their children are apprehensive as the child has to change school in grade IX . We are praying for God's direction and provision. Based on the profitability of the company and the surety given, banks have loaned money for the building project. The situation we now face is a downward trend in all industrial production in the country which directly affects us and the completion of the school. Please keep us in prayer especially the school and the factory.