The Paani Hope Home was started in 2003 with 50 children by Pastor Madhu, who has served with Hopegivers for over 15 years. Not long after the start of the Hope Home, the local Christians began experiencing persecution on a large scale. The anti-Christians accused Pastor Madhu of forcing people, including the children he cared for, to convert to Christianity. Finally, in 2006, he was charged by the local government after a young child in the Hope Home died of typhoid; they accused him of killing the child. Madhu was in prison ... more> |