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I've been given much, and much will be required of me. Some have
been given much less, though they are far away and I don’t see them.
Still I choose to believe that they are as valuable as those I love most.
What I do for the least of these, I do for Christ. I count this chance
as the greatest treasure on earth. I will spend myself to feed the
hungry, and bind myself to set captives free. I choose to hear the
silent cries of those who suffer in solitude. When I close my eyes, I
will remember them. I will make their pain my pain, and their joy
my joy. I seek the broken-hearted passion of God's love for them.
Though I am tempted by the world, I will not forget them. When no
one is watching (except God) I will be faithful. I know that my
actions can make a difference in their lives—this year, this month,
this very day, this very minute. Just so, my inaction fails to make
that same difference. I acknowledge the weight of my wasted
chances, and pledge to do better. Whom the world has forgotten, I
will remember. What the world counts worthless, I count treasure. I
will be the voice of the voiceless, the shield of the defenseless, the
sword of the powerless. In the land of plenty, I will be an
ambassador for the distant poor. God use my hands, my feet, and my
voice!
INTRODUCTION
Every day little girls are forced to become sexual slaves…and you can stop it.
Today many children eat, sleep, and live on the street…and you can help them…
We believe that this mission belongs to the church as a whole, and we are just one of the means for that larger work.
Though most of “the least of these,” live in the developing world, not everyone is called to live there. In fact, since most
of the resources needed to help the oppressed exist in the developed world, we need ambassadors in the United States just
as desperately as we need workers in the field. Tiny Hands Ambassadors are people who are called to the mission and
vision of Tiny Hands, to raise money and awareness for this work in the United States. If you are interested in becoming
an Ambassador, read on.
Many “volunteers” see their volunteer work as an afterthought to their “real life.” We have found that volunteers tend to
over-promise and under-deliver. When volunteers do this, it actively hinders the work we are doing. For that reason, we
ask that you very carefully consider whether you are serious about becoming an Ambassador, and take seriously any
commitment you make to this work. Since Ambassadors will represent Tiny Hands to the public, not everyone who
applies will be accepted.
It may seem that we are proposing a bad bargain. This program will ask much of you, and give very little (that the world
counts) in return. There is only one thing that we will promise you: the ability to make a difference in the lives of those
who are among the most desperate people in the world. Your work will make a big difference in people’s lives. If your
work is effective, girls who would otherwise be trafficked will be saved. Children who would otherwise die alone on the
street will be taken in, nurtured, and make a difference for Christ in their nations. That is the only commodity that we
offer you in return for your hard work. But we believe it is a very valuable commodity.
And he will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me
drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you
visited me.' Then the righteous will say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you
drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in
prison and visit you?' And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen I say to you, whatever you did for one of these
least brothers of mine, you did for me.' Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into
the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty
and you gave me no drink, a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and
in prison and you did not care for me.' Then they will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or
thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and did not minister to your needs?' He will answer them, 'Amen
I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.' And these will go off to
eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.
In every age and society, there are evils that are enabled to continue because men do nothing, turning a blind eye to
injustice. Likewise, in every age, there are heroes who risk much and sometimes give their lives to stop those evils. Most
of the greatest heroes of history are anonymous--the fruit of their labor will only be known in heaven, where it will last
forever. And your actions over the next several months, how you fulfill your duties as an ambassador (should you choose
to accept them), whether you give up when it gets difficult or boring—all those things will determine the fate of perhaps
hundreds of girls who would otherwise be trafficked, or children who would otherwise die on the streets.
Therefore, while you are working on anything relating to your job as an ambassador, and you are distracted by worries
and temptations, remember the faces of the girls that you know are in brothels now, the children who are lost on the
streets, and those whose lives is in danger of being wrecked if we do not stop it. Fight, on behalf of your God and His love
for these girls, against every instinct in you to give less than your absolute best, against every obstacle that you will
encounter (and you will encounter many) and every frustration that comes your way (and many will come)--fight! Do not
be deterred by anything; do not let anything stop you from succeeding in each part of this work that you take on. Keep
before you always the faces of the girls, and Christ in them, and remembering His promise to go before you and after you.
• Love your neighbor as yourself. Search for and serve Christ in "the least of these."
• Fish for men. Seek to transform people’s hearts with the gospel.
• Each person has a unique set of gifts and abilities which was given by him for God for His service.
• Do everything with all your heart, as if you were working for God, who knows and will judge everything we do
according to the fruit.
• Always do what you say you will do. Never say you will do something and fail to do it.
• Encourage and love one another. Never tear down or slander others.
• Look for and acknowledge your own faults and overlook the faults of others.
• Always continually forgive everyone everything, and acknowledge your own sin and shortcomings.
These principles are the essence of what we believe sets Tiny Hands apart from many organizations. We believe that our
work will be fruitful in exactly the proportion that we live up to these principles.
*This figure is calculated by dividing the total amount of money we spent on anti-trafficking work in the last year by the total number of girls we
intercepted during the same period. There are some NGO's that exist to evaluate the effectiveness of non-profit organizations in terms of dollar-for-
dollar ability to impact peoples' lives. It is considered world-class if an NGO is able to make a major difference in someone's life in the developing
world for under $1,000. Considering the horrors of trafficking, we believe that this number ($20 to intercept one girl) is unique in the world.
*We do have 2 American staff who are being "phased in" to raising their own support. Because of our scarcity of administrative staff, we came to a
point where we desperately needed staff for these two positions, and didn't have time to wait for them to raise their support.
**This figure is a correction to the total that is mentioned in "The Light, [date]."
In that magazine, we calculated 18% administrative costs because
we included fundraising expenses (brochures and other materials) as part of administration. If we categorize "fundraising" separately, the
administration costs falls to….
You will take the Ambassador's Pledge (above), and sign the Ambassador's Agreement Form (see Appendix D).
Before your Training Day, you should fill out Tiny Hands Ambassador Goals Form (Appendix E), and be prepared to
discuss it with this person.
You will get a business card, and an enormous Ribbon-Badge which you will thereafter be required to wear at all times.*
*Just kidding.
Find Other Ambassadors or Volunteers for Vision Teams (someone else should write this section)
…carry around Initial Interest Applications for people to fill out on the spot.
Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions
TRAFFICKING
What is Human Trafficking?
As defined by the United Nations, human trafficking is the “recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or
receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of
deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or
benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of
exploitation" Human trafficking often leads to human slavery, a distinct but related activity.
How many people are trafficked every year around the world?
An estimated 800,000 people are trafficked each year.
How many girls are trafficked from Nepal to India every year?
An estimated 10,000-15,000 girls
It seems like stopping trafficking would be a pretty dangerous endeavor. Are your staff in any danger?
The danger to our staff is minimized by the following factors:
(1) Because trafficking across the Nepal-India border is relatively easy to-date, traffickers are not very
organized near the borders.
(2) It is usually not the real "trafficker" but a local "agent" who is paid to bring the girl across the border. These
agents may not be very high in the scale of power, and may not even know exactly what happens to girls that
they transport across the borders.
(3) We have authority from the government to do this work, and we work closely with the police.
Nevertheless there have been cases where our staff were threatened, and one case where our staff was
physically assaulted. Though there is a real danger for our staff, this danger is overshadowed by the danger
faced by the many Nepali girls who will otherwise be trafficked each day.
Forcing religion on children is child abuse. Does Tiny Hands just assume that all its children are Christian,
or do they have a choice?
We do not simply assume that all our children are Christians. It is a personal choice that our children are free to
make. Of course, our parents share their faith with their children, since the parents themselves are passionate,
committed Christians.
TINY HANDS
What you are advocating seems to be the "social gospel."
We know that one soul is more valuable than all the physical needs in the world combined, and that no one will
be saved except by faith in Christ. But if you are preaching the gospel to those who are suffering and do
nothing to ease their suffering--you are not even preaching the real gospel. Preaching the gospel through
compassion that meets people where they are and address their real needs is (a) the most effective way to share
the gospel (people will be more likely to receive it positively), and (b) clearly and directly commanded of
Christians throughout the entire New Testament. We believe that though evangelical Christians have correctly
calculated the superior value of souls over physical needs, they have often ignored the commands of Christ and
the New Testament towards social justice, and so failed to win as many people to Christ as they otherwise
could've, and turned many people in the world off from Christianity. When the world sees evangelical
Christians meeting the physical needs of the poor, then many will be ready to consider believing the radical
message of salvation from our sins through faith in the resurrection of Jesus. It is important for evangelicals of
this generation to put social justice at the top of the list, as perhaps the most important element of winning souls.
Calling and empowering the evangelical church toward that end is the essence of the vision of Tiny Hands.
Is Tiny Hands planning to expand to other countries besides those in which you are currently working (Nepal,
India, and Bangladesh)?
Yes. We have been studying and trying to understand the situation of the oppressed people of the world for
several years now, searching for "the least of these," and the strategies that will most help them. In trying to
determine which countries and locations to work, we consider the following factors:
(1) the scale of suffering
(2) how easily and effectively Tiny Hands might be able to work there
(3) how actively growing the church is
In 2007, we did a study of the world's 50 (or so) poorest countries, in order to determine which countries we
should be working in. To do this as systematically as possible, we tried to quantify each of the above three
criterion. For instance, the UN's Human Development Report, and other statistical reports give some measure
of the scale of suffering. How easily we can work in a place can be determined (roughly) by the legal status of
NGO's and foreigners (how "open" it is), the prevailence of English in that country, the amount of civil liberties
allowed in that country, etc. Those things are quantifiably rated by several NGO's. And how actively the
church is growing is something for which statistics exist. When we plugged all this information into a complex
(if rough) formula, we were actually quite shocked at the result. Though we expected that countries in Africa
with greater poverty would come up near the top of the list, surprisingly Nepal came up number one on the list.
This was a confirmation that we are working where we are supposed to be…for now. We are working on
developing and perfecting Standards, Policies, and Strategies in Nepal that can be duplicated elsewhere. Then,
God-willing, at some time in the future, we will expand into other countries.
Why should we give our time or resources to the problems faced in another country when we have similar
problems right here in the United States?
"Cost per life saved" is a measure sometimes used to decide between different programs for making a
difference. We believe it is morally self-evident that lower-costing interventions are superior to higher costing
ones--just as certainly as saving more lives is better than saving less lives. If we truly believe that "all men are
created equal" then the silently suffering poor of the developing world are just as valuable as our own
neighbors. A recent study of more than 500 life-saving interventions in the United States found a median cost
per year of life saved to be $42,000. That means that an average life-saving program in the U.S. costs $42,000
per additional year you've added to someone's life. To save a child's life at that rate would cost almost $3
million. Some interventions cost literally billions of dollars per year added to a person's life.
Studies have also been done about the cost of life-saving and life-improving interventions in the developed
world. One study concluded that any major intervention in a person's life for less than $1000 is world-class.
We can radically change a girl's life (the difference between being trafficking and not being trafficked--which,
for anyone who knows the least thing about the horrors of trafficking, is an almost unimaginable difference in
someone's life)--for about $20. Again, we believe it is obviously better to help more rather than less people.
Since we each only have a finite amount of time and money, it is better to help where it is needed most. That is
why Christ specifically directs us to "the least of these."
This Handbook
The Website
Trafficking Movie
Appendix C: Ambassador's Application Form
Read over the following application, and answer all of the questions as accurately as possible. Then send three reference forms to the
following people:
A close friend, relative, or roommate
A professor, teacher or employer
Your pastor
Attach a recent photo, a copy of the front page of your passport, and email is to _______.
Name:
Family Information
Father's Name:
Father's Occupation:
Father's Work Phone:
Father's Home Phone:
Father's Email:
Father's Address:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Occupation:
Mother's Work Phone:
Mother's Home Phone:
Mother's Email:
Mother's Address:
Reference Information
Pastor:
Church Name:
Phone:
How Long Have You Been Acquainted:
Education Information
College/University Attended:
Year of School Completed:
Major:
Foreign Language:
Foreign Language Proficiency:
Special Awards & Honors:
Special Skills, Abilities, or Musical Talents:
Psychological Questions
If you have answered yes to any of the above psychological questions, please explain:
Have you ever been diagnosed or treated for any psychological disorder, and if so, for what? Did you ever take medication in response
to this diagnosis?
Are you currently or have you in the past received counseling from a professional counselor and/or mental health professional? Please
explain.
Please disclose when and for what period of time you were/are under the care of a mental health professional. Was/Is the counseling
experience for you positive, negative or neutral? Please explain.
By submitting this application, I agree that while I participate in this Tiny Hands International Vision Team, I am responsible to abide
by the rules set forth by the organization, its leaders and supervisory personnel. Any serious infraction of the rules can result in my
dismissal from the program. In the event of dismissal, I agree to assume the responsibility of return costs to my home. I also agree to
forfeit any possibility of a refund. I understand that such action would be taken only under extreme circumstances.
Job History
Current Employer:
Address:
Date Hired:
Supervisor:
Contact Number:
Job Title:
Employer:
Address:
Dates Employed:
Supervisor:
Contact Number:
Job Title:
Reason for Leaving:
Employer:
Address:
Dates Employed:
Supervisor:
Contact Number:
Job Title:
Reason for Leaving:
Employer:
Address:
Dates Employed:
Supervisor:
Job Title:
Contact Number:
Reason for Leaving:
How did you hear about Tiny Hands International and about Ambassador Program?
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST: Describe your relationship with Jesus today. How does this relationship affect you
personally? How does this relationship affect the way you interact with the world around you? What sacrifices have you made for the
sake of Christ?
YOUR DEVOTIONAL LIFE: Describe your devotional life. How often and how much do you read the scriptures? How often and
for how long to do you pray? How often do you attend religious gatherings, and what is the nature of those gatherings?
YOUR SERVICE: ‘What have you done and are you doing to help the poor for the sake of Christ? What Christian organizations
have you been involved with in the past? Have you had any overseas experience? Please describe the nature, frequency, and duration
of each of these activities.
GOD’S HEART: How does God view the fact that little girls are trafficked for sexual exploitation, and children live on the street?
How does He allow this to happen in a world in which He is supposedly sovereign?
YOUR VISION: What is your reaction to the vision of Tiny Hands International? Why do you want to be a Tiny Hands International
Ambassador? What gifts or passions do you feel you offer Tiny Hands International?
YOUR DREAM: If you could choose any kind of life for yourself, doing what you love most and are most passionate about, what
would it look like?
Reference Form
Applicant's Name:
Your Name:
Your Address:
City, State, Zip:
Your Phone:
Your Email:
Relationship to Applicant:
The applicant is applying to be a Tiny Hands International Ambassador. As an Ambassador, the applicant will help raise money and
awareness for the work of Tiny Hands (www.tinyhandsinternational.org). We would appreciate your confidential comments and will
rely heavily on your recommendation. Thank you for your help!
How long have you known the applicant? And in what capacity?
Is a love for God evident in the applicant's life? How have you seen this in his/her life?
In your opinion, does the applicant have a noticeable love for other people? How has this been evident to you?
How has the applicant matured since you have been acquainted with him/her?
What do you see to be the applicant's passions (i.e. what does he/she really enjoy doing)?
Is there any other information we should know that would better enable us to evaluate the applicant?
Please rate the following qualities of the on a scale of 1 (worst) to 5(best) or write N/A.
Please rate the following qualities of the on a scale of 1 (worst) to 5(best) or write N/A.
FAITHFULNESS: How strongly can you guarantee that this person will do what he/she says he/she will do?
Comments:
________
Score
DEVOTIONAL LIFE: To your knowledge, how active is this person’s devotional life? How well does he/she know the
scriptures?
Comments:
________
Score
PASSION and INITIATIVE: How strongly does this person become motivated about causes that he/she is passionate
about? When motivated, how active is he/she in pursuing that passion?
Comments:
________
Score
PERSEVERENCE: How consistently does this person follow through with what he/she begins? How hard does he/she
work to complete goals that are important to him/her? How disciplined is he/she?
Comments:
________
Score
ABILITY TO GET ALONG WITH OTHERS: How well does this person get along with others? How considerate and
thoughtful is he/she?
Comments:
________
Score
EMOTIONAL STABILITY: How resistant to depression and other emotional problems is this person?
Comments:
________
Score
CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING: How well does this person creatively solve problems?
Comments:
________
Score
CAPABILITY: How well does this person follow directions? How resourceful is he/she?
Comments:
________
Score
FLEXIBILITY: How well does this person respond to new ideas and uncertain situations?
Comments:
________
Score
HUMILITY: How well does this person submit to authority? How slow to speak and quick to listen is he/she? How
teachable is he/she?
Comments:
________
Score
SEXUALITY: How is this person’s behavior with members of the opposite sex? Does he/she avoid over-
flirting and inappropriate behavior?
Comments:
________
score
Thank you for your time! Please e-mail this form to ______.
GOALS: