BY THE NUMBERS
183
ANGEL HOUSES
4,476
CHILDREN RESCUED
9
YEARS
In the coming months, she began to tell anyone and
The Angel House team in India knew far too well
everyone about the children in India and asked others
the sobering fate of abandoned orphans. Without
to partner with her to build them a home. Although it
intervention, each child would succumb to a life of
was a challenge, Lindsay had an unyielding passion
destitution. Angel House could not stop with 1 home.
and was determined to give the precious children she
Lindsay and her team refused to just “see” the need,
had met a beautiful home.
but resolved to take action.
In December 2010, the dream became a reality! The
Just weeks after the first home opened, Lindsay
very first Angel House Rescue Orphanage was built and
competed and won on the NBC popular game show
became home to 50 beautiful children in India. They
“Minute To Win It!” In a single moment, more than
ran into their new home like they it was Disneyland! As
8.5 million households heard about Angel House as
they laid on their brand new beds it was the first time
Lindsay competed in hopes to use the money to build
they had ever laid on a bed or a pillow in their entire
more homes in India. It was just the beginning!
lives. The Angel House staff wrapped their arms around
What began as one house construction for just
the children and welcomed them into more than just
one group of children has now grown into dozens
their new homes, but their new lives.
of homes and thousands of children rescued out of
The day was memorable, but soon the harsh reality
the slums! Hundreds of orphans and street children
set in – more than 25 million orphans still lived tragic
who would otherwise be trapped in forced child labor,
lives on the streets and in the slums. Who will do some-
human trafficking, or begging on the streets now have
thing to help them?
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