The scope of the problem of abandoned children in India is so huge; it would be enough to discourage most people from doing anything about it. In Bombay alone, there are an estimated 100,000 + abandoned children struggling to survive, right down at the very bottom of an already poverty stricken economy or negligence by the govt. and the upper class. Without a doubt, these are some of the most vulnerable children on planet earth. So many of them do not live above twelve years. Many perish before eight years of their age, may be for the want of food and a little attention.

John and Asha Chacko are one couple that refused to believe that the condition of these children was hopeless. Their burden for them motivated them to cast themselves totally upon God for the sake of these helpless and needy people, shortly after being married. They moved into a one room ‘shanty’ in the slums in Kandivli, and began reaching out to the most vulnerable children who were literally right outside their door. The responsibility of a Christian is “to know Christ and make Him known” among others is the first and most important lesson they learned in the Operation Mobilization and in Doulos.