History
In 1999, Caroline Boudreaux, founder of The Miracle Foundation, and her friend Christine Poynor set off on a trip around the world. In May 2000, they arrived in India, where for five years prior, Poynor had sponsored a young boy. She wanted to meet him and was pleased to discover he was exactly as his letters had described him, and that he had, indeed, received all of her money and letters. Although the assistance the young boy had received was helping him, the women were horrified by the sheer extent of the poverty and problems facing the many orphans of India. Boudreaux and Poynor later visited a home for orphaned children, when a little girl named Sheebani came up to Boudreaux and rested her head on her knee. Upon putting Sheebani to bed, Boudreaux discovered that Sheebani slept on wooden slats without any pillows, blankets or mattresses. Boudreaux states that her life changed when she heard Sheebani's bones knock against the wood of her 'bed'. The Miracle Foundation was established that day, May 14, 2000, Mother's Day in the U.S. Upon her return to the states, Boudreaux started The Miracle Foundation and fundamentally redirected the future possibilities for each of the 500 children currently living under the care of The Miracle Foundation.
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