With a warm glow in her eyes, Nancy will enthusiastically tell you about her dreams of becoming a track & field star. For most orphaned children in southern India, dreams give way to survival – hoarding enough recyclables to barter for a meal or searching for a safe alleyway to sleep the hunger pangs away. That was what was in store for Nancy. Nancy’s mother worked as a dishwasher in a midday meal center. On a good day that hard work provided one meal a day. On a bad day Nancy went without. Her mother abandoned her at one of our partner orphanages when Nancy was four years old. Today, at nearly 15 years old, Nancy’s favorite sport is throwing the shot put on her school’s track & field team where she also receives a great education. Nancy never has to go without a meal. And she gets to live out her dream.