careforchildren.com

Care For Children is a registered charity with tax free status in China. This organization works with the local and national government in China and have placed 200,000 orphans and underprivileged children into families.

Children living in institutions can never receive love, nurturing and care like they would in homes where there are parents as well as uncles, aunts and grandparents to support. Such love can never be found in orphanages. Care for Children works with the government agencies to place these children into homes.

Its office is in the outskirts of Beijing and was initially funded by the British government for 3 years and since it has been funded by donations. The staff here are dedicated and have a passion to make a difference to enrich the lives of orphans and underprivileged children.

Many aid donations never reach the needy but this team is at the ground level and I intend to support such a worthy organization. Though my contribution may be small at the moment, but it is not the magnitude but the desire to help out of love that counts. Go to their website and see their work (photos) during the recent earthquake in Chengdu.


Below pic: David Liu, Kay Zhang (PR & Communications Manager), Charlie Humphries and myself.
In Malaysia there are tens of thousands of Vietnamese/Burmese kids born in refugee camps that are stateless (not a citizen of any country) and uneducated. These children were born in these camps and are now 18/19 years of age and roaming the streets.

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Mission Statement

Care for Children exists to relieve hardship, distress and sickness in abandoned and orphaned children in China by the introduction of strategic initiatives in child care practice, at the request of, and in cooperation with, the Chinese national and local authorities.

Vision

Care for Children has a vision to see 1 million children in families.

Partners

China Social Work Association (CSWA) - approved and monitored by the Minitsry of Civil Affairs (MoCA).

Track record

Care for Children began work on it's first Foster Care pilot project with the Shanghai Civil Affairs in 1998.

Following the initial success in Shanghai, 3 other projects were started in Kunming, Yinchuan and Chengdu. In 2003 Robert Glover received the White Magnolia award from the Shanghai government in recognition for his service to the city. By this date, a total of 1400 children had been placed into families.

Recognising the value of Care for Children's project work, in 2003 the Ministry of Civil Affairs invited Care for Children to partner with CSWA on a nationwide project in the 14 poorest provinces of China.

In 2007 the project was further expanded to include 30 provinces. To date (May 2008), Care for Children has directly trained staff from over 200 orphanages. It is estimated that there are now over 200,000 children in families!