Title: International Day Western Academy of Beijing Care for Orphan Children in China
1International DayWestern Academy of
BeijingCare for Orphan Children in China
- Our Chinese Daughters Foundation
- Dr. Jane Liedtke
- Ross Warner
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3Why is care for children a global issue?
- Throughout the world there are children who are
unable to speak for themselves and ask for help
when they need it. - These are children without parents or adult
relatives to help them. - They live in institutions or orphanages and
sometimes there is not enough money or support to
give them the level of care they need. - Sometimes they are orphans, sometimes not.
4Are there children in China who need help? Yes
- There are many children in orphanages and social
welfare institutions in China. - There are also children in private group homes
and foster care in need of help. - Some children live on the street as beggars with
older persons who may not be their family
members.
5How does this happen to kids in China?
- Kids may live at a social welfare institute,
orphanage, or foster care facility for many
reasons - Poverty the family has too many children and
cant afford any more. - Chinas One-Child Policy most families are
allowed only one child. Rural farm families can
have two children if the first child is a girl. - Accident in the family causing the parents to not
be available to raise the child(ren) - Traditional customs and preferences for boys to
help on the family farm and carry on the family
name. - Imprisonment of parents
- Birth defect or physical disability may cause a
family to fear they cant care for their child - AIDS some children have lost their entire
family to AIDS and now have to live in
institutions.
6Who cares for children in institutions?
- Government Ministry of Civil Affairs
- Provincial and Local Civil Affairs
- Private Chinese Non-Profit Organizations
- International Organizations
- United Nations Projects
- Church Projects
- Individual Projects
- Foreign Government Projects
7How long do kids live there?
- Some children are adopted by families in China
and some are internationally adopted by the time
they are 3 years of age. - For some children who are disabled, their stay is
life-long. - Those children who were not adopted and are able
to attend public school do so. - In some rare cases, children may go to college.
- Usually at age 16 or 18 they leave the orphanage
if they are well enough to do so.
8What is international adoption?
- Families living in foreign countries come to
China to adopt a baby, toddler or special needs
child. - Some families living in China also adopt children
during their stay in China. - The child becomes a full family member and
citizen of the country where the family is from. - The foreign family is responsible for raising the
child and loving it just like other children in
the family.
Big brother with new sister!
9What countries allow adoption from China?
- USA
- Canada
- Australia
- Norway
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Finland
- The Netherlands
- Belgium
- France
- Switzerland
- UK
- Ireland
10Are there many orphanages in China?
- Government Social Welfare Institutions or
Orphanages - 250 with international adoption programs
- 500 that care for children but children are not
adopted internationally from these locations - Private Facilities
- 100 throughout China
11How many kids are we talking about?
- 850 institutions of various sizes
- Lets imagine there are 50-100 children in each
one - Did you do the math?
- 42,500 85,000 children in need of homes
- In some cities we know there are institutions
with 200-500 children! So, the number is likely
100,000 children. - Add to that the number of children who lost their
parents due to AIDS, the number doubles!
12What are the immediate needs of children?
- Food
- Milk powder and formula
- Surgeries to correct small to large physical
problems - Care-givers to love and hold them, teachers to
teach them - Heating in winter to stay warm and things like
insulated windows - School sponsorships
- Clothing and shoes
- Eye exams and glasses
- Dental exams and treatment
- Bedding and blankets
13Beijing Orphan Resource Network (BORN)
- Group of 20 orphan care institutions run by
foreign organizations and individuals - Share resources and identify needs of children in
institutions in the region and throughout China
14Examples of children who need help and
Beijing-area organizations that need your support
15Hope Foster Home - Beijing
- Fu Jin Jin, 2 months old in Henan Province
- Born with exposed spinal cord and orphaned.
- Needs
- Surgery for closure of spine and shunt insertion
for hydrocephalus. - Cost 5,000.00
16Tianjin International Committee for Chinese
Orphans
- Wei Jian An, 6 months old
- Born with amniotic bands, orphaned
- Needs
- Multiple surgeries to release skin/scaring and
splints for several surgeries to enable walking. - Cost 4,000.00
17Blue Sky Healing Home Beijing
- Fu Tian You, 5 months
- Need
- Surgery funds for severe medical condition. He
has already undergone a necessary first surgery
to replace his bladder at around 1 month old, but
it ruptured while he was in ICU in the local
Chinese hospital. Physicians will donate their
services, hospital fees and transportation needed
for multiple surgeries. - Cost 15,000.00
18Jia Ao Foster Home Amazing Hands
- Dang Yi Feng, 6 months
- Needs
- Surgery for TGA (transposition of the great
arteries) and Atrial Septal Defect - Cost 10,000.00
19Operation Blessing
- Wang Dan, age 16, in Henan Province
- Both parents died of AIDS.
- She is living with her peasant grandparents.
- Needs
- School sponsorship for 3 years of high school.
- Cost 750
20Gift of Life Rotary International Beijing
Chapter
- Zhao Yu Lang, age 3, in Hebei Province
- Needs
- Heart surgery to repair a congenital heart
defect. - Cost 2,000.00
21Beijing United Family Hospital Foundation -
Beijing
- Chen Yong Xing, 12 years
- Parents have left him to beg on the streets with
a grandparent. - Needs
- MRI to plan surgery, surgery to remove tumor and
restore eye functions. - Cost 3,500.00
22New Day Foster Home - Daxing
- Peter Dang Gui Zhi, 1 year old, orphaned
- Needs
- Heart surgery for pulmonary atresia
- Cost 7,000.00
23Hope Foster Home - Beijing
- Lily Fu Wen Hua, 2.5 years
- Needs
- Medication to control seizures.
- She has severe cerebral palsy.
- Cost 1,000.00
24Tianjin International Committee for Chinese
Orphans
- Wei Jian Kang, 3 months
- Cleft lip/palete, bone deformities (including
fused joints. - Needs
- Surgery to correct lip/palate, unfuse joints and
reverse fingers. - Cost 6,250.00
25Our Chinese Daughters Foundation
- DaMing Orphanage and LiMing Orphanage in Hebei
Province - Coal for Kids Project
- purchase of coal for non-government supported
orphanages who each year have insufficient funds
to heat their facilities thus causing children to
lose life and limbs/fingers from frostbite.
Coal for Kids
26Our Chinese Daughters Foundation Orphan Support
Projects
- Orphan Care Packages to send to any orphanage or
foster care program in China. - These include various options including medical
supplies, baby care items, formula, musical
instruments, playground equipment. - www.ocdf.org/orphansupport
- 500 Orphanages throughout China need care
packages
27Our Chinese Daughters FoundationOrphan Support
Projects
- Sponsor children to attend elementary school,
middle school, high school, or college. - Provide a child their annual school backpack!
- Sponsor eye exams, music lessons, and clothing
for kids in over 750 orphanages throughout China. - See www.ocdf.org/orphansupport
28Our Chinese Daughters FoundationOrphan Support
Projects
- In support of schooling for children who became
orphans because their parents died of AIDS. They
have lost their families and their villages.
29Bethel Foster Home - LangfangSchool for Blind
Orphans Project
- Need
- 460 square meters facility, English teacher,
special Education Teacher, Occupational
Therapist, Primary School Teacher, Assistant
Teacher, 2 Workshops for State-run Orphanages
Caregivers. - Cost 23,000.00
30Operation BlessingSchool Project - Gansu Province
- Yanhui, Yanqiang and Yaqiang, from Tongwei in
Gansu, lost their father years ago. Their mother
works in the field to struggle to support them
but it barely keeps them alive. The three
children in the family need the chance to attend
school so as to give their family a better
future. Yanhui is the older sister should be in
middle school and Yangiang and Yaqiang, her
younger brothers, need to be in primary school. - Wang Binlan (shown right), 11 years old, needs to
attend school to be able to have a future. He has
albinism and was adopted by an old street peddler
in Lanzhou. - Cost 450 Includes tuition, uniform, books, and
backpack of supplies for the 4 kids.
31Bethel Foster Home - Langfang
- Fu Li Gin, 16 years old from Guizhou
- Annual Sponsorship
- In support of an orphan child for annual
residential care, schooling, meals, clothing,
specialized education for the blind. - Cost 2,000.00
32Bethel Foster Home - Langfang
- Fu Li Ming, age 5 from Guizhou
- Annual Sponsorship
- In support of an orphan child for annual
residential care, schooling, meals/clothing,
specialized education for the blind. - Cost 2000.00
33Operation BlessingCleft Surgery
- Story of one of the orphans
- Mengying Ruo (1 year old) is a cute baby, she was
abandoned by her family because of her cleft lip
condition. She was found by a stranger at the
gate of a factory and was sent to St. Jose
Childrens Home. Under the watchful eye of the
caregivers, little Ruoying grew fast. But her
cleft lip seriously affected her eating and she
choked from time to time. Little Ruoying urgently
needs surgery to give her a normal life. - Cost for Cleft Lip Surgeries 400.00 each
34Area Orphanage Sponsorships
- Annual Milk Sponsorship
- In support of milk powder for one entire year
- Cost 1,200.00
- Annual Food Sponsorship
- In support of food for one orphanage for one
entire year! - Cost 3,600.00
35Wu Qiu Orphanage
- Wuqiu Orphanage is a church-run orphanage in
Jinzhou, Hebei province. - There are 90 orphans now.
- Without fixed financial source, the orphanages
environment is simple and crude. - The orphans are weak.
- The nuns take good care of the children.
36Dawn Home Orphanage
- Dawn Home Orphanage, Biancun, is built by a
Catholic church. - Now there are 70 orphans.
- The orphanage does not have fixed financial
source and the environment is quite simple. - Nuns teach children to make handcrafts, so that
the handicapped orphans could master a
professional skill and boost up their confidence.
37Liu Cun Orphanage - Changping
- Orphans are lacking in nutrition.
- There are 16 orphans. The living environment is
very bad. - It is a relatively poor orphanage.
38Living Tree Foster Home
- They are dedicated to healing training for
orphans with Cerebral Palsy. - At present, they are taking care of 25 orphans,
including 18 orphans with CP. - The children come from different orphanages.
- Now they got care and love.
39Special Projects for Kids to Help Kids
- 100 can sponsor one orphanage for one month of
milk powder! - 200 can sponsor one orphanage for one month of
diapers! - 300 can sponsor one orphanage for one month of
food! - 400 can equip an orphanage with a modern
kitchen! - 500 can build/equip a library room for children!
- 600 can build/equip an infirmary/clinic!
- 700 can sponsor special equipment for special
needs kids! - 800 can build/equip a laundry room!
- 900 can build/equip a modern bathroom!
- 1000 can build/equip a playground!
- 2000 can build a baby/infant room
- 5000 can build/equip a physical therapy room
40Kids can make a difference!
- As you meet with your teachers later today, you
can decide how to make a difference for kids in
need in China!