Saving
lives
BUilding futures
Empowering
youth
"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. "
- Oprah
SAVING LIVES
In China, children with serious medical conditions are often abandoned because their parents simply cannot afford to pay for the necessary and often life-saving medical care. Those that make it through their traumatic first few weeks of life are placed in welfare institutions. For an orphan who was born prematurely or with a birth defect, the chances for survival seem bleak.
China Care saved these orphans lives by providing them with the critical medical care they needed at The China Care Home. Thanks to the steadfast support of our partners, Chunhui Children's Foundation, The China Care Home's mission persists under their proficient operation and management. Today, they tirelessly extend the warmth and security of a home, showering these delicate infants and toddlers with the affection of devoted caregivers and nurses. Furthermore, the facility remains at the forefront of medical advancements, ensuring state-of-the-art care is administered to address their needs both before and after surgical interventions.
BUilding
futures
Children who lived in orphanages often faced debilitating medical problems and were also at a very high risk for permanent cognitive and emotional damage because they spent their days with little if any stimulation or individual attention. The good news was that we could change this. We took children with underlying medical issues into our China Care Home in Beijing, where they underwent desperately needed surgeries at prestigious hospitals nearby. At The China Care Home, the children received stellar pre and post-operative care that included the hugs, smiles, and support that every child who endured life-saving medical treatment deserved.
Though China Care excelled at providing life-saving medical care and comprehensive pre and post-operative care, we did not have a good solution for our children's long-term care until, in 2009, we found a wonderful partner in One Sky Foundation. One Sky excelled at providing nurturing care for children living in orphanages, care that helped prevent the well-documented developmental problems so common in children who had been fed and clothed but not cherished. But One Sky was not able to provide medical care, even for heartbreakingly sick children in their programs.
The synergies became clear. China Care could focus on providing medical care and partner with One Sky to ensure that our children, once healthy and strong, were placed into loving environments.
Today when children leave The Chunhui Care Home after they have been given a clean bill of health, they are enrolled in one of One Sky's education, nurture and enrichment programs.
Empowering
Youth
The first China Care club was started when Matt was in college because he wanted to give his fellow classmates the same chance he had to bring hope to orphans in China who were desperate for medical care. He was just a kid himself, but he quickly realized what a difference he was making in the children’s lives and could only imagine how much more of an impact an entire network of students could make.
As a China Care Club member students gave abandoned children the comfort of a home; a children desperate for medical care life-saving treatment; and helped provide special needs orphans with brighter futures. Our wonderful network of students was not only reaching out with their hearts, they were also bridging the gap between two countries and two cultures.