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Monday
May202013

Something was right

Last week I shared about Meizi Kershaw and her parent's visit to Xining Children's Home. Meizi was the very first child from Xining Children's Home to be adopted. I also gave you an extract from a letter written to me by her mother after their return to the USA. This week, I am sharing with you Meizi's personal reactions to her visit to China and the Xining Children's Home.

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Tuesday
May142013

A History Maker Returns

As I write this I'm picturing a scene which is deeply embedded in my memory. It was the moment when Crystal and Jeff Kershaw met their daughter Meizi for the first time. When I saw that little family recently, twelve years later, it was like seeing the blessing of God on the work he had initiated way back in 1993 when my heart was broken by a dream about an abandoned baby being put to death.

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Tuesday
May072013

The Child Centred Approach

Most eleven-year-old girls have a healthy appetite and seldom need much encouragement when it comes to eating. Qiu Qiu was an exception. Her spindly little arms and legs would have had you thinking she was being starved.But eating held no appeal for her. The fragile little girl’s health was a real matter of concern for staff at Xining Children's Home.

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Tuesday
Apr302013

It's lawfully hers!

Stripped of her rights, Siti needs help getting recourse to justice

Tomorrow is International Labour Day. The word 'international' reminds me that there are millions of people globally whose attempts to earn a living are slowly chipping away at their dignity. Abusive and unscrupulous employers deprive them of their rights as workers, and sometimes even as human beings. Basic respect for human dignity is absent. I can't do much about the global problem, but Christian Action is chipping away at the existence of these problems in Hong Kong.

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Tuesday
Apr232013

Building A Better Hong Kong

Even though I am Chinese, the Malaysian education system did not encourage learning to read and write the language when I was growing up. Now the demands of running an agency like Christian Action have left me very little time for language study, so I have a deep level of respect for those who really strive to learn the language. Maswa is one of those people.

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