Providing the blink of an eye!

Zhou Ma was only five when she came to our Huangnan Children's Home.  The burns to her face and left hand were a testimony to yet another accident by fire.  When I first saw Zhou Ma I was reminded of a baby boy who had sustained third degree burns over 60% of his body in a fire. He would have died had it not been for the timely intervention of Christian Action and our partner medical agency in 1999.

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Stay calm, pray & do your best!

Summer is a time of happy holidays abroad or entertaining activities for the children at home in Hong Kong. But money is scarce for some parents of children from ethnic minorities. Such holidays are an impossible dream for children whose parents are struggling to make ends meet.

I'm happy to say that our SHINE centre for Ethnic Minorities is helping at least some of those children to enjoy the holidays and at the same time be encouraged to make their own dreams come true.

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Courage That Inspires

Courageous people always inspire me! Marshanda, an Indonesian domestic helper, is one of those people. Despite all her own struggles, she has volunteered her services to help Christian Action so that others may also be helped. Her sad case history is similar to that of many of the 31,188 domestic helpers who came to us for help in the two years 2008-2010.

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Orphans come in all cultures

Last week I told you about my recent trip to Qinghai Province when we visited Xining Children's Home. We also took our group of visitors to Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, where we have been co-managing Huangnan Children's Home since 2008.

This home is very different to Xining Children's Home because 80% of the children are Tibetan and come from nomadic families. The rest are Mongolian, Hui, Han, and Tu, minority tribes on the Tibetan Plateau. Orphans are more at risk among these tribes than among those who are not nomads.

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Doubling the Accomplishments!

Two weeks ago I went to Qinghai Province, something I like to do three or four times a year. Some special visitors were with me on this visit.  Long term supporters from Resurrection Church in Sai Kung (where I fellowship) and from St. Luke's Orthodox Cathedral in HK Central also came, and now have a much deeper insight into our work after being eye-witnesses of what is being achieved in our children's homes.

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