Trapped in Hong Kong

Ling during summer camp at Christian Action.

Mrs. Lau is a professional hairdresser who made a good living in her hometown in China. After she met and married a man from Hong Kong, she continued living in China for several years while he pursued his business interests in Hong Kong. But when their two children were 15 and 9 years old, Mrs Lau felt they should know their father, so she moved to Hong Kong.

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The Ways of the World

Only five per cent of the children in Xining Children's Home don't have special needs. But we have to take special care that we don't ignore the normal needs of all our children. Learning to cope with everyday life in the world outside our Home is essential because that's what they will have to adapt to at the age of eighteen when they will no longer be dependent on the state.

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Mental Health Matters

Today is United Nations International Youth Day 2014.  The theme for this year 'Youth and Mental Health' and their slogan 'Mental Health Matters' couldn't be more appropriate for little Yan...

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Not Goodbye Yang!

It's tough when a child is an orphan without any identification documents or history. Yang was six when he came to Xining Children's Home with ataxic cerebral palsy. The Xining Rehabilitation Centre only opened its doors five years later, so his parents would not have had any access to support services for families with disabled children, especially if they were poor.

Nobody knows why, or by whom, Yang was brought to us, or why they could no longer care for him. One thing was certain - he badly needed therapy.

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We Have Gifts

The Bible says that God has given us a wide variety of gifts and talents and I know that we are happiest when we are able to use those gifts. Sometimes they are obvious and at other times we need to encourage hidden talents in others so that a man or woman feels fulfilled in their everyday lives.

In Christian Action it gives us great pleasure to see people freed to use their gifts and talents even though they must earn their living in monotonous jobs like those of a domestic helper...

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