HELP YUSHU RECOVER

Scenes that we long to see : Tibetan folk dancing in front of a school building won't be possible for quite some time due to the April 14 earthquake (this photo from a neighboring county).

*** Update : Latest news : Premier Wen told the Director of the Children's Home that the children will be prioritized for shelter. Shelters are now set up on the horse festival grounds and tents have arrived.   Please pray for the Director's wife as she was injured in the earthquake and is now in hospital in Xining (10 hours from Yushu) where we are doing all we can to support her. ****

Help Yushu Recover

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Earthquake Update

All the children, staff and buildings in Huang Nan (above) and Xining Children's Homes survived the earthquake unscathed.

Dear  Friends,

Siew Mei arrived in the UK for meetings just a few hours ago, so she has been unable to do anything about letting you know what has happened in the earthquake zone. I’m writing on her behalf.  My name is Clarence Tsang, Deputy Director of Christian Action... nice to meet you!

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The World's Most Valuable Software

Our wonderful Special-Education Trainer Cindy Pearson in action at the Xining Children's Rehabilitation Center

When guests from Europe and elsewhere visit the Multi-Sensory room in the Children's Rehabilitation Centre in Xining they say they have never seen anything like it. But Anthony Charter, our Chairman, says, "It's easy to pat ourselves on the back when we look at the hardware we've invested in, but now we need the software so that we can inspire others to empower disabled children." What is this 'software' he's talking about?

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How can parents simply abandon a child?

A frame from last week's video on beautiful Fei Fei and her heroic foster mother.

How can parents simply abandon a child?

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Sorrow Also Brings Joy

Photograph of Fei Fei and her foster Father was taken in 2007 at an outing for foster families and their children. The event was sponsored by the Chinese Christian Church of Milsons Point, Sydney, Australia.

There is so much we can learn from handicapped children, but Sun Feizhi (nicknamed Fei Fei) taught my staff and I that we should keep on believing in severely mentally challenged children.

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