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Care For Children [Welfare\Children] |
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Care for Children was established in 1998 to: "relieve hardship, distress and sickness in abandoned and orphaned children in China by the introduction of strategic initiatives in child care practice, at the request of, and in cooperation with, the Chinese national and local authorities."
Care for Children believes that the best environment for most children to grow and develop is the family. Accordingly we work with the Chinese National Government and local governments to establish quality foster care programmes that put the needs of children first, Chinese children in Chinese families in China.
Care for Children also seeks to make available to the Chinese Government the best experience and ideas of the West for the development of social welfare programmes and facilities that serve the needs of orphans, disabled children and others in need. |
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Opportunities for involvement |
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- Opportunities for Financial Assistance |
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 | Shanghai Family Centres |
| Following the success of the Shanghai Foster Care Project, the Director of Civil Affairs has requested that Care for Children sign a contract to continue working in Shanghai to develop new services for child care. In particular three main projects have been identified:
In order to provide better information and support for parents in the community with difficult or disabled children a plan to create five "Family Centres" has been developed. These will provide information and advice to parents as well as provide basic equipment to assist with rehabilitation for disabled children. By making these centres available close to the children's homes a better quality of care can be delivered and problems can be identified earlier with support that enables the child to stay with his/her own parents.
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| Shanghai Preparation for Independence |
| Children moving out of the orphanage on reaching adulthood have minimal experience of indepenent life and need to learn how to survive without the supports of institutional life. A plan to create a small "half-way house" has been developed. This will allow young adults to learn to manage their own household chores and to live with a greater level of independence
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| Kunming Foster Care Project |
| Towards the end of 2000 Care for Children started working with the Kunming Children's Welfare Institute to establish a foster care programme based on the Shanghai experience.
The programme is being modified to meet the local requirements. All the initial family placements are in a town just outside the main city. Over 200 children have now been placed. Parents in the town have more time to spend with their children and the children can enjoy more freedom than in the crowded city. A project office has been set up in the local kindergarten that most of the foster children attend, to provide support to the foster parents and to monitor progress. An evaluation undertaken in 2001 has confirmed the value of this new approach to foster care. As in Shanghai, Care for Children is supporting the establishment of the foster care programme with the formation of a joint foster care team and through consulting, training and the equipping of the foster care office.
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| Chengdu Foster Care Project |
| In the first half of 2001 Care for Children started working with the Chegdu Children's Welfare Institute to establish a foster care programme based on the Shanghai experience.The programme is being modified to meet the local requirements. Following the successful placement of 100 children in the city, a rural project is now being established to meet the needs of some of the more disabled children who would not be able to benefit from urban schooling and who benefit significantly from the increased space and more relaxed life of a smaller town. As in Shanghai, Care for Children is supporting the establishment of the foster care programme with the formation of a joint foster care team and through consulting, training and the equipping of the foster care office. A Care for Children representative is based in Chengdu working closely with the Institute on the development the foster project.
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| Ruili Vulnerable Children in Cross-Border Area Project |
| This project will establish approaches to protect children in the cross border area between China and Myanmar. As unregistered immigrants these children are vulnerable to exploitation. Working with appropiate agencies on both sides of the border Care for Children hopes to help address some of the causes for the movement of children to ensure their safety and protection.
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- Opportunities for In-Kind Assistance |
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| Mobilise Teachers in the Western Provoinces |
| Working in partnership with China Poverty Relief Fundation we aim to train teachers from distance learning centres in the western provinces. This will help many children to have the opportunity to attend school for the first time. What is needed is second hand computers which we will upgrade and load the appropriate software. We will then send the computers to the distance learning centres in the western provinces for the training of future school teachers.
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| CfC Christmas Cards |
| Buy your corporate Christmas cards from Snap Printing and the profit will go to Care for Children. You can put your own company logo and message in the card.
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| CfC Overseas Training Schoolarships |
| Every year CfC offer training schoolarships to local Chinese staff that will hold future leadership positions in childcare. The Masters in International Child Welfare, at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom, is a one-year full-time degree course that combines teaching on child welfare and cross-national issues with dissertation work in the student's own or other chosen country. Each year Care for Children will sponsor a selected group of students from its cooperative projects on the Masters course. Sponsored students would normally be expected to have completed the Certificate in Child Development and Care or an equivalentcourse before being selected for sponsorship. You could sponsor a flight or give airmiles towards a flight.
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| China Project Training |
| It is important that CfC continue to support, train and monitor the developments of its projects all over China. To support this you could give in kind either airmiles or hotel points to reduce the costs of our consultants and training staff, in some cases companies will allow the charity the use of its corporate rates.
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| Great Wall Sponsored Walk |
| The Great Wall of China, built to keep out the northern hordes stretches 6,300km into China, skirting along the top of the eastern plains, climbing and falling across dramatic hill country and extending far into the Gobi desert in the north-west of China.
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- Opportunities for Volunteering Time |
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| Accounts assistant |
| To support our Chinese accounts clerk manage the local accounts in Shanghai and report to the head office. |
| Minimum Time Commitment: 10.0 hours/week.
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| Training officer |
| Work in close co-operation with our training manager to delivery our yearly training plan previous experience and qualifications required. |
| Minimum Time Commitment: 10.0 hours/week.
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| Fundraising |
| To act as a local representive to delivery our fundraising development plan. |
| Minimum Time Commitment: 10.0 hours/week.
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Contact: |
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Name:
Kay Zhang |
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Phone:
010 8470 2735-617 |
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Fax:
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E-mail:
kay@careforchildren.com.cn |
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WebSite(English):
www.careforchildren.com |
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WebSite(Chinese):
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Documents Submitted: |
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Recent audited financial statement
Proof of registration
List of organization's staff and governing board |
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Register your charitable organization with AmCham
Please click HERE to register your charitable organization with AmCham. If you have any questions, please email CSR@amcham-shanghai.org for more information. |
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