AMITY · 2020. 10. 5. · Amity Foundation, an independent Chinese social organization, founded in 1985 on the initiative of Chinese Christians led by Bishop K. H. Ting and joined

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Editorial Board Chair: Qiu Zhonghui, Ling Chunxiang

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Student participating in "The Light" youth empowerment project. Details on page 58.

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Message of 2019Join hands to create synergy in facing

the future

About Amity About Amity

Organization Structure

Directors of the Board of Amity Foundation

Staff Members

Facts and Figures

2019 Milestones

Information Disclosure

Flagship Projects

Project ReportsCommunity Development and Disaster Management

Public health and HIV/AIDS Prevention

Orphan Fostering

Education and Scholarship

Education and International Exchange

Social Welfare

Service for People with Disabilities

Service for the Elderly

NGO Development

Internet Philanthropy

Religion-based Philanthropy and Sector Research

Brand Promotion

Bible Printing

Regional DevelopmentAmity Foundation, Hong Kong

Shanghai Rende Foundation

Guangzhou Amity Philanthropy Development Center

Amity Beijing Office

International DevelopmentAmity International Office in Geneva

Amity Office in Africa

Amity StoriesA mother's expectation

A huge rock blocking a door

The growth of Fufu

Zhao Kui's worry

Aromatic scent in the mountains

Ten years later, she finally "returns home" ...

When Tiantian met Xuanxuan

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MESSAGE OF 2019

Taking heed of the old Chinese saying that

“He who does not plan for the future will

find trouble at his doorstep”, Amity held

a strategic planning meeting immediately

after the 2019 Spring Festival, which was

participated in by all Amity staff with

unprecedented enthusiasm and a strong

sense of responsibility.

Time flies but the theme of “join hands

to create synergy” remains etched in our

minds. In 2019, under the combined efforts

of all “Amity people”, the Foundation’s

annual income reached RMB 317 million,

of which online fundraising amounted to

RMB 180 million, marking a new peak

in Amity’s history. During the “9/9 Day

of Giving”, Amity partnered with 330

organizations to raise almost RMB 68

million through the Tencent Charity

Platform, placing it in a leading position

among all public fundraising foundations

across the country. In terms of projects, as

of the end of 2019, Rural Medical Support,

Sprouts on Earth, Papa and Mama’s

Canteen and other Amity flagship projects

raised a total of RMB 64 million through

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Join hands to create synergy in facing the future

Alibaba’s charity products and enjoyed

a high social reputation. The successful

incorporation of Amity Rengu Elderly Care

Co., Ltd. represents an effort to extend

high-quality home-based care services that

combine health and medical care.

In terms of internationalization, Amity

was invited to participate in the Second

Belt and Road Summit for International

Cooperation and formally signed a

memorandum of understanding with

the Ethiopian government on Amity’s

investments in social enterprises in

Ethiopia. In addition, the Amity Kenya

Office and Amity Printing Kenya Co.,

Ltd. were officially established. In its

cooperation with UN agencies, Amity

signed a memorandum of understanding

with the UNHCR to promote cooperation

in humanitarian relief, making it the first

between a Chinese social organization

and the UNHCR. In November, the

200-millionth bible rolled off the press of

the Amity Printing Company, representing

a historic milestone in its service of

providing bibles to the world. Behind all

Qiu Zhonghui

Chair of the Board

Ling Chunxiang

General Secretary

these numbers and work, millions of people have been added to the groups that we serve.

That, importantly, is our starting point and the meaning of all our efforts.

All of these could not have been achieved without your support and compassion which

gives us comfort and confidence. Our confidence stems from the good leadership and

strong support of relevant departments, the trust and understanding of donors/partners

at home and abroad, and the hard work and dedication of 1,200 “Amity people”. Amity’s

work continues to receive positive feedback from both government and society. We were

given the award for being an “Exemplary Organization for National Unity and Progress”

for the third consecutive time by the State Council during the 70th anniversary of the

founding of the People’s Republic of China. And it is this continuing support that has

also enabled Amity to make some outstanding achievements.

As we complete the second decade of the new century, Amity looks forward to the

celebration of its 35th anniversary. Regardless of the volatility around the world, as

Amity staff, we will firmly devote ourselves to remaining steadfast in mission, assuming

responsibility with passion, responding bravely to challenges, and reaching for new

heights. It has always been our goal to pass on love and goodwill to every corner of the

world and bring light to everyone's heart!

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ABOUT AMITY

》》》About Amity

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Amity Foundation, an independent Chinese social organization, founded in 1985 on the initiative of Chinese Christians led by Bishop K. H. Ting and joined by people from all walks of society, works to promote education, public health, social welfare, community development, environmental protection, disaster relief and other philanthropic under-takings in China and other parts of the world. Amity projects have benefited more than ten million people at home and abroad.

Awards and Honors

Amity earned the honor of National Exemplary Organization for Helping the Disabled by the State CouncilAmity was awarded Exemplary Organization for National Unity and Prog-ress by the State CouncilAmity received National Prize for Poverty ReductionAmity was the recipient of China Charity AwardAmity was recognized as Exemplary Organization for National Unity and Progress by the State CouncilAmity earned China Social Innovation AwardAmity was granted AAAAA-grade NGO statusAmity was chosen China Charity EnablerAmity received Annual Exemplary Charity of Transparency and China’s Annual Prize for Charity Information Disclosure ExcellenceAmity received the special consultative status by the UN Economic and Social CouncilAmity won Annual Tribute Award and Philanthropy Action Award by Ac-countability China 2015Amity was granted AAAAA-grade NGO status and Jiangsu Exemplary NGOAmity won “Top 10 Philanthropy Project Award” by Actors Alliance 2017Amity earned the honor of Top 40 Social InnovatorsAmity won the “Jiangsu Charity Award” four timesAmity was recognized for the third time as Exemplary Organization for National Unity and Progress by the State Council.Amity’s Chair of the Board Qiu Zhonghui was awarded as the “Most Out-standing CPPCC Member - 70 People in 70 Years” by the 22nd meeting of the 12th Chairmen’s Assembly of the Provincial CPPCCAmity received the “Self-discipline and Transparency Award” for ranking first with a full score for eight consecutive years in the China Foundation Transparency Index.

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Community Development and Disaster

Management

Public Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention


Social Welfare

Church and Social Service


Amity Bakery

Amity Home of Blessings

Amity Children Development Center

Amity International Philanthropy Valley

Amity NGO Development Center

Communication and Advocacy

Cooperation Development

Volunteer Service

Human Resource

Planning and Finance

Administration and Legal Service

Research and Advocacy

New Media Development

Orphan Fostering

Amity Way Fundraising

Regional Development

Organization Structure

Board of Directors

Executive Staff Meeting

Project Management


Amity Office in Africa

Amity Printing Co., Ltd. and other Amity

social enterprises

Amity Foundation Hong Kong

Guangzhou Philanthropy Development

Center

Amity International

Office in GenevaAmity Kenya

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Shanghai Amity Philanthropy

Research Center

Social Service Research & DevelopmentResource

DevelopmentOperation &

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08Our VisionAbundant lives, more justice, and a better world

Our MissionAbiding by the principles of mutual respect and

interfaith harmony, Amity builds friendship

with people at home and abroad. Through the

promotion of holistic development and public

welfare, Amity serves society, benefits the people,

and contributes to world peace.

Our GoalsTo contribute to China’s reform and opening up

and social development

To contribute to active participation of Christians

in China’s social development

To serve as a channel for people-to-people contact

and ecumenical sharing of resources

Our PositioningIntegrator of resources

Innovator of services

Builder of capacity and competence

Advocator of philanthropic principles

Our CultureThe Six Cs

Compassion, Commitment, Competence,

Communication, Cooperation and Creativity

Our ValuesHelping people with love and compassion

Enriching virtues to nurture benevolence

Faith and love in action

People oriented development

Equality and respect

Helping people help themselves

Openness and transparency

Integrity and efficiency

Participatory development and sustainable

development

Our AdvocacyTo realize the philanthropic principles of

accountability, professionalism and virtue

To serve people in need in an informative, practical

and effective manner

Directors of the Board of Amity Foundation

Chair of the BoardMr. Qiu ZhonghuiCounselor to Jiangsu Provincial Government

Vice President, China Charity Alliance

Chairperson of the Disaster Relief Committee, China Charity Alliance

Member of the Supervisor Committee, China Christian Council / National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China

Vice President of Jiangsu Social Organization Development Association

Member of the 10th and 11th Standing Committee, Jiangsu Provincial Committee of CPPCC

Vice Chair of the BoardMr. Gu ChuanyongFormer Counsel of Jiangsu Provincial Ethnic Affairs Commission and Jiangsu Provincial Religious Affairs Bureau

Rev. Zhang KeyunMember of the National Committee of CPPCC

Vice President of China Christian Council

Chairperson of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China

Board Members Rev. Wang JunMember of the Standing Committee, Shaanxi Provincial Committee of CPPCC

Vice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China

Chairperson and President of Shaanxi Provincial Christian Council / the Shaanxi Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China

Mr. Qiu ZhonghuiCounselor to Jiangsu Provincial Government

Vice President, China Charity Alliance

Chairperson of the Disaster Relief Committee, China Charity Alliance

Member of the Supervisor Committee, China Christian Council / National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China

Vice President of Jiangsu Social Organization Development Association

Member of the 10th and 11th Standing Committee, Jiangsu Provincial Committee of CPPCC

Prof. Lu HanlongFormer Counselor of Shanghai Municipal Government

Former Vice President of Chinese Sociological Association

Former Director of the Institute of Sociology, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Former Representative of Shanghai Municipal People's Congress

Mr. Sun WeiminVice Chairman of Suning.com Group Co., Ltd.

Prof. Shi ZengzhiProfessor and PhD Supervisor of the School of Journalism & Communication, Peking University

Director of the Center for Public Communication and Social Development, Peking University

Bishop Shen BinMember of the National Committee of CPPCC

Vice President and Deputy Director of Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association

Director of Jiangsu Catholic Patriotic Association

Prof. He GuanghuProfessor and PhD Supervisor of the Department of Religions Study, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China


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Ms. Yu RuiyuRepresentative of National People’s Congress

Chairperson of Jiangsu Talent Certified Public Accountants

Rev. Zhang KeyunMember of the National Committee of CPPCC

Vice President of China Christian Council

Chairperson of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China

Mr. Huang HaomingActing President, China Global Philanthropy Institute

Honorary Chair of the Board, China Association for NGO Cooperation

Mr. Gu ChuanyongFormer Counsel of Jiangsu Provincial Ethnic Affairs Commission and Jiangsu Provincial Religious Affairs Bureau

Ms. Ling ChunxiangChair of the Board of Shanghai Rende Foundation

Vice Chair of the Board of Guangzhou Philanthropy Development Center

Rev. Kan BaopingVice Chairperson of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China

Vice President, China Religions Study Association

Board of SupervisorsLawyer Wang YuyuePartner and lawyer of Q Plus Law Firm

Mr. Zhou XiaojinDirector of the Second Division, Jiangsu Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission

Ms. Huang LeiDirector of the Seventh Division, the United Front Work Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee

ConsultantMr. Zhao LongFormer Deputy Director of Jiangsu Provincial People’s Congress

Former Member of the Standing Committee, CPPCC

Former Chairperson of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of China National Democratic Construction Association

Rev. Xu XiaohongMember, national CPPCC

Chairperson of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China

President, the National Committee of China YMCA

Rev. Wu WeiMember, national CPPCC

Member, Beijing Committee of CPPCC

President, China Christian Council

Special ConsultantMs. Guo WeiFormer Director General of the Second Bureau, State Administration of Religious Affairs

General SecretaryMs. Ling Chunxiang

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Executive Staff MeetingQiu Zhonghui, Ling Chunxiang, He Wen, Chu Chaoyu, Liu Lei, She Hongyu, Tian Meimei, Zheng Wei, Fang Jun

Orphan FosteringWang Wei, Li Xue, Huang Huan, Liu Ruixin, Yao Keyu, Li Chenxi, Dai Yue, Sun Qidong

Community Development and Disaster ManagementTan Hua, Shu Junsong, Li Juan, Zhang Chao, Xie Jie, Xu Zhijian, Le Wen, Cui Yazhou

Public Health and HIV/AIDS PreventionDu Ying, Wu Xi, Xu Chen, Hua Yunfei

Church and Social ServiceShen Zhanqing, Sun Cheng, Xie Xiaoxuan, Wang Yuanyuan, Liu Yang, Peng Yaopei

Social WelfareZhou Bo, Fang Li, Wu Yaqin, Liu Yuqiao

Education and ScholarshipTang Chuanfang, Li Ling, Wu Keke, Wang Tongfei, Li Siya

Education and International ExchangeChen Cheng, Wang Yu

NGO DevelopmentZhou Liting, Li Yan, Cai Min

Kunshan NGO DevelopmentShen Shuzhen

Amity Way FundraisingGao Mei, Xu Huijie, Wang Yifan, Bao Huimin, Zhou Pengfei, Xu Tong

Communication and AdvocacyWang Yi, Huang Jieyu, Wang Pei, Lu Yi

Cooperation DevelopmentLiu Li, Ge Yong, Yu Chen, Guo Yuewen, Yan Yan, Li Zihao

New Media DevelopmentCao Hui, Chen Zheng, Zhong Xiaojie, Wang Xiaoming, Ma Hanying

Research and AdvocacyZhu Yanwei, Kou Weiwei, Wen Fangfang

Amity Office in AfricaGu Wanming, Zhang Jinghui

Amity International Office in GenevaDr. Theresa Carino

Finance and AccountingJiao Fei, Deng Xiahui, Sun Lin, Chu Guixiang

Supporting and AdministrationShi Yawei, Zhou Ling, Yu Deguo, Cui Baohong

Human ResourceSun Qi, Yan Rong, Jin Lei

Amity Beijing OfficeQian Xiaofeng

Amity Chuanyi FundXu Huitan

Shanghai Rende FoundationWang Wanxin

Guangzhou Amity Philanthropy Development CenterGao Qijun, He Jinrong, Chen Wenxiu, Liu Zhen, Yang Jiayu, Yang Lin, Guo Yuan, Yang Shawei, Guo Lusi

Amity Foundation, Hong KongAnthony Tong Kai Hong, Tong Su, Alex Lai Wing Hung, Amy Lo Pei Ying, Donald Tam Long Tung, Iris Wong Yuk Yin, Martin Lachmann

Staff Members

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FACTS AND FIGURES

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13● Since its inception, Amity has raised a total of

RMB 3.4 billion under the support of friends from all walks of life at home and abroad.

● Amity’s total income in 2019 reached RMB 317 million, with more than RMB 180 million generated from online fundraising.

● As of 2019, aggregate amount of fund raised online during 13 years exceeded RMB 745 million.

● In 2019, Amity Way Fundraising Team raised a total of RMB 110 million through online charity platforms and assisted 330 organizations to raise funds for 551 projects, with over 50 million single donations made.

● During 99 Giving Day, Amity Foundation united 330 organizations to raise RMB 67.72 million, ranking among the top throughout the country.

● As of the end of 2019, three of Amity’s flagship projects including Rural Medical Support, Sprouts on Earth and Papa and Mama’s Canteen, have raised a

total of RMB 64 million through Alibaba’s Charity Products Project.

● A total of more than RMB 19 million government charity resources was planned and managed by Amity.

● The Sprouts on Earth project was launched in 7 counties of 4 provinces, benefiting 467,000 people.

● In 2019, a total of 33,500 orphans benefited from Amity E-action orphan fostering project.

● Amity carried out educational poverty alleviation projects such as School Building in Mountainous Areas, Future Engineers, and Desks in Mountains,

benefiting about 100,000 people in 420 schools across the country.

● Over 160,000 people benefited from Amity’s community development and disaster management projects.

● In cooperation with more than 30 public welfare care centers and special education schools across the country to serve the people with challenges and children in risks.

● Amity carried out comprehensive elderly care services for nearly 400,000 people.

● Amity ranked first with a full score in the 2019 China Foundation Transparency Index. This is the eighth consecutive year that Amity obtained full score in the ranking.

● Amity cooperated with over 60 media and online platforms nationwide, which realized more than

13,000 media reports and reprints, reaching a total of 10 million people.

● Over 100 flagship events were organized throughout the year, with more than 70,000 participants in total.

● There were 9,843 volunteers registered with Amity, providing 24,357 hours of service during the whole year.

● Income of Shanghai Rende Foundation, a foundation sponsored by Amity Foundation, totaled

RMB 61.87million in 2019, directly benefiting 290,000 people.

● 16.25 million copies of the Bible were printed by Amity Printing in 2019 and the aggregate number of the Bible printed since formation of Amity Printing

reached 202.8 million copies.

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2019 MILESTONES

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February

April

March

● Amity Strategic Planning meeting was held to discuss the direction and objectives of development for the next 3 to 5 years.

● Amity signed a memorandum of understanding with UNHCR to promote cooperation in humanitarian relief. This was also the initial cooperation between Amity and UNHCR.

● General Secretary and Regional Representative for Asia & the Pacific Region of the ACT Alliance visited Amity.

● Rev Xu Xiaohong, Chairperson of National Committee of Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China, visited Amity.

● A story of Amity Bakery reported by ThePaper.cn, when posted on Weibo, soon attracted mainstream media including People’s Daily and CCTV News and was widely shared. It received around 13 million clicks during 3 days.

● Amity was invited to participate in the Second Belt and Road Summit for International Cooperation, and formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ethiopian government on Amity’s investment of social enterprises in Ethiopia.

● Amity’s strategic cooperation project “Sprouts on Earth” with Alibaba Charity was launched in Kunming, Yunnan Province.

May● The Second Assembly of the China Charity Alliance (CCA) was held in Langfang, Hebei Province. Qiu Zhonghui, Chair of the Board, was elected as the Vice President while Amity Foundation was elected as a standing member of the Alliance.

● The "East-West Philanthropy and Culture Forum and the Collected Works of Zhu Chuanyi Press Conference” was held in Beijing.

● Amity Foundation was recognized for the third time as Exemplary Organization for National Unity and Progress by the State Council.

● Qiu Zhonghui, Chair of the Board of Amity, was awarded as the "Most Outstanding CPPCC Member - 70 People in 70 Years" by the 22nd meeting of the 12th Chairmen’s Assembly of the Provincial CPPCC.

● The tenth Amity International Seminar on Autism and the Academic Annual Meeting of the Autism Rehabilitation Professional Committee of the Jiangsu Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Association were jointly held with the Nanjing Brain Hospital.

● The "2019 Diaconia Summer Seminar" jointly held by Amity with the Nanjing Union Theological Seminary attracted participants from 10 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country.

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September

August● Amity, together with China Charity Alliance and Suning Charity, jointly held "Rural Revitalization - 2019 Philanthropy Innovation Summit", which attracted more than 140 social organizations, more than 280 companies, more than 20 mainstream media and hundreds of people from all walks of life.

● Aiming to build an open platform for cooperation, Amity Rengu Elderly Care Co., Ltd. was incorporated. By focusing on community elderly care development, the platform will extend quality home-based care services.

● Amity established its Kenya Office and Amity Printing Kenya Co., Ltd. in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

June● The third Cross-Strait Religion and Philanthropy Forum was held by Amity in Nanjing, which series has served as a platform for close exchanges and cooperation between religion and philanthropy across the Taiwan Straits to enhance the love and brotherhood of fellow citizens.

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October

December

● Amity joined hands with a number of social organizations to organize the "Exchange Workshop on China’s Participation in International Humanitarian Aid" in Beijing to promote Chinese social organizations to better "go global".

● U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad visited Amity Bakery.

● Amity held the second "Amity Cup" Table Tennis Game at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, attracting 700 athletes from 117 teams across the country. The game raised more than RMB 1 million to support 4 charity projects.

● The 5th Amity International Conference on Senior Service was held. The conference attracted nearly 400 professionals across the country working in elderly care, medical care, and social work, and unveiled the founding of Amity Rengu Elderly Care Co., Ltd.

● The seventh meeting of the third Board of Directors of Amity Foundation was held in Nanjing.

● Amity was credited 100 under FTI (China Foundation Center Transparency Index) and won the "Award for Self-Regulation and Transparency Models".

● Amity Chuan Yi Fund established a parallel forum with the theme of "Cultural Development of Foundations" at the Fuzhou Foundation Development Forum Annual Conference.

● 2019, Amity successfully applied for funds from the “Going Global” project of the Jiangsu Provincial Government and from the Hong Kong SAR Government Project Fund to carry out international projects such as community development, international exchanges and disaster management in four countries including Cambodia and Nepal.

● Amity celebrated its printing of 200 million copies of the Bible. On the same day, a Bible Exhibition and a Chinese Bible and Christian Sinicization workshop with the theme "Centenary of the Union" was held before the celebration. The celebration also highlighted a special Plaque Unveiling Ceremony for Amity Printing Co., Ltd, Ethiopia, which marked another starting point for Amity Printing's overseas business development.

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INFORMATION DISCLOSURE

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Income Expenditure

Unit: RMB

Unit: RMB 10,000

Amity Online Fundraising Trend

Overview of Amity Income and Expenditure over Years

》》》Information Disclosure

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Mainland China

HK SAR, China

Europe

North America

Asia

Orphan Fostering

Amity Way

Public Health

Social Welfare


Community Development

Amity Alliance Plan

Church and Social Service

Disaster Management

NGO Development

Guangzhou Crowdfunding

Special Funds/Projects

General Projects

Social Service


Mainland China89%

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FLAGSHIP PROJECTS

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Flagship Projects

4. Orphan Fostering P39

2. Sprouts on Earth P37

6. Amity Cup Table Tennis Game P56

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5. Amity Bakery P46

1. Papa and Mama’s Canteen P36

3. Rural Medical Support P37

PROJECT REPORTS

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Community development and disaster management

In 2019, the Amity community development and disaster management team implemented a total of 74 projects, ranging from integrated rural development, disaster management, international projects and online crowdfunding. These

projects covered 19 provinces/autonomous regions and municipalities, such as Qinghai, Gansu, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hunan and Sichuan provinces as well as three foreign countries including Sri Lanka, Nepal and Myanmar, helping over 160,000 people.

To explore the value of rural culture, to cultivate the power of rural communities, and to achieve independent development of rural areas.

◆ Highlights:

1. Mature work model on domestic disaster relief: With the support of Alipay Charity, Tencent Charity and other Internet platforms, Amity has gone into a virtuous circle of homepage fundraising, rapid implementation and timely feedback.

2. A cooperative network

with social organizations as the main force being established: The network had played a great role in Amity’s work such as disaster relief, resource protection, and Papa and Mama’s Canteen.

3. Major achievements in the development of overseas

Philosophy:

Volunteers looking for water source in Danba County, Sichuan Province, for "Reserving Water for Them" Project

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Disaster relief after the Yushu snowstorm, Qinghai Province

projects: Project area was expanded to Myanmar; the team worked with Amity Hong Kong office to expand "Living Water" project to overseas; the team applied to Taobao for "Charity Products Project on International Education Support”; and the team set up links with international platforms with UN and ICVA.

To empower women and children; to save the weak and the sick; and to share healthy lives.

In 2019, the team implemented 47 projects in 37 cities and counties in 15 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, focusing on mother and baby nutrition, health checkups, clinic building, community health care, caring kits, health tests, drug support, care for HIV-positives, and volunteer trainings, directly benefiting 410,000 people.

Public health and HIV/AIDS Prevention

Philosophy:

Amity "Sprouts on Earth" taking care of maternal women and newborns in impoverished areas


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◆ Highlights:

1. In April, jointly initiated by Amity and Alibaba Charity, the kickoff meeting of "Sprouts on Earth” project which focuses on the maternal and child nutrition in impoverished areas was held in Kunming. The project expects to spend at least RMB 60 million within three years and provide poor maternal women and newborns with continuous and in-depth services such as pregnancy check-up, nutritional support, growth monitoring and health education. The project aims to reduce maternal and child health risks, improve overall population quality, enhance health service capacity and ultimately promote the

sustainable development of rural poverty alleviation. Up to now, the project has provided basic public health support for approximately 469,000 women of childbearing age in seven counties of four provinces to ensure the quality of our population in the early stages of life. In December, blockchain technology was introduced and applied in the project. This "on-chain model", built in an innovative way, will encourage public communication and engagement, in an aim to expand project impact and credibility.

2. In September, the "Rural Medical Support" project jointly

initiated by Amity and Alibaba Charity was officially launched. By building village clinics and equipping health centers and clinics with medical equipment, the project intends to structure rural community health care systems. As of the end of 2019, the project covered Gansu, Guizhou and Hunan provinces, and has received over RMB 11 million donation from Alibaba charity products. The project is expected to benefit 374,600 people.

3. Amity cooperated with social organizations to carry out online and offline interactions to help create a friendly environment for AIDS prevention.

Cycling for HIV/AIDS prevention Seminar on Building A Friendly Environment Sprouts on Earth

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◆ Highlights:

The team planed several events based on different festivals, such as the "New Year’s Taste in the Mountains" (displaying Chinese New Year's

In 2019, the program supported over 33,500 students throughout the year in 17 provinces across the country, including 20,800 students at compulsory education stage, 8,244 senior high school students, and 4,471 university students.

Orphan Fostering

customs in various places) during the Chinese New Year, the "Glimmer Plan" (career planning guide) in May, and the "Little Brushes, Big Dreams"

Philosophy:

To promote the whole-person development of orphans, protect their spiritual growth and accelerate their social integration process.

(paintings by beneficiaries) in June. These events brought more extended project areas and richer meaning to the program itself.

Girls from the Miao ethnic minority group supported by Amity Donor visit

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In 2019, the team carried out 12 projects in 420 schools covering 129 counties and cities in 15 provinces across the country, including School Building in Mountainous Areas, Multi-functional Activity Rooms,

One Common Tomorrow, Torch Project, Future Engineers, Return to Campus, Desks in Mountainous Schools, Dream Classrooms and Youth Venture Philanthropy, directly benefiting 93,357 people.

Philosophy:

To promote educational equality so as to protect the right to education for young people in poverty-stricken areas.

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◆ Highlights:

1. Since the establishment of the education program under Amity-Love Charity Fund in 2019, its education support project have sponsored 796 college students and vocational middle school students in nine cities of four provinces including Yunnan, Guizhou, Anhui, and Jiangsu. In addition, the program also provided multi-

functional activity rooms for 50 schools in seven cities of Yunnan and Anhui provinces.

2. Under the Suning-Amity Football 1+1 Project, the team worked with world top international football clubs, got involved in international events and with international football celebrities, to include professional football

sport into charity work and demonstrate sports spirit.

3. Amity Future Engineers project, covering nine cities in four provinces, invited volunteers from different industries to participate and formed a support mode that provided vocational middle school students with both financial aids and workshops.

Amity "Football 1+1"

Amity "Dream of Sports"

In 2019, education and international exchange projects, with presence in over 10 foreign countries, attracted international volunteers of different ages to participate in service areas such as service learning, language teaching, cultural exchanges and community building. The projects promoted friendly exchanges between youth in China and abroad, with over 10,000 beneficiaries.


◆ Highlights:

1. Under the support of the Stiftung Mercator GmbH, the team implemented a China-Germany Youth Exchange Project on Art and Culture. For the purpose of encouraging and supporting students interested in cross-border culture and art exchanges, the project facilitated learning on the national music arts of different countries through experiential learning to promote friendly folk exchanges.

2. The Amity International Education Development Project (Cambodia) was launched. For the first time, Amity recruited volunteers from China to work overseas to provide volunteer services in local areas and supported infrastructure construction for local primary schools.

Philosophy:

To promote international exchanges across different cultures with efforts to safeguard world peace.

China-Germany Youth Exchange Project on Art and Culture

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3. The team cooperated with the community of Laomendong, a famous scenic spot area in Nanjing, and established it as "International Volunteer Community Service Base". Volunteers from Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries have participated in the service learning activities there.

4. Attempts were made to care for the left-behind children, urban migrant children, children with autism and other groups from aspects of facilities and mental health. Art therapy and other methods were used in the process.

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In 2019, the team cooperated with over 30 social welfare institutions and special education schools across the country to serve people with disabilities and children at risk. The team also built platforms for childrearing service providers for exchanges on children’s services and rights protection and carried out trainings. The team joined hands with Jiangsu Disabled Persons' Federation and the Brain Hospital to hold a seminar on autism, on which experts from home and abroad were invited to exchange experience on intervention techniques. With the help from multiple fundraising platforms and partners, the team actively expanded its implementation on over 60 projects including education support, girls protection, assistants and service for children at risk, autism treatment and rehabilitation, leprosy rehabilitation, and inclusion and development for community challenged groups. These projects covered 16 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions including Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hunan, directly benefiting 20,000 people and indirectly benefiting tens of thousands indirectly.

Social welfare

Philosophy:

To care and serve people with disabilities and children in difficult circumstances, guarding their rights to live, to develop and to participate in society.

Visits to childrearing organizations Charity performance for "Lightening for Children of the Stars"

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◆ Highlights:

1. During the 99 Giving Day, the team cooperated with 29 organizations. Among all the on-line fundraising projects, Education Support in the West and Education Support in Western Sichuan Province raised more than RMB 8.5 million within three days.

2. The team carried out a "Deaf Culture Studio" project with Bozhou Special Education School in Anhui Province to pursue the research and development of deaf culture and sign language. The team also cooperated with Nanjing Deaf Association to promote inclusion activities and volunteer trainings.

3. The team cooperated with Jingdezhen City Social Welfare Center and Bethel China to carry out the "Building of Special Needs Student Growth Center" project. Through establishing special classrooms, the project worked to promote the inclusion of students with disabilities.

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Service for People with Disabilities

In 2019, a total of 142 people

with disabilities and children

with autism aged 0-14 were

served through entities such

as Amity Home of Blessings,

Amity Child Development

Center and Amity Bakery.

Amity teamed up with seven

volunteer teams from 16

corporations/institutions and

five universities and served

more than 400 children

throughout the year.

Trainee of Amity Bakery serving in a tea break of a conference

Book reading for children in Amity Child Development Center

Trainee of Amity Bakery teaching children in a baking lesson

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◆ Highlights:

1. In September, Amity Child Development Center initiated curriculum reform: the two full-day classes were merged into one “star class” while social

games were introduced to encourage parents' participation.

2. In December, Shanshuiyuan Home for People with Disabilities (SHPD) was granted a “four-star center” credit in the evaluation conducted by the Nanjing Disabled Persons’ Federation. It was the only four-star center providing services for people with disabilities in Nanjing that has received the credit. SHPD also ran a self-employment project aiming at providing more job opportunities for people with disabilities in Qixia District, Nanjing.

3. In 2019, Amity Bakery’s Handmade Cookie Series won the second prize for “Nanjing Special Cuisine” under “2019 Nanjing Special Cultural Tourism Commodity Selection Awards”. In addition, three cases of Amity Bakery Vocational Training Project were selected by Tencent Charity Angel Investor Plan, and received great exposure on Tencent Charity Homepage and in 50 million WeChat users’ Moment. Finally more than 60,000 people participated in the donation.

To promote public awareness on and understanding for children and adolescents who need special care with the approach of "people first", "helping people help themselves" and "holistic care" in mind.

Philosophy:

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In 2019, Amity provided nearly 20 types of services including food support, bath support, school support, medical care, elderly entertainment, cleaning service, shopping service, emergency support, chatting service, visits, rehabilitation nursing, day care, spiritual comfort, family care, benefiting nearly 400,000 people. It carried out a series of activities

Service for the Elderly

themed "Taking Elderly to Visit Nursing Homes", including eight training sessions and 10 salon sessions, and callings for 100 elderly living alone every day to ensure the safety of the elderly at home. Volunteer teams continued to expand, with 350 volunteers on elderly service, benefiting more than 120,000 people in the year.

Philosophy:

To provide institution-based, community-based and home-based service for the elderly and combine nursing with rehabilitation and hospital care. We have been dedicated to creating an all-round philanthropic entity.

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◆ Highlights:

1. Amity Rengu Elderly Care Co., Ltd. was incorporated with a capital of RMB 20 million. Amity established a strategic direction on the development of both elderly service and elderly industry, with a focus on building embedded service stations in communities – the Amity Station.

2. The team carried out home-based elderly care services in 18 communities of Qixia and Gulou districts, including five 4A-level home-based sites

and three 3A-level home-based sites, and successfully upgraded one 4A-level site and one 5A-level site, expanded five new home-based sites. In addition, five nursing sites and one comprehensive nursing center were newly established and four home-based sites had their environment upgraded.

3. Mobile application "E Care Home" APP was put into use in Xigang Sub-district. An attempt of “market + Internet” was made.

4. In Yunan Road home-based elderly service site, 30 families had been provided with home-based service. The team worked with the Community Health Service Center of Nanjing University and the Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital, to provide on-site medical care services for the elderly. During the process, 15 helpers were recruited and a combination of government subsidies and self-payment were adopted to achieve a win-win situation among organizations, elderly and helpers.

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Taking “government guidance, social participation and independent operation” as the principles, Amity leverages on the advantages of government, enterprises and professional social organizations and is dedicated to incubating and serving all kinds of social organizations.

2019 is the tenth year of Amity's NGO development work. Over the past ten years, built on its NGO development bases and community governance platforms, the team created four platforms including sector advocacy, resource support, NGO development and community services. Comprehensive supports were provided in respect of organizational building, talent training and policy environment construction. Amity NGO Development Center

NGO Development

has developed from an explorer on constructing a hub into a supporter that assists in the transfer of government functions to facilitate sector development. In 2019, in the context of social governance promoted by the Chinese government, Amity continued to support community governance capacity building by operating platforms, integrating resources, improving capacity, practicing governance and researching and advocating.

◆ Highlights:

1. Based on key cities in the Yangtze River Delta including Nanjing, Nantong, Kunshan and Wuxi, the team provided 720 social organizations with services including but not limited to capacity building, hardware support, resource linking, platform set-up, tailored counseling, which brought the team high recognition in the sector.

2. In 2019, Amity NGO Development Center (the "Center") worked on building and operating hub platforms for social organizations of city, district and street level in different regions. Throughout the year, the center operated a total of seven platforms, including one city-level, three district-level and three

Philosophy:

Roadshow of "Great Charity Platform of China"

"Meals for Elderly at Risks" in Kunshan

street-level platforms, of which platforms for Guli Sub-district of Nanjing and the city of Nantong are new centers this year.

3. The team included the improvement of the governance capabilities by participants into our capacity building curriculum. In 2019, the Center continued its training project for potential leaders of social organizations, cooperated with Jiangsu Women's Federation to develop female talents training programs. Throughout the year, the Center has provided over 30 trainings, directly benefiting over 2,000 people.

4. The Center assisted government authorities in sorting out two catalogues for government purchase of services and social needs based on hubs. Total resources of government public welfare planned and managed by Amity reached over RMB 19 million throughout the year. Partnership building remained as one of the key work. By joint development of flagship projects and joint formation of funds, the Center initiated online and offline fundraising for more than 50 social organizations, with more than RMB 8 million raised. Through the management of public welfare resources for the government, the Center helped the government improve the accuracy and standardization of use of public welfare resources while improving our ability to provide professional services, which in

turn will promote a better environment and a more sustainable development of our philanthropic undertakings.

5. Flagship projects of the Center such as "A Reading Corner", "Magic Healing Package", "Elderly University" and "Elderly Spiritual Care" received supports from companies and the government, solved the problem of the communities and had good demonstration effects.

6. Kunshan NGO Development Center implemented 15 projects throughout the year, identified and located social organizations with over RMB 1 million resources, serving more than 120 social organizations, carrying out more than 100 social organization capacity building services, and providing over 50,000 times of direct community governance services. The Center won 10 awards in 2019 and was credited as a 5A-level social organization, becoming the first 5A-level social organization in Kunshan city.

7. In terms of research, the team reviewed and analyzed the development of supporting industries on basis of its practice. With the help of scholars from Nanjing University, the team compiled and published the "Report on the Development of Supporting Social Organizations".


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Philanthropy Innovation and Cooperation Salon

Community building activities

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Up to now, Amity has established important cooperation with more than ten open platforms including Tencent Charity, Alipay Charity, Water Drop Fundraising, Ease Fundraising, Lianquan.org, Taobao Charity, Sina Micro Charity, Meituan Charity, Didi Charity, Xinhua Charity, Suning Charity, JD Charity and Baidu

Internet Philanthropy

Charity. Amity is dedicated to providing differentiated services for partners at different development stages and with different characteristics, in an aim to help partners grow together with Amity. Throughout 2019, total fundraising through the Internet exceeded RMB 180 million.

◆ Highlights:

1. During 99 Giving Days of 2019, Amity united 330 organizations and raised RMB 67.72 million in donations, ranking 10th among foundations entitled to raise fund publically in China. Relying on the A+ Partner Capacity Building Camp as a resource center, Amity carried out a total of 30 training and sharing sessions, growing together with partners. According to statistics, the fundraising capacity of NPO partners who cooperated with Amity increased by 15% on average compared with 2018, and the number of NPO partners that cooperated with Amity for 3 consecutive years increased by 68%.

To advocate connectivity and provide all-round support for grassroots social organizations.

Philosophy:

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2. Amity developed even closer cooperation with Alibaba Charity. Merchants on Alibaba platform supported “Sprouts on Earth” and “Rural Medical Support” in line with poverty reduction via charity products. As a new strategic project in cooperation with the Alibaba Poverty Alleviation Fund, "Rural Medical Support" aims to build village clinics and provide medical equipment for poor areas with poor medical conditions. After four months of fundraising, Rural Medical Support raised nearly RMB 10 million, which was intended to help hundreds of thousands of villagers in three poverty-stricken counties in Gansu, Hunan, and Guizhou provinces. This also represents the first in-depth cooperation between Amity and Alibaba Poverty Alleviation Fund.

3. Apart from online resources, Amity actively explored its offline resources, by initiating a number of philanthropic innovation programs to promote both fundraising and publicity. For example, in early 2019, Amity cooperated with the State Grid Jiangsu Branch to support the Photovoltaic Power Plant in Schoolbag project by encouraging users to donate their electricity credits, which received wide public participation. For another example, before 99 Giving Day, Amity cooperated with Amity Bakery on creative promotion of angel investors, and received over RMB 300,000 in a short time.

4. For the strategic project "Sprouts on Earth", all Amity colleagues work together. In April, the project kick-off meeting was held in Kunming, Yunnan Province. In July, Amity and team of Alibaba Poverty Alleviation Fund visited the Rangtang County in Sichuan Province. In December, Amity, media and Alibaba Public Relations visited the Honghe project area and discussed about the blockchain plans with Ant Financial blockchain team. The blockchain solution on Sprouts on Earth is expected to become the first flagship project integrating with the blockchain technology for philanthropy.

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◆ Highlights:

1. Working closely with local churches, Amity drove its flagship projects and responded to the needs of surrounding areas by focusing on the development of special funds. Among those funds, Amity Spring Rain Charity Fund dedicated to a number of fields such as poverty alleviation, education support, family care for the left-behind, and medical

As a faith-based organization, Amity encourages Christians to participate in social services and supports church-run social service work, to contribute to the development of our society. Amity is also

Religion-based Philanthropy and Sector Research

committed to building a platform for faith-based charity cooperation, exploring the path for religion-based philanthropy development, and promoting a healthy development of religion and philanthropy.

assistance in addition to supporting the church's social service capacity building. It is particularly worth mentioning the "Bright Operation” carried out in cooperation with the Aier Foundation. This three-year operation, with a total fund of RMB 6 million, provides free eye surgery such as cataract removal for those in need. Up to now, more than 1,600 villagers have undergone eye examinations, and 208 patients have undergone cataract and pterygium surgery. Amity Rose Charity Fund, while developing itself, promoted the "Ark Home" project to provide accommodation, diet, consultation, psychological care and other supportive service for children with

To encourage the religious circles to get involved in charity and to facilitate mutual understanding and integration among different religions, or between religious circles and all sectors of society.

Philosophy:

Mr. Qiu Zhonghui giving lessons on diaconia work

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2. Amity Social Service Network carried out a series of programs to help elderly care service providers to improve their comprehensive capabilities. In particular, a training on practical skills for elderly service was held in Nanjing, attracting 70 participants across the country. Moreover, the 3rd Cross-Strait Religion and Philanthropy Forum was held to promote in-depth exchanges across the strait on elderly care, service for the challenged, social service innovation and other fields.

3. Amity cooperated with Fang Yao Zhou Health Management Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. to carry out the Ark Dorcas Hospice Care project, which for the first time covered urban community services instead of focusing only on rural communities as before. While providing practical services, Amity invited well-known experts at home and abroad to give 13 lectures on the theme of "Caring for the Most Important Person in Your Life".

4. With the support of Qiu Zhonghui, Chair of the Board, Amity cooperated with Nanjing Union Theological Seminary and Jiangsu Theological Seminary to give out courses on diaconia work, aiming to help students understand the importance of diaconia work from the aspects of theories and practices.

5. The work of social services is rooted in the community and requires the participation of grassroots forces. Throughout the year, 24 capacity building trainings for church social service volunteers were held in churches and Christian Councils of 20 cities in six provinces, with more than 1,500 volunteers participating in the trainings.

6. Focusing on sector development and key working areas, Amity carried out on-site research, policy research, case study, teaching etc., to promote the value and meaning of Amity’s work for the sector's capacity building. Moreover, Amity conducted in-depth research on religion and philanthropy and social organization building, which

provided research reports and consultation advice for institutional growth and sector development. Amity completed the Report on China’s Religion and Philanthropy Development, a special report for the Blue Book of Philanthropy. This is the third consecutive year that Amity worked on reports for the blue book. The report presented the situation of foundations with religious backgrounds in the mainland, and provided information for sector research.

7. Amity assisted in completing the application work of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on "Research on Measures to Encourage and Regulate Private Forces to Engage in Elderly Services". Amity also made a number of model case studies including for the credit of Advanced Organization for Poverty Alleviation in Ethnic Minority Areas across the Country, for Targeted Poverty Alleviation by the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council, and for Globalization Exploration of China NGO Network for International Exchanges.

cancer during medical treatment. Currently, the project is being carried out in Shanghai and Luzhou.

With team work, Amity, via social media platforms and traditional media, actively linked companies, universities and individual volunteers to expand the influence and reputation of Amity brands. In the year of 2019, a total of more than 400,000 words were composed for articles and reports which were reported and shared by major mainstream media for more than 13,000 times. Over 100 companies from various industries were engaged in Amity events and about 100 offline charity events were held, which attracted participation by over 70,000volunteers.

Brand Promotion

Amity General Secretary Ling Chunxiang (second from the right) in a charity ceremony by ThePaper

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◆ Highlights:

1. Offline cross-sector attempts to surge public participation in charity, such as "Sports + Charity", "Culture + Charity", "Education + Charity", "Business Circle + Charity". For instance, under the guidance of the Jiangsu Provincial Sports Federation, Amity joined hands with Jiangsu Table Tennis Association and Jiangsu Sports Industry Group Co., Ltd., to hold the second "Amity Cup" Table Tennis philanthropic competition in October. It was a continuation of the first competition, and also a creation of a new model of "Sports + Charity". Projects supported by the competition covered a number of underdeveloped areas

including Jiangsu’s poverty alleviation targets Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture and Xiewei Village in Shuyang County of Jiangsu Province. Amity provided table tennis facilities for six schools, three-year subsidies for 18 orphans, vocational training and supportive employment for 30 people with mental difficulties, and visits for 25 veterans. Furthermore, Amity firmly interacted with Nanjing’s business circle to hold a number of events, including “Angel’s Wish” with Deji Plaza, “Volunteers’ Carnival” with Hexi GE`World, and “Taste Love” with Wonder City, in order to promote cross-sector cooperation and Amity brand.

2. Amity gave highlights on its major events: the launch of “Sprouts on Earth” strategic project in April; the “Rural Revitalization” Innovation Summit in August; the 99 Giving Day in September; the “Amity Cup” Table Tennis Game in October; and the 200 millionth Bible celebration in November. For each event, 20 media outlets were invited on average to make reports and advertising resources were sought to expose as much as possible.

3. During its cooperation with companies, Amity sticks to its mission in mind. We provide overall solutions with tailored projects for companies, aiming for a win-win brand-

Amity philanthropy advertisements in central business districts of Shanghai and Nanjing

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building outcome and to build a volunteer culture. In 2019, Amity has established partnership with Huatai Securities, Suning, AIA, Ford (Nanjing), AO Smith and other world-renowned companies.

4. Being audience-oriented, Amity continued to work on the "Amity Stories" while creating a new column "Amitypedia" to promote both science and practice in Amity’s publications to further extend values for Amity brand.

5. Amity actively linked with mainstream media. In March, a story of Amity Bakery reported

by ThePaper.cn, when post on Weibo, soon attracted mainstream media including People’s Daily and CCTV News and was widely shared. It received around 13 million clicks during 3 days. "The Light" Project by Amity and Ergeng Public Welfare made stories of over 30 common people in different occupations into short videos and distributed them among 30 Amity project schools in four provinces. At the same time, Amity supported a series of sharing and interactive activities around youth empowering. Over 50,000 young students participated, minds opened and

dreams widened. As a media supporter, Jiangsu Broadcasting and Television Convergence Media News Center supported the project.

6. To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Amity organized a series of activities such as singing for our motherland, with thousands of people from over 60 organizations/groups from 11 provinces participating. Amity also planned an open day for the public to visit, communicate with and interact with Amity staff, promoting our work.

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In 2019, a total of 16.25 million copies of the Bibles were produced by Amity Printing. The aggregate number of the Bible printed since formation of Amity Printing reached 228 million copies.

Bible Printing

◆ Highlights:

1. 1.On April 18, 2019, the signing ceremony for the joint venture extension agreement and cooperation memorandum between Amity and the United Bible Societies was held at Amity Printing Co., Ltd. During the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation held in Beijing, on April 26, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia was present at the ceremony and witnessed the signing of the agreement, which represented the official landing of Amity Printing in Ethiopia. In August, Amity Printing set up an office in Kenya to facilitate its "going global" strategy with twin engines of social service and social enterprises. On November 11, Amity celebrated its printing of the 200 millionth Bible in Nanjing.

2.In recent years, Amity Printing has been committed to design, research and development. A number of works had won awards in the 7th China Print Award: The Dream of Red Mansions (French version) won the Gold Award; the 120th Anniversary Edition of Lexicon won the Silver Award; the Tea Ceremony and Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Archives won the Bronze Award. The book Crow produced by Amity was credited as "the most beautiful book" in 2019. In terms of research and development, Amity Printing passed the review under the evaluation for provincial enterprise-level technology center. The 11 new Chinese Bible versions launched by Amity Printing were popular among customers. For example, just a month after its launch, the Easter version was sold out and reprinted.

3. Amity Printing has been awarded the title of "the best employer in China’s printing industry" for five consecutive years. In June 2019, the upgrading of VOCs waste gas treatment facilities was completed and officially put into use. The company became a "benchmark enterprise" for waste gas treatment in Nanjing printing industry.

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REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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AMITY FOUNDATION, HONG KONG

In 2019, steadfast to our original vision, Amity Foundation, Hong Kong (AFHK) has been refining our existing approaches in helping people in need, while looking for innovative ways to articulate the needs to donors and volunteers.

Nepalese huddled in warmth from a primitive fire

Amity partner distributing Amity blankets in Nepal

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◆ Humanitarian Aid Projects

2019 was an eventful year when climatic disasters wreaked havoc in many parts of the world. AFHK, working closely with Nanjing colleagues, made proposals to the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) Committee of the Hong Kong SAR Government, of which, two requests were approved with relief funding of approximately HKD 8 million in total.

With the relief funding of HKD 4.54 million, we were able to help more than 21,000 people in 5,200 households to avoid hunger and distress immediately after such calamities. Soon after this in July, the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent suffered record rainfalls in these regions. Nepal was one of the worst hit countries. Building on the effective partnership with two local NGOs Transform Nepal and Transformation Nepal, Amity was able to secure relief funding of more than $3 million from the DRF to bring direly needed food, and non-food items like tarpaulin sheets for basic comfort. This operation benefited 19,400 people from 3,880 families. A cold spell of exceptionally low temperatures hit Nepal in December, causing the deaths of close to 50 people. Several committed Amity donors came to the rescue and raised HKD 100,000 within 24 hours. The fund was sufficient to buy blankets to keep the cold out for 570 households.

◆ Living Water Project

The Walk for Living Water walkathon has been part of this initiative for nine years in running. The Walk then took place on 13 April at the scenic Ma On Shan Promenade. The hundreds of participants and volunteers who took part in the Walk were very pleased when the day ended with the announcement that HK$ 300,000 was raised that day. The money raised was subsequently applied to build potable water systems thereby much improving health and sanitation in some villages in Myanmar and Nepal. Over 2,300 people directly benefited.

◆ University for Girls Project

Through working with our local partners Guizhou University, Guizhou Normal University, Guizhou Medical University, and Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, AFHK provided whole-person development to all the girls in the programme. The interactive nature of these seminars are most effective to help the girls to reflect and plan their careers and lives. In 2019, the Love Foundation joined Amity in supporting 30 extra Year One undergraduates, making up a total of 205 girls being sponsored under the project.

◆ Rural Orphan Project

In 2019, Hong Kong donors supported 226 rural orphans. Their donations brought improvement to the children‘s nutrition, learning, clothing and medical care. In mid-July, 35 volunteers from Hong Kong and Guizhou girls from the

University for Girls Project joined hands in running the Amity’s Summer Camp for village orphans and left-behind children. 60 such children in Yunnan were engaged in a summer camp in order to help them gain self-confidence and learn to plan their lives.

2019 was the final year in our three-year partnership with Versace China Limited in the project to provide sustainable comprehensive care for children at risk in Anyue County of Ziyang City, Sichuan. The Versace contribution further strengthened village teachers’ knowledge and skills in supporting 200 at-risk children on their psychological needs.

Water purification taps set up by Amity in Myanmar

Walk for Living Water in Hong Kong

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◆ Supporting HQ in Amity’s International Role

Taking advantage of the visit of their General Secretary Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit in May, AFHK worked closely with our partner the World Council of Churches (WCC) to organize the seminar 'Food and Water for Life'. The concept of the Commandments for Food was sinking roots among all the participants.

With a view to building capacity, AFHK sent a member to attend the October ACT Alliance Forum: “Hope in Action – putting people first”. Drawing from a wide range of experience and meeting various active members of the forum, our staff was able to bring back valuable knowhow to enable us to better prepare for future engagements outside China.

◆ Overseas liaison

2019 was an active year for the Overseas Communication Desk in sharing and making Amity's vision, mission and work better known to the overseas audience. The staff worked closely with colleagues in the Amity headquarters, the Geneva office and the Beijing office. In 2019, the staff accompanied a delegation of Hong Kong donors and volunteers in an exposure tour to Guizhou Province. Furthermore, the staff attended the Annual Conference of International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) in Geneva and the annual Hong Kong Christian Council Communication Seminar. The staff also participated and helped organize the Summer Teaching Seminar of the YAP volunteers.

Besides the quarterly electronic newsletter, the Overseas Communication Desk staff continued to build and maintain a social media community. With more than 800 followers and 115 posts in the year 2019, the Amity Facebook page has doubled its performance compared to the previous year. Amity's official Facebook page reached more than 36,000 users of which more than 10% engaged and responded to the published content. Amity's Twitter account rose to 140 followers and Amity's electronic newsletter broke through the mark of 500 subscribers. The videos on Amity's YouTube channel received more than 7,000 views and are getting a rising number of subscribers as well.

General Secretary of WCC Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit visited Amity HK

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Bearing Amity’s mission and goals in mind, Shanghai Rende Foundation steadily extended its undertakings by internal management and team culture building, amidst the development and changes of the social and political environment in 2019. As of December 2019, Rende’s annual income reached RMB 61.87 million, with direct beneficiaries reaching 286,393.

◆ Highlights:

1. Taking Shanghai as a base, Rende Foundation continuously improve its flagship projects. Under cooperation with online platforms such as Alipay Charity, Tencent Charity, Meituan Charity, JD Charity, and Qing Song Chou Charity, Rende Foundation supported more than 200 NGOs on 341 projects totally for online fundraising. Projects on education support, aid for serious illnesses, service for the challenged, service for the elderly, targeted poverty alleviation, social services, advocacy and many other areas were supported. In addition, self-owned flagship projects were developed, such as the projects on children and adolescence "Making Stars Better", "Let me hear your love" and "Helping poor students".


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Overseas volunteers visit

2. In addition to online resources, Rende Foundation actively expanded its offline resources by cooperating with companies, enterprise foundations and community foundations. For example, Rende cooperated with Sinic Foundation to hold the second

"Love in Community - Open Day for Community Foundation", supporting the online fundraising for 23 community foundations in Shanghai to carry out 27 projects. Rende’s professionalism was well recognized by corporates and communities.

3. Rende Foundation actively participated in targeted poverty alleviation work. With RMB 4.07 million raised, Rende Foundation is committed to the poverty alleviation of targeted areas of Shanghai to carry out 28 projects and benefit 65,388 people.

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Overseas volunteers visiting schools supported by Rende

"Love in Community" events

Kids receiving gifts in Rende events

Guangzhou Amity Philanthropy Development Center (GAPD)

Bearing the idea of “sustainable development” in mind, in 2019, Guangzhou Amity Philanthropy Development Center (GAPD) expanded business to include fundraising, sector training and brand cooperation through in-depth cooperation with the government, companies, media and social organizations. Innovative practices were made in venture philanthropy, media advocacy, corporate cooperation, offline activities, and social enterprises. In addition, GAPD continued to provide value-added services to partners. In 2019, GAPD raised a total of RMB 12.07 million throughout the year, with an increase of 15.4% year-on-year in fund support for individual projects.

◆ Highlights:

1. Throughout the year, GAPD cooperated with Tencent Charity, Alipay Charity, Taobao Charity and other platforms on 109 projects for 75 organizations. By online and offline one-to-one consultation service, GAPD provided partners with targeted and specialized services including project design, fundraising planning, brand communication, and community operation.

2. GAPD further updated its flagship training courses, with a focus on topics including social innovation and social enterprises. The courses highlighted social practices that are valuable, influential and innovative, with an aim to create an open and shared platform for cross-sector cooperation and to explore new modes on sustainable social innovation. The “online + offline” trainings offered both sector knowledge and practical experiences, attracting 1,354 people of 661 organizations in total.

3. GAPD made in-depth cooperation with

governments, companies, media and other cross-sector forces, in order to create influential events. Among all the events, Citywide Appealing for Charity attracted nearly one hundred organizations and companies. From “Organization Training", "Company Salon", "Themed Summit", to "offline Scenario" and "Online Communication", GAPD assisted 30 high-quality projects in raising RMB 4.64 million on Tencent 99 Giving Days, during which GAPD mobilized 92,000 people and covered 4,200 outlets in shopping malls and communities. Social media news of event-related activity were shared over 5 million times.

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Amity established its Amity Beijing Office in 2019. The office is dedicated to expanding and strengthening Amity’s partnerships in Beijing, broadening Amity’s information channels, enhancing Amity’s sector advocacy, and raising brand awareness and recognition for Amity.

◆ Highlights:

Staff of the office advocated for Chinese social forces to engage more in humanitarian crises such as international emergency aid. The office aims to improve social organizations’ capabilities and to carry out international exchanges and cooperation in the course of "going global". It advocates to build a service network for a community under the aspect of a shared future for mankind. Therefore, the China Association for NGO Cooperation, Amity Foundation, Beijing Normal University Risk Governance Innovation Center, and Peaceland

Foundation jointly organized the "China Participation in International Humanitarian Aid Exchange Workshop" in Beijing and initiated the "China Civil Network for International Humanitarian Assistance".

Amity participated in the “Social Organizations in South-South Cooperation Workshop” and the “International Capacity Building” to share Amity’s “Going Global” projects and experiences. Amity also participated in the 4th “Migrant Population Health and Development Forum” and spoke on the forum to share

Amity’s "Sprouts on Earth" and other mothers and children care projects. Moreover, Amity held the "International Disaster Relief Standards Seminar and Publication of 2018 SPHERE Project Manual (Chinese version)" in Beijing with Beijing Normal University Risk Governance Innovation Research Center. Amity introduced liaison sites for SPHERE Project in mainland China and in the world, and also shared the work, innovations and experience of Amity in relation to disaster management.

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Amity International Office in Geneva

Amity International Office in Geneva is dedicated to expanding and deepening Amity’s partnership with organizations under the United Nations, in an aim to show voices of Amity and China in the global philanthropy sector by advocating on the United Nations platform.

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In March, Mr. Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, General Secretary of the ACT Alliance, and Mr. Anoop Sukumaran, Regional Representative for the Asia/Pacific region, visited Amity Foundation. The delegation then, accompanied by Qiu Zhonghui, Chair of the Board of Amity, and Ling Chunxiang, General Secretary of Amity, went to Beijing to visit the China NGO Network for International Exchanges, China Charity Alliance, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for

Refugees (UNHCR).In March, Amity signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to establish cooperation between two sides in humanitarian relief. This is the initial cooperation between Amity and a UN agency.

From October to December, Amity applied for the membership of the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) and was invited to the ICVA Asia-Pacific Regional NGO Partnerships Week. ICVA

is a member of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), the highest decision-making body for global humanitarian relief work. It is committed to the communication, dialogue and coordination between UN agencies and NGOs in humanitarian operations, so as to affect the strategies and policies of international humanitarian actions.

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Amity signed a MoU with UNHCR to establish cooperation in humanitarian reliefDr. Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, General Secretary, and Mr. Anoop Sukumaran, Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific region of the ACT Alliance visited Amity

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Amity Africa OFFICE

Amity Africa Office and Amity Printing Africa Service Center was established to promote exchanges and resource sharing between the Chinese and African people. We encourage and mobilize local NGOs, enterprises and volunteers to participate in the philanthropy projects together

and serve people in Africa. We strive to put the “ twin engines” model into action, which means that social service organizations and social enterprises work together to pursue our goals. Four years since the establishment, Amity Africa Office has been devoted to providing education

for disadvantaged children, humanitarian relief, medical support for patients who live in poverty and climate change mitigation. Furthermore, we provided capacity building for single mothers who were experiencing economic hardship, and for young people living in slums.

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◆ Highlights:

1. In August 2019, Amity established the Kenya office in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. The establishment of Amity Foundation Kenya Office and Amity Printing Kenya Office marks a new milestone for Amity’s Practice of the “twin engines” model. The newly established Kenya office will further bridging cultural exchange between China and Africa; and contribute to Africa’s social and economic development.

2. In 2019, Amity Foundation raised funds for nearly 500 disadvantaged children from public schools near Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, through Tencent Charity, Amity Coffee, and Chinese enterprises in Ethiopia. The project provided schoolbags, pencils, pens, notebooks and other basic school supplies for their one year’s study. These improved their learning conditions and protected their rights for inclusive and fair quality education. Amity has always insisted on purchasing

donated items locally such as small school bags, pens and notebooks. This supports the local market on the one hand, and on the other hand, it reduces the impact of long-distance transportation on the environment.

3. In response to Goal 4 of UN's Sustainable Development Goals: “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”, Amity has supported a local partner Dream Building Service Association (DBSA) in Kenya to jointly carry out a project to provide educational support for children living in slums. Supporting children with suitable classroom facilities such as student desks and chairs helps to create a safer and better learning environment, and provides necessary backup for their happy learning and physical development. Funded by the Jiangsu Provincial Government’s micro-fund for “Going Global” of Jiangsu

NGOs, Amity Small Desk Project has provided 125 school desks with chairs for 7 schools in Mathare. Nearly 400 children have benefited from the project.

4. Amity Coffee, a product of the cooperation between Amity and Le bunna Coffee, was sold online through Amity Bakery's shops in China. In 2019, Amity cooperated with Hong Coffee Studio, a fine coffee brand owned by Le bunna Coffee and launched two different products, Yirgachefe Coffee and Sidamo. Moreover, Amity Bakery includes Amity Coffee into their products, which was highly welcomed. Amity hopes, by sharing coffee culture, to get more attention from the general public on the development of Ethiopia, and support the remote coffee producing areas and disadvantaged children there.

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A mother’s expectation

Zhang Shuizhi, who lives in Shuiwei Town, Cengong County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, is one of the thousands of pregnant women who benefited from the "Sprouts on Earth" project. She comes from a poverty-stricken family with her parents-in-law being old and frail, relying on the crops of a small farmland. Although being in their middle ages, Zhang Shuizhi and her husband both has disabilities and could not help with making a living. The family lives in a miserable situation.

Amity staff, during a project investigation for "Sprouts on Earth", discovered that Zhang Shuizhi, already 34 weeks pregnant, hadn’t had any obstetric examination yet. "The transportation to the obstetric examination is bad, and my family is too poor. I want to save some money," explained Zhang Shuizhi and her family, quite embarrassed. In June 2019, with

the support of “Sprouts on Earth”, Zhang Shuizhi was sent to the Maternal and Child Health Hospital of the County and started her first test since pregnancy.

During an obstetric examination, Zhang Shuizhi suddenly became pale, her eyes dim and the body unstable. The medical staff immediately helped her to sit down and rest. Then they carried out vital signs monitoring and blood tests. The results showed that she had severe anemia. The doctor immediately opened a green channel for Zhang Shuizhi and referred her to the People's Hospital in the county for a rescue treatment. After the blood transfusion and the emergency treatment, the doctor made a detailed examination on Zhang Shuizhi’s body and found that her severe anemia was caused by long-term malnutrition. After giving Zhang Shuizhi a "Sprouts on Earth" maternal nutrition package, the doctor encouraged her to take good care and get prepared for the delivery of her child: "Don't worry about money. You have been included in the ‘Sprouts on Earth’ program, so these nutritional supplements are free. Please do take care of yourself and take the nutrition, so that you will safely deliver a healthy baby." Watching Zhang Shuizhi health improving visibly through the treatment, her mother-in-law held tightly the doctor's hands full of relief and joy.

After returning home from the hospital, under the guidance of the village doctor, Zhang Shuizhi always took the medicine on time and went to

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hospital to check her body regularly. Her anemia gradually improved. In August 2019, Zhang Shuizhi delivered a healthy baby girl. The next day, the project staff gave Zhang Shuizhi a “Sprouts on Earth” maternity family package, and taught her postpartum care knowledge and feeding guidance. Zhang Shuizhi's family was happy when opening the package: "Thank you! You are so considerate! Oh I like this baby carrier so much, it is much stronger than our cloth bag. 'Sprouts on Earth' means much for families like us."

This is a story about someone we met last month in Myanmar. He inspires us through how he lives and works with faith, hope and love in spite of difficulties every day.

Rev. Te Seo is an Anglican priest. We met him on a work trip to Myanmar to visit one of Amity’s water projects. “I am your jeep driver today,” he told us after being introduced by his Bishop one morning.

The destination was a water deprived mountain village called Khau Takar in the Eastern State of Kachin. Our team was to check the newly finished water and sanitation facilities built with funds raised from Amity’s “Walk for Living Water” campaign. The trip required a 3-hour “roller-coaster” journey in the mountains. We tried extremely hard to balance ourselves within the vehicle as there was no road to speak of. To our amazement, Rev. Te Seo drove straight into all shaky crossings, rock crevices, muddy rivers and even cliff ends with no hesitation, because he expected them all.

He said: “Don’t worry. Khau Takar church is one of the 10 village churches I attend to. I travel on these trails every day. We are lucky today as it

A huge rock blocking a door

is not raining.” This 34 year old pastor was born in the Karen tribe here. After receiving Christian theological training in Yangon, he decided to come back and serve the mountain people. It’s not unusual for him to walk hours on foot in the mud during rainy seasons.

The water project was apparently a success. But it wasn’t easy. He knew nothing about starting

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a new water project. So he had all the villagers come to his church and asked them what to do. The underground rock was too thick to penetrate to the water level. So creeks were the only available water source for the new facilities. But in the beginning, no villager seem

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