Making a Difference - One Child at a Time

CCAI/CCCAnnualCharity Report2008

CCAI touched thousands of children though the Blankets for Babies Project, Earthquake Relief Fund, Safe Delivery for Orphans, Three-Mei Therapy Project, Foster Care Sponsorship, Orphan Higher Education Fund, Love for Older Orphanage Kids (LOOK) Project, and our Henan Partnership. In 2008, 1,558 CCAI supporters donated $453,655.79 to fund 77 projects that have made a difference in the lives of more than 3,000 children from 50 orphanages in 15 provinces!

Helping an orphan and changing a life... This is what all of you, our passionate and dedicated unsung heroes and heroines, have been doing on a daily basis. For your love and commitment, we deeply thank and salute you.

Child placements may have slowed significantly, but the needs of the orphans left behind in China are ever more daunting and urgent. We can’t ignore them, despite our physical and emotional exhaustion and the tough economic time. Instead we must rush to the aid of these precious orphans

who are fighting every second to escape their suffering and dreaming for the love of a family.

Will you respond to the challenge and march forward with us to deliver love, care, education, and hope to the lives of these precious children?

Have a wonderful holiday!

Joshua Zhong and Lily NieCCAI/CCC Co-founders

Since we founded CCAI 16 years ago, we have never experienced a more difficult year than 2008. The seemingly unstoppable expansion of the child referral time frame, the overwhelming frustration and disappointment from our waiting families, the alarming but understandable decline of interest in China adoption, and the inability of

the CCAA to come up with meaningful solutions to combat the orphanages’ resistance and thus free more trapped orphanage children to find loving homes…

Nevertheless, 2008 also witnessed record success for CCAI’s humanitarian outreach to the children left behind.

Dear CCAI Families,Friends, and Supporters;

Children’s hearts are warmed by donations of new winter clothes.

“Would you please tell your donors how timely their support has been in this tragic time?” Director Li of the badly earthquake-damaged Mianyang Orphanage told me as she shook my hand, watching our local staff distribute milk, snacks, toys, and clothes to each child. I will never forget the lingering sadness and fear in the eyes of those terrified little kids.

Sun Zhiyan lost her parents to a horrific car accident when she was only three. Since then she has been living in Jilin Orphanage. An outstanding student, her dream was to one day go to college just like any other kid. However, her orphanage told her over and over that no money was available for her education beyond high school. In June this year, CCAI established the Orphan Higher Education Fund. Zhiyan became one of 17 high school graduates to receive a full scholarship to attend Hunan Social Worker College for three years!

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Three-Mei therapists demonstrate rehabilitation techniques.

(Above) Karen Bradley who spearheaded the Blankets for Babies Project visits orphans in China. (Below) A child sleeps soundly covered in a new blanket.

2008 Chinese Children Charity Projects

Donation Project Description DonationEarthquake Relief Fund $158,614.82Foster Care $145,688.52Luohe / Lily Orphan Care Room $13,700.00 Car Seat Project $12,335.25 Yichang / Rehab room and equipment $10,000.00 Xinxiang / Gracie’s Rehab Room $7,200.00Chongqing / Therapist, treats for $6,585.00 Children’s Day Luoyang / Water heater $5,430.00 Datong / Computers, DVD players, TVs, bikes $5,105.00 Chenzhou / A/C-heaters, washing machines $4,571.00 Nanyang / Computers, bikes, TVs, $4,268.00 DVD players, desk & chairs Yugan / Formula, cribs, walkers & clothing $4,115.00 Fuzhou / Clothes, school supplies, TV, $3,361.00 DVD player, crutches & wheelchairs Huanggang / Clothes, underwear, boots, $3,000.00 gloves & quilts Wenzhou / To be determined $2,969.92 Qujiang / Solar water heater $2,955.00 Nanyang / Wheelchairs, crutches & backpacks $2,915.80 Qiandongnan / Shoes, clothes, desks, chairs, $2,747.39 lamps, backpacks, air conditioners & heaters Beilu / Air conditioner-heater $2,684.09 Tongling / Nebulizers, medical supplies, $2,680.00 mattresses, bedding, clothes & shoe racks, therapy mirror, bookshelves & educational books Dianjiang / Gracie’s Rehab Room $2,500.00 Luoyang / Exams and announcements $2,423.00 Luohe / Clothes dryer $2,174.00 Tongling / Shoes, keyboard, books, TV, $2,020.00 DVD player & CD player Xiamen / Dining tables & cabinets $2,000.00

Donation Project Description DonationHuaihua / Quilts & clothing $1,976.00 Zhijiang / Washing machines, formula, $1,976.00 clothing & cereal Blankets for Babies $1,945.00 Baotou / TVs $1,750.00 Hengyang / Heaters $1,690.00 Tuanfeng / Bath water heaters, computer $1,611.00 & formula Hengdong / Air conditioner-heater & TV $1,410.00 Guiyang / Shoes & socks $1,400.00 Qiandongnan / Medical supplies $1,400.00 Xiaonan / Medical supplies $1,400.00 Nanchang / Diapers $1,127.00 Shangrao / Diapers $1,127.00 Tongling / Diapers $1,127.00 Wuhan / Diapers $1,127.00 Jingdezhen / Heaters $1,061.00 Luoyang / Clothing $1,000.00 Changning / Child care expenes $900.00 Yunyang / Formula $895.00 Kaifeng / Exams & announcements $886.00 Fushun / Computer $800.00 Anyang / Water heaters & walkers $793.00 Jingdezhen / Hearing aids, nebulizer, $761.00 medical supplies, mattresses & blankets Wuhan / Music lessons $700.00 Zunyi / Winter clothes $700.00 Fuzhou / Air conditioner $675.00 Daoxian / Strollers, walkers & blankets $625.00 Guangzhou / Diapers $625.00 Hebei / Diapers $618.00 Huangmei / Medical expenses $600.00 Huangshi / Air conditioner $600.00 Bengbu / DVD player, fax machine & scale $500.00 Chaohu City / Computer $500.00 Hefei / School tuition $500.00 Hengdong / Air conditioner-heater $500.00 Hengdong / To be determined $500.00 Jingdezhen / Camp $500.00 Linxiang / Air conditioner $500.00 Qujiang / Formula & bottles $500.00 Wanzhou / To be determined $500.00 Xiushan / Clothes & milk $500.00 Kaifeng / Medical expenses $408.00 Hengfeng / Formula $400.00 Nankang / Washing machine $400.00 Bayannaoer / Diapers $300.00 Changde / Sterilizer $300.00 Gaoming / Walkers, children’s rocking chairs, $300.00 towels & clothing Liuzhi / Walkers & toys $300.00 Luoyang / Camera $300.00 Wuyishan / To be determined $300.00 Yiyang SWI / TV & formula $300.00 Total Donations $453,655.79

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Just in time for the 2008 Chinese New Year, China was struck with the worst weather it has experienced in more than 50 years. Heavy snow, pouring rain, freezing temperatures, and treacherous ice paralyzed the entire south part of China, just as the world’s largest human migration

– that of millions of Chinese returning home for the Spring Festival – was getting underway. The storms stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers for days and caused billions of dollars of damage.

Thank you CCAI donors for our heaters!

Throughout the crisis and during the post disaster clean-up efforts, CCAI worked with our in-China local representatives to quickly deliver food, warm clothing, medicine, diapers,

and heaters to as many impacted orphanage as we could. “CCAI was one of the first international adoption agencies who responded to the snow storm-related orphanage needs. That says a lot about CCAI’s reputation,” Deputy Minister of Civil Affairs Mr. Dou told Joshua and Lily.

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CCAI Supports Earthquake Relief Efforts

from our general fund. To heed CCAI’s call for help, our generous donors contributed over $157,000 to CCAI’s Earthquake Relief Fund, designated for orphanages in hard-hit Sichuan province.

Joshua and Lily visited the earthquake area in June and Joshua again in September to inspect the recovery progress and to ensure the proper use of CCAI donations for the orphans. As winter approaches, CCAI plans to raise more money to purchase winter clothing and blankets for Sichuan orphanages.

At 2:48 pm Beijing time on May 12, 2008, a powerful earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale jolted southwest Sichuan Province. More than 80,000 precious lives were sadly lost. Thousands of parents lost their only children, hundreds of children became tragically orphaned, many orphanages sustained heavy damage, and hundreds of orphans became

homeless again…

In response, Chinese Children Charities/CCAI quickly established an Earthquake Relief Fund to help orphanages purchase tents, food, diapers, medicine, and clothing, and to fund post-quake building repairs and construction. Just three days following the earthquake, CCAI wired $71,000

Josh pitches in at an earthquake-affected orphanage.

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Safe Delivery-Sponsor A Car Seat!“A handful of children have been killed in car accidents in the past few years on their way to be delivered to their waiting parents.” We were utterly astonished and saddened when we first heard this tragic fact from the China Center of Adoption Affairs.

Were they in car seats? No, we were told, because orphanages don’t have and therefore don’t use car seats. In fact, we quickly learned that very few Chinese families use a car seat to transport their own children. More often, children are simply held on the lap of someone who isn’t driving and probably isn’t wearing a seatbelt, either.

We can do something to stop another adoptive child from suffering such an unimaginable accident or even death. In other words, we can help make sure a child who will be delivered to his or her waiting parents will arrive absolutely safe and unscratched.

Car seats can be purchased right in China at a cost of $65 each. There are about 350 Chinese orphanages involved in international adoption. Our goal is to raise enough money to purchase 1,050 car seats so that each orphanage will have about three car seats. So far CCAI has raised $12,000 and purchased 350 car seats, but more are needed!

The China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) is assisting with car seat distribution. They have also issued a safe-delivery rule to make sure orphanages will use these car seats for all future deliveries.

Please support this life-saving program!

Orphanage children safe and sound in their new car seats

Childcare trainingin Henan

(Above) Love fills the Lily Orphan Care Room.

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Henan Project 100 million people! That’s the population of China’s most populous province, Henan. Its 18 orphanages are caring for more than 2,000 orphans, most of them with special needs. Unfortunately, prior to 2007, fewer than 100 children were adopted internationally each year, due to orphanage officials’ severe lack of understanding of international adoption and the alarmingly poor quality of the child care environment. After repeated requests, CCAI was finally granted the opportunity to host the first-ever Orphan Care and Adoption Training in Henan on June 17, 2008. Seventy-eight directors, deputy directors, and head nurses from eighteen orphanages were invited to attend the one-day training in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan.

Since then, CCAI’s charity team, led by Xia Zhong, has visited each Henan orphanage repeatedly, providing child care, foster care, and adoption training. CCAI’s Three-Mei Therapy team of four American professional therapists traveled to Henan in June to provide training to more than 100 caretakers. The first Lily Orphan Care Room was opened in August in Luohe Orphanage, and the first Gracie Room opened in early September in Xinxiang Orphanage. The first group of foster families was recruited in mid-September...

In just a few months, CCAI has contributed over $139,705 to help improve living conditions in these orphanages and provide much-needed training and supplies. Our efforts are directly impacting all 2,000 children in Henan’s orphanages. The number of Henan children with special needs placed for international adoption this year is projected to triple to 150!

Love for Older Orphanage Kids (LOOK) ProjectWhile many charities focus their assistance on helping younger children, older orphanage kids are often forgotten. To reach out to this very large and special group, a team of CCAI families led by Carol Sammeth, Jennifer Hope, and Angie Blevins brought the LOOK vision to CCAI in 2007. This unique project has already changed hundreds of lives of older orphans (ages 7 -17). In 2008, the LOOK Project raised $12,556 for nearly 2,000 older kids in 20 orphanages. Every dollar has been spent to purchase shoes, clothes, school backpacks, books, desks, chairs, computers, TVs, wheelchairs, crutches, bookshelves, heaters, hearing aids, mattresses, bedding, clothes cabinets, medicine, and care packages. Oh, and by the way, bicycles are the hottest items! They allow children much-needed mobility beyond their orphanages!

LOOK Project Goals for 2009:

1. We believe the care packages that we send to older children are important in making them feel special and letting them know that people half a world away are thinking of them. The care packages also give the children a few necessary items to make their lives a little nicer. Thus in January 2009, we intend to increase this program and are planning to send care packages to 6,000 children in dozens of orphanages! 2. We will continue to support the various needs of older children at selected needy orphanages.3. LOOK is beginning a special focus project for 10 very needy orphanages across Henan province. Because few international adoptions take place from these orphanages, they don’t receive the influx of funds that adoptions normally bring in, and they have little other sources of income. For that reason, children in these orphanages in Henan don’t have many of their basic needs met for decent beds and bedding, clothes, and school supplies, etc. 4. LOOK is looking for sponsors for the Orphan Higher Education Fund, which allows academically qualified orphans the opportunity to attend college.

CCAI Charity Director Xia Zhong delivers bicycles and computers to older kids on behalf of LOOK. Thank you for our Care Packages!

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It costs about $2,000 (including tuition, room, and board) per year per student (or $166/month) to attend CSWC, which is a fraction of university tuition here in the US. But the potential of such an investment is immeasurable. It has the power to change lives and offer hope and inspiration.

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sponsoring or supporting one of these special students, you can donate online. As a sponsor, you will receive photos and a Life and Study Report every six months from your sponsored student. We can also arrange regular email communication between you and your student or even set up a visit with your student in China!

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Online: Contribute online by visiting www.chinesechildren.org, then click “Charity Outreach”

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For more information call:303-850-9998

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Needs for 20091 Lily Orphan Care Room renovation ($1,500 per room)2 Milk & formula ($300 per month for 10 children)3 Orphan Higher Education Fund sponsors ($166 per month per student)4 Caretakers to feed, bathe, and hug a baby ($120 per month)5 Child care training ($100 per caretaker for three-day training, transportation, room & board, and trainer expenses)6 Orphan care sponsors ($40 per month – more than 300 children are waiting for a sponsor!)7 Medical care ($20 per month per child) and vitamins ($5 per month per child)8 Car seats ($65), walkers ($20), rocking chairs ($30), baby gyms ($50), activity tables ($25), and wooden cribs ($75)9 Winter clothes ($15 per coat)10 Chinese Spring Festival (the Year of the Ox) gifts for children ($10 per gift)11 Bottles for children with cleft lip and palate ($2 per special feeding bottle)12 Long-term volunteers (1 to 6 months) to work in orphanages

Questions: charity@chinesechildren.org or donation@chinesechildren.org