Little Red Scarf serves to provide financial means and encouragement to children suffering from congenital heart disease. In addition, they provide the family with post-operative care and help their child sustain a healthy lifestyle. In May, LRS participated in the Hui Ling Walkathon in hopes to raise awareness and acceptance of the mentally disabled community. On the morning of May 27th, Little Red Scarf participated in the 9th Hui Ling Walkathon hosted by Lanzhou Hui Ling Mental Retardation Service Center and Lanzhou Youth Entrepreneurship Culture Communication Co., Ltd. More than 2000 people from different positions, such as people with social and mental disabilities, charitable figures, government officials, volunteers, and media reporters of nonprofit organizations and corporations showed up. There were performances by the mentally disabled, speeches by the hosts, warm ups, and jogging. We knew a volunteer who had had congenital heart disease and was taking part in the activities. She had an operation in Beijing when she was in 2nd grade. Now she is very optimistic and open. She was willing to be a volunteer after she knew the children whom LRS tried to help. We also saw volunteers of Lanzhou City Qi Li River District Ling Xing Special Education Center. Through the walkathon event, we hope to increase the integration of the mentally disabled and public community together, and raise awareness and acceptance of these vulnerable groups. Original article by Ai Ju Chang, translated by Shishi Ma, edited by US intern Ally Nguyen, Lauren Kam, and Janna Wang.
HOW is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in the USA, whose staff consists of all volunteers. Its mission is to provide hope and care to neglected, abandoned, and orphaned children in deprived areas of the world with a specific focus on VietNam. Kerri Galligan (Helping Orphans Worldwide, HOW Irish board member and HOW's VIP (Volunteer Immersion Program) VOLUNTEER, volunteer manager... HOW has zero paid staff :) This blog was written by Kerri Galligan, HOW's VIP (Volunteer Immersion Program) VOLUNTEER , Volunteer Manager and HOW Ireland Board Member. Kerri has given up 3 months of her life to manage the VIP program and work hard while in the country. She gave up her job to do this and also all volunteers. Kerri is a volunteer and is not paid for her work. She fundraises for HOW on top of it, and is a joy and delight! HOW is very lucky to have Kerri Galligan on our team. This is Kerri's blog regarding District 4 Education Center and how things are not going as planned and this is why Hillary Brown (me) ha-ha, will be going to Vietnam for 6 months to make sure all programs are on track. Things have a way of unraveling when we don't have one board member there at all times. We are lucky enough to have Free Hugs Vietnam but because of cultural reasons it's more effective to have an elder person in country working along with the Vietnamese Government together to help the children in the best way possible and the most productive way possible. This will continue to be a team effort, each and every program. For more information about HOW please see our page on East villagers and please visit our website: www.helpinghow.com, or visit our causes page on facebook https://www.facebook.com/HelpingHow Please like our causes page as it really helps us to get to more viewers. Thank you... now for the blog :) Little Red Scarf is an NGO that sponsors congenital heart surgeries for diseased children. The following is a touching story of a child, Jiajia, who lapsed into unconsciousness after her heart surgery. To read the original story, click here.
One day in May, a couple brought their child to the hospital. Even after traveling two hours through narrow passes and an additional four hours on mountainous roads, they did not appear tired when they finally arrived at the hospital. The mother held her baby, Jiajia, in her arms. Four months ago, Jiajia had been diagnosed with congenital heart disease at the same hospital. She returned an additional four times because of pneumonia, and the doctor concluded that the child needed an operation at once. Her father came to us at Little Red Scarf to seek help. Two weeks later, they went to the hospital and awaited an operation for their baby, which filled them with hope. We thought the operation had gone well, until we heard the unexpected news from the ICU: Jiajia’s heart had suddenly stopped. After the hospital brought in its emergency rescue team, her heart began to beat again. However, she later lapsed into a light unconsciousness, where she has remained for seventeen days. In an attempt to help Jiajia wake up sooner, her mother has been allowed to visit her everyday. Each day, her mother would take Jiajia’s hand in hers and whisper, “Mommy and Daddy have come to see you, so baby, please wake up. Please wake up, many relatives are waiting for you.” Jiajia, please wake up, baby. Don’t make your parents and the LRS staff wait too long. You have filled your parents’ lives with so much joy.Please wake up, dear baby. Original article by Guan Ying, translated by Shishi Ma, edited by US intern Ally Nguyen, Lauren Kam, and Janna Wang. Shenzhen Pengbo assists poor children by providing clothes and education. I was nervous the first time I led a team. It had never occurred to me that my boss would come to supervise our work, which made me even more nervous. Overall, the activity was successful. We had a team of four men and four women working together. It was great that Mo Chen arrived half an hour after twelve when I hadn’t set out. Other team members arrived twenty minutes before 1 PM. Only one lady was late. We had a new member whose name was Little Duck, and he joined the activity. Though it was his first time to participate in the activity, he was very careful and patient in his work. Original article written by Bin Wang, edited by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Ally Nguyen and Kevin Mo.
Shenzhen Pengbo assists poor children by providing clothes and education. We received 1111 USD from Transparent Fish as administrative expense on May 2. They were exchanged to ~6992.86 RMB. We spent 455 RMB and saved 6537.86 RMB. The receipt below detail the expenses . We purchased a mouse on May 28 (35 RMB). We bought a calculator on May 25 (25 RMB). We paid 30 RMB for a pack of A4 copy paper on May 24. Mobile hard disk with 320G (365 RMB). Original article written by Bin Wang, translated by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Ally Nguyen and Kevin Mo. Hello there~ My name is Janna Wang. I will be starting my senior year at Los Altos High School. I am a highly energetic person. I love making lots of friends and trying a variety of spontaneous experiences. Every time we get ice cream or pearl milk tea, I try a new flavor. Also, I think I have an extraordinarily eclectic collection of music, given that a good chunk of it is K-pop. In my life, I'm always on the go. As Vice President of LAHS Key Club and an officer of the National Honors Society, I can be found volunteering around our community. Last year, I founded a fashion arts club at school, as well as being Costume Designer of my school’s theater troupe, Broken Box. After high school, I would love to pursue my passions are in film work and design, which I currently learn at Freestyle Academy. Tu Zhuanjia: Rural Experts is an organization dedicated to improve their community and help others grow by addressing issues within the community and accumulating a network of leaders to solve them.
Ø 3 revisions The draft will be released in the summer issue of the China Development Brief after 3 revisions. The article intends to elaborate on the 50 percent of U.S. non-profit organizations providing services for societies that are lacking funds. Most of them are small scale with low operating costs .They hardly have any full-time employees. In the process of providing service, they cultivate talents and promote social development and innovation. Ø Participated in a NGO financing training in Chongqing The training was hosted by Liang Jiang Volunteers Service Center. The trainer was from Britain Overseas Volunteers Association. In the meeting we distributed 15 sets of books and brochures about Transparent Fish. We also exchanged business cards with different NGOs so that we could further communicate. We planned to hold a reading party for NGOs in Chongqing. Ø Have done some research about Ms. Zhou’s cases. I had downloaded more than 10 reports from domestic media to learn about some of her experiences and thoughts as a volunteer. Ms. Zhou was a local expert. She had gained a large amount of experience in her work. She was more popular with rural communities than experts who had received professional knowledge. She had done more than healing patients’ mental disease. She focused on the needs of women, children and families in towns. These articles from local experts could cause NGOs to reconsider their ideas and plans again. Ø Have accomplished the second revision on the translation of “Practical Guide for the Volunteer Organization Council” Original article written by Jianhua Su, translated by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Lauren Kam and Ally Nguyen. HOW is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in the USA, whose staff consists of all volunteers. Its mission is to provide hope and care to neglected, abandoned, and orphaned children in deprived areas of the world with a specific focus on VietNam.
We wanted to give an update on our little sweet friend Huy's journey living with EB (Epidermolysis Bullosa) which is a rare genetic skin disease that causes the skin to be so fragile that even the slightest touch will separate the layers of the skin. The skin literally breaks, resulting in painful blisters and open wounds. A mother may never be able to hold her child tightly because the skin would peel off and bleed. Children with EB may never run or play as other children because even the slightest friction will cause them great pain. Huy has been Helping Orphans Worldwide, HOW's EB representative and spokesperson for Vietnam and for International EB Awareness Week and EB Awareness around the world. Huy has been a friend of HOW now for several years and he is one tough cookie as well as a very smart young guy with a great sense of humor and a beautiful heart! At the beginning of the fall internship, I wrote a pen pal letter to Fangdi, a student we supported through Little Red Scarf, in China. There were only 4 interns back then, and we were asked to “adopt” a student from the Little Red Scarf program. We looked through their profiles to better understand their life and the conditions that they were living in. We each sent a pen pal letter to a child introducing ourselves near the end of October, 2011. However, I never got a reply and the letter eventually left my mind. But to my delight the first day we started the summer internship,
I received a reply from her! It said: "Dear Isabel Auyeung, I’m glad to hear from you. I’m fine and living a happy life. I really appreciate what you have done for me. Thank you for caring about my life and my studies. Seeing your letter, I know you were born on April 12 of 1995; I was born on April 8 of 1996. I will celebrate your birthday at my home. I miss you very much. How have you been recently? I know you love singing and dancing just like me. Please maintain your hobbies. I sing lots of songs in Drum Team, and I will continue to do so. The scenery in our hometown is very beautiful, you’re welcome to come to our hometown with your friends when you have time. I am looking forward hearing from you. I will show my classmates that I have an American pal. Your Chinese pal, Fangdi" I was so excited to finally get a letter back from her, and it was the perfect welcome-back gift. Suddenly, all the work that I did earlier this year to help support her became so much more significant. She isn’t just a name anymore, but a person. She has hobbies, a birthday, friends, and family just like I do. She seems like a very sweet person and it’s encouraging for me get the affirmation that I have made a personal impact on another individual. I will reply to her soon and I hope we can keep up the communication and become good friends. Maybe someday I will be able to visit her hometown and finally be able to meet her in person. HOW is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in the USA, whose staff consists of all volunteers. Its mission is to provide hope and care to neglected, abandoned, and orphaned children in deprived areas of the world with a specific focus on VietNam. This blog was written by a very wonderful Helping Orphans Worldwide, HOW VIP (Volunteer Immersion Program) volunteer nurse. Nurse Milly comes from Australia and this year 2012, has been her second year of volunteering with HOW. Nurse Milly spend the entire year learning about EB (Epidermolysis Bullosa), as HOW only began the EB program after learning about EB a little less then a year ago. For more information on EB and HOW's EB program please visit: http://helpinghow.com/about/vietnam/children-living-with-eb-vietnam/ Please enjoy Nurse Milly's blog, she is a delight and a gift... |
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