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Each week, we select and highlight the best photos from our partners out on the field. Check out more detailed updates from each NGO by clicking on its name below "Category" on the right of this page. Enjoy these photos from the month of October!
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Hemophilia Home is a nonprofit established to improve the quality of life for patients with hemophilia by collecting knowledge on hemophilia and helping destitute patients. My child, born during the Year of the Ox, is 13 this year. He is smart and sensible, although he is in bad health due to a lack of coagulation factor VIII. Instead of playing with other children his age, he must stay home alone. This disease is hard to cure. If he bleeds, he must be injected with Factor VIII to stop it. Because of the unbearable pain, he is unable to perform outside door activities. Sometimes he says to me, enviously, “Mum, I really want to play with them.” But if he sees me crying, he tries to comfort me, whispering, “Mum, don’t be so sad. I’m just saying so. I would be very glad if the treatment could cost less so and I wouldn’t feel bad occasionally.” My son was supposed to have a happy childhood and enjoy the wonderful things in life, but they all passed him by. He is a good student, especially in mathematics. He is also fond of playing the cucurbit flute. If only he could live a normal life through his adolescent, mid-life, and gerontic period!
Original article was written by Liu Zheng, translated by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Isabel Auyeung and Lauren Kam.
Ark Welfare is a non-profit established in Hechi City, Guangxi. This organization encourages people to get involved in public service and respond to the needs of their communities. Nestled among the numerous mountains in Yalong county, Guangxi lies a primary school named Shengli Wanquan School. 95% of its students are of Yao nationality, and their daily necessities are carried by mules or horses due to cliffy mountain roads.
Children of this county are innocent and adorable, but with the infertile lands, they are unable to receive enough proper food at their age.
After the "two exempt and one subsidy" policy was implemented in 2007 and provided subsidies on nutria-meals for rural compulsory students, these students finally enjoyed better meals. However, we couldn’t help but ask the question: is it really enough for children of those ages?
This is why we are initiating the “One Egg, One Love” program. We hope an egg for lunch can extend our affection to them, and we hope they can enjoy equal rights under the same sunshine as other urban children. An egg is small, but it will give these children an infinite amount of love and encouragement.
Original article was written by Fang Xiaogang, translated by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Lauren Kam and Isabel Auyeung.
Ark Welfare is a non-profit established in Hechi City, Guangxi. This organization encourages people to get involved in public service and respond to the needs of their communities. 13th -14th, September We attended a forum on “Promoting Reading Habits” held by Tongxinyuan Organization in Nanning. 17th -21st, September Officially started “One Egg, One Love” program with Lianquan Organization in Tian’e county. This program will provide one egg for each of the 700 students and teachers in 7 schools everyday.   People with leprosy are sent to isolated places without families or friends to support them emotionally of physically. They are abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to leprosy villages and provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. At the beginning of September, Laoxu, a patient of Zhushan leprosy rehabilitation village told us that his disease prevented him from harvesting his corn. Thus, we organized an 8 member team to help Laoxu with corn-picking on September 9th. At first everyone was very excited and actively went for picking corns. Because we lacked experience, many were cut by sharp leaves or became ticklish from the natural corn powders. However, no one complained about it, and two hours later, we collected all the corn in his land. Though the work was hard and tiring, we got our reward from Laoxu’s smile. We gave him anti-ulcer medicines and helped him change dressings.
 People with leprosy are sent to isolated places without families or friends to support them emotionally of physically. They are abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to leprosy villages and provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. According to Transparent Fish Fund’s budget and practical situation of the leprosy rehabilitation village, there are two main focuses this month: 1) retracing the patients’ conditions who have taken the drug MEDIHONEY, and 2) helping Dr. Higuchi from Japan make his visits to leprosy patients requiring eye protection treatment. On June 9th, we took presents to Yilian, a rehabilitation village in Zhushan. We divided ourselves into two groups—one changed dressings for anabrosis patients while the other went peach-picking under Laoli’s guidance.
 The nonprofit "Light of Love", is a volunteer group established in 2008 by students in China Pharmaceutical University. The group aims to develop health education in rural areas in Western China to teach people to safely use medicine. Recently, we initiated a program on weibo to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with Senior Citizens. I am glad that I took part in the program because I ended up having a great time with Grandma Sha and her family members. On mid-autumn’s day, we visited Grandma Sha’s home and brought some fruits and mooncakes. She was very happy to see us and gave us a warm welcome into her home. There were lots of potted flowers all around her house, and Grandma Sha showed us these beautiful creatures and told us many things about them. At about five o’clock, we started to prepare for dinner. With help of another volunteer, we were able to successfully serve a fancy festival dinner. At the beginning of the dinner, we proposed a toast to both the grandma and the grandpa; we wished them a happy festival and good health all year round. Grandma was very happy and kept telling grandpa, “Look, our grand-children made all the dishes for us!” Grandpa is a war veteran--he had a stroke once, so he has trouble with speaking clearly and walking steadily. Nevertheless, we were still glad to see their smiles. It was truly a treasurable time for everyone! After dinner, we cleared away the dishes and had a nice conversation with Grandma until it got late. Grandma and Grandpa were tired and both needed rest, so we said goodbye to them and promised that we would visit them later. On the way back home, we talked about family reunion and realized that no matter how far we are from home, our family shall never be forgotten.
Original Article written by Chao Li, translated by ShiShi Ma, edited by US interns Kevin Mo and Isabel Auyeung.
Hemophilia Home is a nonprofit established to improve the quality of life for patients with hemophilia by collecting knowledge on hemophilia and helping destitute patients. Read the original article here.
Mid-autumn Day’s Festival is a good time for family reunion and happy family talks. In the La Fete mid-autumn, directors of Yunnan Charity Hemophilia Care Center visited two poor hemophilia families and sent our best wishes to Puwei and Maomao. Puwei and Maomao have a severe case of hemophilia. One could not get proper treatment because of the family’s inability to afford it and is forced to stay in bed all day long; the other insists to go to school regardless his disease and huge suffering. Both their families are having a hard time economically, and hemophilia is adding more burdens to their financial situation. However, since the founding of our care center, we give full attention to these poor hemophilia families and give full support to them on every aspect. All in all, we hope that hemophilia will not break these families and that these patients will no longer have to suffer from this terrible disease. At this special occasion, we sincerely wish that all hemophilia patients will have a great time and become healthier than ever. Moreover, we extend our sincere thanks to people who have always supported us and contributed to our careers!
Original article written by Marking Wang, translated by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Kevin Mo and Lauren Kam.
Little Red Scarf CARE provides financial support 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. Read the original article here.
Liangzi, a Tibetan boy named after his grandpa, is expected to be the backbone of his family in the future.
His hometown is Linxia, in Gansu Province - a remote mountain village. Liangzi's grandparents are aging and have become slow in movement because of their weak legs, and his mother has suffered from tracheitis for years and is always on medication. His father also suffers from congenital high myopia. In order to sustain the basic needs for the entire family, he works in construction for tiny wages. Unfortunately, Liangzi's health condition is no better than those of his family members. Since he was born, Liangzhi has had persistent chest aches and has gotten tired easily. Although they knew about his problems, Liangzi’s family was unable to take him to the hospital because of their tight budget. Liangzi is currently 11 years old, but he looks like an eight year old. Recently, he caught a severe cold, and his family was forced to send him to the hospital. It was during this visit that they were informed of Liangzi's congenital heart disease. When we first met Liangzi, we noticed an unusual passion in his eyes. The LRS staff helped him reach a larger hospital, where he received more thorough medical examinations and got prepared for his surgery. His mother was always by his side, and we could hear her abnormal breathing whenever we approached her. Sadly, her face also had a bluish tint from being on medications for so long. Xi'An Charity Union aims to "spread the spirit of volunteerism, vying for the public welfare pioneer." Specifically, the Dandelion Project plans to help 10,000 students, living in poverty in the mountains in 10 years by providing them with knowledge and potential employment. Read the original article here.
July 31th, we visited a special needs family in Huayin. They have six children total, and one is attending primary school now. Our team took many clothes to the family members and told them we would like to aid the children for school. August 5th, 2012, our environmental team organized an Environmental Protection Activities at Xingqing Park. August 9th, 2012, we visited the “mask boy”-Lele, who suffers from nephrotic syndrome. Then we learned some detailed conditions about Lele and we decided to let more people know him and help him. August 9th, 2012, our team went to visit Binbin, the boy had been scalded; we also donated 200 yuan to Binbin. August 11th, 2012, the team organized the activity of being a traffic warden to help policemen. August 12th, 2012, we did some research on 13 children of poor families and made plans to support them. August 13th, 2012, 12 volunteers taught in the rural area of Qiaonan County for 7 days and came back safely.
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