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.
19th Sept. 2012, Wednesday, Sunny Location: WangJiashan Interviewees: Zhao Yutian and her family members Visiting teacher: Zhao Kaihong Zhao Yutian is a beautiful, but quiet girl who has become sluggish and cannot hand in her homework timely and properly. Her downcast condition got our attention, and we decided to go for a home-visiting to help Yutian and learn more about her family’s condition. We hope that with the family’s help, she can catch up with the others as soon as possible. After school, we went to Yutian’s home and her grandma showed us in. It is a very simple, crude home, with only several domestic appliances. Grandma sobbed out Yutian’s situation:a once happy family had been ruined by the parents’ divorce. Yutian’s mother left this family, and her father also went out for job. Her grandparents have to do farm work as well as take care of the family chores. They have limited energy in helping Yutian with her studies. Many times, they found that Yutian crying quietly and shouting for her mother and father. On hearing this, our eyes got wet. Now I realize that what Yutian needs most is our understanding. We should not push her to be a good compliant girl. Instead, we should give her more concern and try to understand her difficulties. Education should be people-oriented, giving more encouragement and correcting her mistakes timely are very helpful. Children of Yutian’s age are very plastic, they are vulnerable to any small harmful things. The ultimate goal of education is to see whether or not our educational methods and content works well with students. Home-visiting is a good chance to understand students and their family conditions without any distance. We give them our attention and care. Communication with their family members is conducive to help students with joint efforts. Original article was written by Ye Lei, translated by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Isabel Auyeung and Lauren Kam. 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. Last week we finished several programs: 1. The agency added a few new members: Li Chao, Zhou Danqi and Liang.The addition of three new members brought new strength to the Light of Love Center. 2. We sent our sincere blessings and showed our full respects to teachers and volunteers on Teacher’s Day. 3. We opened a new cash check for the center. 4. The center received basic administrative grant from Tfish Fund. 5. The “Silver-hair Pleasure Land” was well planned and decorated with staff in Xiaoweiling communities. 6. The group outing plan for units in Yuhuatai incubator center was delivered to staff, and many people will take part in it. 7. The “Young Silver Caring Program” team visited senior citizens in nearby communities. 8. Nanjing public venture capital training class was opened and voluntarily lectured students. 9. We held a summing-up meeting for our voluntary teaching program. 10. Mr. Gou from China Charity Foundation made a supplies donation to the center. 11. The center granted certificates of honor to its volunteers. 12. We successfully applied for the collective registered household for members of our institution. Tasks for next week: 1. The Campus Team of Baidu-baike will collaborate with the center. 2. The “Young Silver Caring Program” team will deepen their communication with the elders and improve their physical and mental needs. 3. We will take a group outing so the staff can get close with nature and have a break. 4. We will prepare for the “Nanjing Youth Public Service Seminar”. 5. We will take the training course by Beijing Western Sunshine-Yiwei Youth Development Center, and then attend the meeting with Transparent fish. 6. The inaugural meeting of the Light of Love Development Center will be held, and letters of appointment will be granted to members of the center. 7. The NPI Public Development Organization will help us set up strategic projects. 8. The “Young Silver Caring Program” will hold activities for the upcoming Mid-autumn festival. 9. Accelerate the institution’s network online and improve our platform on weibo, the microblog of China. 10. The Liquidation Report of the center will be published. Original article was written by Li Chao, translated by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Isabel Auyeung and Lauren Kam. Huy lives with EB which is (Epidermolysis Bullosa) 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.
Little Red Scarf CARE 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. To learn more about Little Red Scarf CARE, click here. This month, we paid return visits via calls to 7 children who checked out from the hospital in May. Except for two parents who had their cell phones off, we successfully contacted 5 of them and asked about their recent conditions. Here is some detailed information about those children. 352. Wenjing Check-out Time: 02/05/2012 Cell phone was off. 353. Wenyue Check-out Time: 15/05/2012 Re-examination Time: Hasn’t re-examined yet Wenyue’s condition is fine now and she has put on some weight as well, only her appetite is not so good. As her family members are busy with corn harvesting, they will take her for a re-examination later. 355. Yantao Check-out Time: 16/05/2012 Re-examination Time: 24/08/2012 Yantao recovered very well. His physical condition is good, and he rarely catches cold. But his mother worries about his prominent sternum, so she will take him for a medical examination next week. Yantao loves the bag we gave to him very much! LY-211 Ami Check-out Time: 02/05/2012 Re-examination Time: 17/08/2012
Ami has gone for a check-up now, and the doctor said she recovered quite well. She has grown taller and stronger than before, and her body figure looks better. Next term, Ami will be a fifth grade student. LY-213 Xiaowen Check-out Time: 05/05/2012 Re-examination Time: 08/08/2012 Xiaowen is in very good condition now. Her grandfather told us that Xiaowen has grown taller, and her appetite has been much better. Doctor said her recovery was wonderful, so next term, Xiaowen can attend kindergarten like other normal children. LY-215 Daojicao Check-out Time: 09/05/2012 Re-examination Time: 30/08/2012 Daojicao’s recent condition is good. Before she had surgery, she always felt tired and her face turned blue all the time; now she has grown taller and stronger just like any other normal child, and she can attend primary school next term. LY-221 Xiaoyan Check-out Time: 02/05/2012 Re-examination Time: 30/08/2012 Xiaoyan is in good condition and rarely catches cold now, and she will go to kindergarten next term. Her father was very excited that doctor told him Xiaoyan recovered very well, and now she has attended kindergarten with other children; it seems that she loves going to school. Moreover, her father told villagers about our program, and they all thought that our program was very helpful and hoped that one day they may seek aid from us. Original Story written by Ying Guan, translated by Shishi Ma, edited by interns Lauren Kam and Emily Cheng. Caidie primarily focuses on the younger children and their development. They especially want to give the disadvantaged children more opportunities for growth and train them to be independent. In this article, we learn about the Nursery Rhymes Reading Project. It has been several years since the Nursery Rhymes Reading Project was initiated. At the end of 2009, we only had four children’s folk books. Now we have authorized nearly 20 public organizations to use our books in their project sites. We provide training courses for kindergarten teachers in Dangchang, Gansu province. At the end of May 2012, we offered a class for the students at a kindergarten training school in Hechi, Guangxi. How the class impacted the students were far beyond my expectations. Everyone was enchanted by the atmosphere as much as we were back when we were children. Since these students will be nursery school teachers in the future, we hope that they can pass down the beauty of children’s folk stories to more kids. If you are interested in our books and our project, please do not hesitate to contact us: http://caidie.org/
Here are more details about our project: http://caidie.org/?page_id=1205 Original article written by FuShuai Feng, translated by ShiShi Ma, edited by US interns Lauren Kam and Kevin Mo. Xi'an Public Welfare Alliance works to promote a spirit of volunteerism. Many student volunteers are trained to participate in public welfare activities and social work. Here is a “Thank You” letter written to the Shanxi 109 Public Service Center.
A “Thank You” letter to Shanxi 109 Public Service Center-- Please accept our sincere gratitude to you! With your full support and careful direction, our program was able to achieve a complete success and also received praise from teachers and students. We were deeply moved by the warm welcome from Mr. Kong and the staff when we arrived in Xi’an. Later during the fundraising program, the staff of the 109 Public Service Center carefully detailed every step for fundraising. They also gave us permission to attend the activity, which was very helpful for our practice. The staff voluntarily accompanied us to carry out community services and gave us very useful directions, especially during our research in Zaoyuan Tangdu Garden Community. There, they introduced us to the management staff of the community where we made an in-depth exploration with all the members. With their full support and careful explanation, we obtained lots of direct sources and experience on community services. Also, Mr. Kong Bin, the leader of the 109 center met us before we left Xi’an. He shared his views on public welfare establishments as well as undergraduates’ entrepreneurship, from which we undoubtedly benefited. We are so grateful that the staff of the 109 center accompanied us the whole time and gave us very helpful guidance during our research in Xi’an. Our conversation with Mr. Kong made the practice even better. We could not have done this without your full support and selfless contribution that made this program so successful. Your devotion unfolded the spirit of public services, and unremittingly inspired us not to waver nor surrender. We apologize for having to express our gratitude in such a short letter, but we surely have engraved your kindness in our minds forever. And finally, please accept our sincere thank-you’s again; we wish you all good health and great success in your work! Best regards, PHE Summer Social Practice Team of Sichuan Normal University, Xi’an Unit Original Article written by Kong Bin, translated by ShiShi Ma, and edited by US interns Lauren Kam and Kevin Mo. 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. In this article, Zheng Liu tells us about Xiaoyi, a boy who is constantly fighting hemophilia.
Xiaoyi was born on June 5th, 2003. No one ever expected that there would be a tragedy after seven months of happy times. Xiaoyi injured his lips and bled heavily, so we took him to the hospital to stop it. However, he started bleeding again when his mother was feeding him. This time, things were worse. Xiaoyi was diagnosed with hemophilia so the doctor suggested that we should bring him to the Chengdu Huaxi Hospital for further examination. The doctor also taught us more about hemophilia and we were shocked how our baby had been diagnosed with such a terrible disease. After several months had passed, Xiaoyi’s legs began to swell and was diagnosed with hemophilia A type. Again in 2004, Xiaoyi’s legs swelled again. This time we took him to the 2nd affiliated hospital of Huaxi, and we now had to take him to the hospital twice a year. Just when we were able to pay off all the medical fees, Xiaoyi would have another stroke and we would have to take him to the hospital again. In 2008, Xiaoyi began attending kindergarten. Even then, he would vomit anything he ate. After the radioscopy, doctor said Xiaoyi had intracranial hemorrhage, so he must transfer coagulation factor immediately. Since there were no domestic-made factors, we had to pay more for the imported ones. In order to take care of Xiaoyi, his mother had to quit her job. It was a great burden for an average family, so we had been dragged to a worse situation. The year 2010 was an unforgettable one. On March 21st of 2010, Xiaoyi had an intracranial hemorrhage again with a seizure, and then he fell into a coma. After the two hour drive, the unconscious Xiaoyi had been sent to the emergency room. With the help of the doctors, Xiaoyi survived eventually. Since 2011 however, Xiaoyi suffered from serious congestion in his legs and he could not stand still until now. We made every effort to borrow money to cure the disease, but things just got worse. The whole family anchored in a dilemma: we had no money, nor efforts to face the new situation while they kept coming all the way. What should we do? When could we end this battle successfully? Original article written by Zheng Liu, translated by ShiShi Ma, and edited by US Interns Lauren Kam and Kevin Mo. 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.
In August, our original plan was to organize more people in mainland China to help patients in leprosy recovery villages, while continuing our routine medical service for patients. We hope more friends at home and abroad can make friends with the leprosy patients, which will be a great advantage for their recovery. However, the constant rain ruined the roads to several recovery villages so we couldn’t drive in for medical service. In addition, Liang Ping, the leader, had to attend a medical training program. Therefore, our visits to recovery villages have to be delayed until September. Since we couldn't visit, we made efforts to recharge ourselves and keep pharmacy records during August. As the weather gets better, we will go on with our program to re-visit recovery villages in Yiliangzhushan, Yangjuangou, and Kunming. We sincerely welcome friends from home and abroad to come to help these patients and make a contribution to those with leprosy. Original article written by Ping Liang, translated by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Isabel Auyeung and Lauren Kam. 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. The beautiful fall weather welcomes new students along with crunchy leaves, and our free lunch program also begins to serve them now! Due to important business in and out of school in the beginning of new term, we are sorry for the delay of our following report. As the program was smoothly conducted, we organized a home-visiting led by teacher Zhao Kaihong. This time, we were concerned about a quiet girl-Zhao Yutian, who has become sluggish and cannot hand in her homework timely and properly. Her downcast condition got our attention, and we decided to go for a home-visit to help Yutian and to learn more about her family condition. The Panda Care is a volunteer group formed after the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake. They aim to help children living in poverty who may have lost love ones to the disaster. To learn more about Panda group, click here. It has become colder and colder since the beginning of September. We visited each sponsored child’s home, hoping to get parents’ support for their child’s education. Through effective communication, we hoped to encourage the children to avoid dropping out from school, and we especially focused on the children that we sponsored. We hope that they could keep their mind on studying and strive to learn more so that they can contribute to their family and society. However, the main purpose of our home visits is to get an idea of their situations and to communicate with their parents efficiently and timely, and to keep them focused on their studies. Should any special circumstance occur, our volunteers will communicate with parents and solve the problems as soon as possible. Original article written by Ma Guirong, translated by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Kevin Mo and Emily Cheng. |
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