Hemophilia Home is a nonprofit established to improve the quality of life for patients with hemophilia by collecting knowledge on hemophilia and assisting poor patients. Hemophilia Home is in Beijing, China. Over 40 hemophilia patients came from Tianjin, Qingdao, Beijing, Daliang and Changcun to Beijing for a networking event that lasted for 2 days in October. The event was hosted by Hemophilia Home in cooperation with charity federations of 5 cities. The participants included over 40 hemophilia patients, who were supported by their local charity federations. During the activity, the people in charge of the local charity federations introduced basic information for the patients, including where the funds were coming from, the national policies, and the development of future local projects. Liu Ying, the director of the Physiotherapy Department in the Beijing Concordia Hospital and Xiao Juan, the Director of the pediatrics department, were invited to give lectures during the opening ceremony. In the afternoon, the staff of Hemophilia Home and volunteers led the children to the Beijing Science and Technology Museum. The evening was so fantastic. The patients performed wonderful performances for the audience. Their performances truly expressed their thankfulness to their parents, Hemophilia Home, doctors, and nurses. Then the parents and their children visited Beijing University on October, 20. The volunteers at Beijing University introduced the long history of the university to the children. In return the children promised to study hard in order to contribute to society in the future. Guan Tao said Hemophilia Home would help and support hemophilia patients as always and try hard to make a better future for them. Original article written by Teng Xue, translated and edited by Yanyan Zhang The Light of Love Public Welfare Development Center is located in Nanjing, China. It is dedicated to the development of rural education and community public welfare.
On October 16, 2013, we opened a computer class for senior citizens. The volunteers will provide 40 class hours about computer operation to the senior citizens in the community. The curriculum aims to open a window to the world for the senior citizens. Hopefully it will also inject more fun into their lives. Before class, our teacher gave an introduction about the content and tasks involved in the class. The teachers then communicated with the students, in order to find out how much they know about computers. Some of the students asked for more tasks. The instructor and volunteer teacher were in the front, while the other volunteers assisted with other jobs, mainly helping the senior citizens operate the computers. Whenever anyone needed help, the volunteers would respond immediately. The students were very eager to learn and they took some notes. The volunteers were patient with their help. Time flew by. The senior citizens were too involved with their computers to feel bored. When the end of the period arrived, many students were reluctant to leave. They wanted to do more exercises. The senior citizens learned a lot during the period. They not only learned simple computing, but also typing. Original article written by Chao Li, translated by Maggie Li and edited by Yanyan Zhang People with leprosy are sent to isolated villages where they are abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a special place in its heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to villages plagued with leprosy in order to provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry is located in Kunming, Yunnan. During the national holiday, Shalom invited Mr. Andre, an old friend, to visit 9 old people living in A Ziying and Zhushan. We sent bags of rice to them and cerebrated the holidays with them. We set out early in the morning from Kunming. Taking into account their habits, we visited Lao Li in A Ziying. Then we went to buy rice together. We bought 26kg bags of rice for them. This is not the first time they have received rice from us. The rice from the government is usually in the form of a 10kg bag. Shalom is sincere to its clients. The lepers invited us to visit their village again. Lao Li doesn’t know English, so he held his paper upside down, but he was still so happy to express his gratitude. We visited 2 villages in one day. One was in the north and another one was in the east. Even though the distance is far, we still enjoy serving our clients. Here are some pictures: Original article written by Ping Liang, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang
According to their motto - “Love, truth, and service to community” - Xingyang Volunteer Federation works to enhance people’s sense of social responsibility through providing them various volunteer opportunities.The office is in Xingyang, Henan province.
Every time I cut my mother's hair she would say, “I fear that I have to bother my child with this. Luckily, I have 3 children. One of them always has time to come cut my hair. How about you? Who will come and cut hair for you when you are getting old.” I said with a smile, “I am not like you. I can go to the hair salon for a fashionable hair cut when I am old. ” My mum said seriously, “what if you are too old to go to the hair salon?” I did not know how to answer. To be honest, I am already concerned about this. Recently volunteers took their own tools and shampoo to the senior citizens home to cut their hair for them. The senior citizens smiled happily. I am delighted by the pictures of this activity. If every one of us can spare some time, we can do something for the elderly. If our whole society can take action, everyone will always have someone around when we get old. The new generation of volunteers will come help us just as we did as volunteers before them. I greatly esteem our volunteers. Their actions will inspire more and more people to join. Hopefully in the future society will be just like one large warm family. Now I would like to tell my mother: I am not afraid of getting old. If we are willing to offer our love, we will be helped by many people. Original article written by Li Mo, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang Grounded on core values of respect, love, and service to the elderly, the Xin Yue Senior Citizen Service Center of Chongqing, China, promotes social work services for senior citizens and builds harmonious living environment for them. Before the Chongyang Festival, volunteers from Volunteers Association and 2 universities collected wishes from about 140 senior citizens in 2 days. During the process, a volunteer told me that 2 old men impressed him a lot. One had just turned 100. He was trained at the Huangpu Military Academy and fought in the Myanmar war. The old man was healthy except for a little problem with his ears. During the chat with him, the volunteer was impressed by his sonorous voice. A century’s worth of experiences made the old man tough. When the volunteer asked him about his greatest wish, he said he felt like eating peanuts and biscuits. He gave the volunteer money and asked him to buy some for him, for he has difficulty walking. There’s another old man who is keen on traditional Chinese medicine. He is over 90 and isn’t in good health, but he is editing a manual on how to keep healthy. He has completed the 4th pamphlet and has already given them to some older patients, staff and volunteers. Professionally, it’s not perfect, but it’s practical. There is a lot of useful information in the book. When we asked him about his wish, he told us he would like to write something more and benefit more people. As an old man he could be relaxing, but still wants to use his wisdom and energy to create more things. It made us think- we are in our prime, what should we be doing for society? As a young guy, I am not equipped to write stories about old men. I hope to record some of their characteristics to give others like myself some spiritual energy. For whatever reason each senior citizen ends up here, their lives can be each fill a book. They have their own stories and their own shining spirit. What we can do now is to achieve their wishes one by one, bringing happiness and companionship to them- to those that have devoted their time and enthusiasm to the development of the country. Original article written by Ling Feng, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang Panda Care is a volunteer group formed after the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake in Sichuan. They aim to help children living in poverty who lost love ones to the disaster. How are the sponsored children doing? During funds distribution, we went to schools and visited the children we sponsor. Most of the children lost their mother or father or both during the earthquake in 2008. The children lost their parents, which was a huge hit to their young souls. They were shocked and felt the loss keenly. They began to shut off and seldom communicated with people. When we visited this time, four years later, we found the children were back to their normal and healthy lives. Our help and efforts were rewarded and we are happy for them. Original article written by Guirong Ma, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang Iseek Cultural Center is a public welfare organization initiated by patients with PAH (pulmonary artery hypertension), which aims to provide support and service for people with invisible disabilities as PAH.
Recently we held a propaganda activity in our complex. Someone came up and asked our volunteers if their blue lip meant they were born in the 80s and 90s. She hypothesized that their lips were from a lack of exercise. She did not understand our activity! However, we kept on explaining relevant knowledge to passing people. People with PAH look normal in their appearance so sometimes people think they are just lazy. They do not know how the illness tortures the patient. It is great to don the blue lips and help people understand. The misunderstanding we encountered during the activity made us realized the importance of propaganda. If we do not tell people what PAH is- who will come and help us. We still have a long way to go and we have to work together. Original article written by Zhe Fan, translated by Maggie Li, Edited by Yanyan Zhang Xingzhi Migrant Art School is a non-profit organization that offers art lessons for the children of migrant workers who otherwise would not have this opportunity. This update was written by Director Gu, the founder of and a teacher at the Art School in Beijing. Respectable staff of Transparent Fish, All teachers and students of Xingzhi Migrant Art School thank you so much for your support. So far, 65 persons have benefited from your support. Through training, the children have achieved a lot in graphic designs and English, which reached our goals. Xingzhi Migrant Art School was set up in March of 2007. 300 persons have been trained, who are children from migrant families. With 7 years’ efforts, Teacher Gu gave training for the children for free. They grew up to skillful and confident juveniles. Some of them had never held a paintbrush before, not even art class. Now they could create realism works on their own, such as 100-meter long mural painting, decoration design and home design. During the period, Teacher Gu met financial difficulties. TFish gave a great deal of support so that English and graphic design courses could be going smoothly, which created opportunities to students and removed heavy burdens from Teacher Gu. Yu Disabled Persons’ Association is located in Zhengzhou city of Henan Province. It is a non-governmental organization working with disabled persons. The organization aims to help people with disabilities to get out of self-closing and encourage them to be confident and independent. October 13th is the Chongyang Festival, a festival for senior citizens in China. To care for senior citizens is a traditional virtue we need to respect. To thank parents who care for disabled children, we organized a festival for parents and children to enjoy together. The children presented a 3-hour performance for their parents. They did not have professional costumes or make up, but they performed with hearts full of thanks. During the performance, there were some interactive activities with the audience. Everyone was happy and they were reluctant to leave after the performance. Original article written by Haijun Yuan, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang
Grounded on core values of respect, love, and service to the elderly, the Xin Yue Senior Citizen Service Center of Chongqing, China, promotes social work services for senior citizens and builds harmonious living environment for them. It has been 3 years since the Xin Yue Senior Citizen Service Center was started. They goal was to serve people no matter rain or shine. Even after all this time they still have a loving heart. In the early morning of October 10, 12 barbers came to our Center. The old men were very pleased to see them. Some of them walked directly to the site to have their hair cut and even chatted with the barbers. They greatly enjoyed the young spirit provided by the barbers. After the barbers finished their work on site, they visited rooms and helped the old men who were not able to go out. They also brought gifts for each senior citizen. It was only a towel, but it brought a smile to everyone's face. Xiong, an old man in the center, said, "Some of the young people come every three months! They cut our hair for free. It's not easy to do work like this for a long time. They also clean the floor when they leave. I am moved by them each time." Mr. Tian, the person in charge of the volunteer team said, “We were very pleased to come to the Center and we also learned such a positive life attitude from the center's inhabitants." Granny Liu, a woman at the center, said, "I look much better! I am too old to walk. I really would not know how to handle my hair without these loving people." As the barbers were leaving, an old man went back to his room and brought out an apple to give to the girl who cut his hair for him. Original article written by Ling Feng, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang |
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