Robert Glover OBE

Executive Director

 

 

 

www.careforchildren.com

 

1998

Child Welfare

National

5 national, 4 expatriate

GBP £ 1 million

Thailand, Mongolia, North Korea

None

 

Mission: “To relieve the hardship, distress and sickness of orphaned and abandoned children in Asia through the development of family-based care as an alternative to institutional care.”

 

Placing orphans into good, local families in China.

 

In 1998, Care for Children pioneered family placement care (long-term foster care) is an alternative to institutional care for orphaned and abandoned children in China.

 

By working in partnership with the Chinese government, Care for Children trains national and local staff to launch and then manage family placement programmes in their local communities.

 

It is a remarkably successful project that has trained over 4000 local staff from 250 orphanages across 27 provinces throughout China. An estimated 250,000 (2011) orphans have been moved into local families.

 

Recent training developments have included Special Education Needs (SEN) and physiotherapy support to ensure all children have the opportunity to be placed into a local family.

 

Care for Children has a ‘vision for a million children’ in China.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liu Yawei

One, Copenhill

453 Freedom Parkway

Atlanta GA 30307 USA

Tel: +1 404 420 5162

www.cartercenter.org (English)

www.chinaelections.org (Bilingual)

 

—

Governance

Nationwide

More than 70 countries worldwide

None

Mission: “To prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy and improve health.”

 

 

Former US President, Jimmy Carter, and his wife, Rosalynn, created the Center in 1982. Built with donations from private individuals, foundations and corporations, the Center has around 160 professional staff to oversee its global programmes. Former President Carter himself is a familiar figure in national election monitoring around the globe, but the Center also works in many countries to bring divided communities closer together, to strengthen the rule of law and the protection of human rights, to support the development of civil society, and to support a wide range of public health programmes.

 

From 1987-1992, the Carter Center worked with the China Disabled Person’s Federation on a Special Education teacher-training programme in which 9,000 teachers participated. The Center also helped establish a prosthetics centre and research institute in Beijing, to design and manufacture artificial limbs and appropriate tools for people with disabilities.

 

Since 1997, the Center has worked closely with the Ministry of Civil Affairs to observe and strengthen the implementation of village committee elections in China. This long-term collaboration has involved:

 

Support for computerised collection of election data

Seminars and conferences on election processes

Extensive training of election officials
Study tours to the US for senior Civil Affairs staff

Assistance in developing appropriate civic education materials

Piloting of new electoral methods at township level

Commissioning of numerous research reports

 

In 2002, the project established a bilingual website, www.chinaelections.org, which has since served as a major information portal both for Chinese officials and for scholars interested in this topic. In 2008, The Carter Center launched a project that advances the implementation of the Open Government Information Regulations in China.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mainland China contact:

Potvin, Claude

Country Manager

Tel: +84 4 3941 0547

Mobile: +84 912 643 150

Fax: +84 4 3941 0549

Email:

 

71 Argyle Street (PO Box 350)

Fitzroy Victoria 3065

Australia

ABN 88 004 613 067

Tel: +61 3 9279 1788

Mobile: +61 3 9419 4280

Fax: +84 4 3941 0549

australianvolunteers.com

 

Room 201, Block B2,

Van Phuc Diplomatic Compound

298 Kim Ma Street, Ba Dinh District,

Hanoi, Vietnam

 

1988

 

Volunteer Opportunities

 

Asia, the Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.

 

Mission: ““We believe that living, working and learning’ with the community is vital to the success of each assignment.”.”

 

AVI 在华项目

技能娴熟的澳洲专业人士，与您携手工作

 

AVI’s involvement with the people of China began more than 20 years ago. In 1988, our first volunteers worked with the Guangxi Teachers College. Since then we have recruited and placed more than 190 skilled professionals to work for organisations across China, to contribute to lasting development in areas such as:

 

- Improving employment opportunities through quality English language teaching

- Supporting the health and wellbeing of vulnerable children and people living with disability

- Providing exceptional training in primary, secondary and tertiary education

- Strengthening rural livelihoods, natural resource management, agricultural technology and water conservation training

- Leading peer-based education programs to reduce HIV

- Helping to create sustainable tourism industries using local knowledge and expertise

 

Australian Volunteers International (AVI) is a leader in international development, with almost 60 years’ experience in Asia, the Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.

 

AVI’s approach to development is based on a philosophy of participation. We work in partnership with organisations in China to address local development needs.

 

AVI does not replace local jobs; we place skilled professionals who share their knowledge and experience that may be difficult to source locally. Our goal is to assist organisations to achieve their own objectives to address community needs.

 

With our head office in Melbourne, Australia, and country offices throughout the world, AVI offers a range of volunteer programs, the majority of which are funded by the Australian Government through AusAID, and managed together with other agencies.

 

 

- Agriculture

- Marketing, Media and Communications

- Law and Justice

- Community and Social Development

- Education and Training

- Natural Sciences and Environment

- Finance, Management and Administration

- Health

- Hospitality and Tourism

- Information Technology

 

AVI has a long history working throughout China. Today our volunteers are working in Western China, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi and Yunnan provinces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Contact

Chung To (杜聪)

Chairperson

Room 1201-1203

12th floor, Wai Wah Commercial Centre

6 Wilmer Street

Sheung Wan

Hong Kong

www.chihengfoundation.com

1998

HIV/AIDS

Henan, Anhui, Yunnan, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou

40 nationals

N/A

None

None

 

Mission: “To create a harmonious, equal and healthy society through projects to provide education sponsorship and promote AIDS prevention, care and anti-discrimination.”

 

Chi Heng Foundation (CHF) was founded in 1998 and is a registered charity in Hong Kong. The philosophy of “Chi Heng” is to put “wisdom into action” to help the underprivileged.

 

CHF’s work in China focuses on providing comprehensive care and support to AIDS impacted children, with education being the main focus. Since 2002, CHF has been providing assistance to these children in Central China, so that they can continue their schooling. By June of 2011, CHF has cumulatively sponsored more than 13,000 AIDS impacted children, including primary, junior high, senior high and university students. AIDS Prevention and Education programs are carried out in forms of hotline, outreach and peer education in high risk group. With over 200 volunteers for AIDS Prevention and Education program in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Xi’an respectively, CHF has intervened over 100,000 high risk people by June of 2011. CHF has set up local offices in Henan, Anhui and Yunnan Provinces to follow up on the needs of the children and provide timely assistance and offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou to coordinate both AIDS Orphans programs and AIDS Prevention and Education programs.

 

After years of hard work, CHF’s work has gained wide recognition and commendation. With the support of institutions like One Foundation, UNESCO, Global Fund, Clinton Foundation and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CHF has successfully implemented various relief projects to help AIDS impacted children and AIDS Prevention programs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China Contact

Ms. Cai, Yinghong

Country Representative

1407, Building A,

Dongfang Plaza

Dong Si Street

Kunming

Tel: +86 871 3536339

www.cbmchina.org

 

1987

Community Base Rehabilitation, Inclusive Education, PBL

Numerous

6

N/A

Together with its 654 partner organisations, CBM is active in more than 740
projects in 89 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and
currently reaches more than 25 million people

Christian

 

Mission: “To strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international co-operation and advance human achievement.”

 

CBM is an international Christian development organisation, committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the low income regions of the world. Based on its Christian values and over 100 years of professional expertise, CBM addresses poverty as a cause and a consequence of disability, and works in partnership to create a society for all.The office has officially registered with the Department of Civil Affairs of Yunnan Provincial Government since 2010.

 

The emphasis of CBM’s work is on local capacity development to increase service delivery in the fields of healthcare, education, rehabilitation and livelihood development as well as organisational development of partner organisations. Working together with our partner organisations and persons with disabilities, CBM uses a twin-track approach.
-Empowerment: disability specific initiatives enhancing the empowerment of persons with disabilities.
-Mainstreaming: initiatives which seek to ensure that general development activities are inclusive, that persons with disabilities have equal access to, and participation in development programmes.

 

CBM advocates for inclusion in international policy-making bodies and mobilises resources through its ten Member Associations. Worldwide in 2010, more than 980,000 people generously donated funds towards the work of CBM and partners, currently supporting a joint programme of work with a total annual programme expenditure level of over 55 million Euros. CBM’s Inclusive Emergency Response Unit ensures that the needs and rights of persons with disabilities are not forgotten in times of conflict or natural disaster.

 

CBM works with persons with disabilities, their families, local and national partner organisations including faith based organisations, alliance partners including UN agencies, global nongovernmental organisations, and Disabled Persons’
Organisations (DPOs). CBM has been involved from the outset with ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’, a global initiative with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020, and other global initiatives such as the provision of affordable hearing aids, education for all and community mental
health. CBM is also in official relations with World Health Organization (WHO) and has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Contact:

Nancy Nguyen

Executive Director

800 High Street, Suite 408

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Tel: (650) 924-1104

 

2007

 

Children’s Health, Grassroots NGO Development, Youth, and Philanthropy

 

Gansu, Beijing, Shanghai, Xian

 

12

 

N/A

 

Vietnam-children’s congenital heart disease

 

None

 

Mission: “Fostering a sustainable NGO ecosystem and philanthropic spirit among the next generation in East Asia.”

 

 

The Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation was founded in California’s Silicon Valley in 2005 by Ping Chao and his wife Amy. The foundation was established to fund nonprofit and public welfare initiatives that (1) improve children’s health in developing countries; and (2) nurture a spirit of philanthropy among the younger generation in China and of the greater Chinese Diaspora. While the Chao Foundation is based in the Bay Area and has local projects, many of its programs focus on developing countries in East Asia, from China and Cambodia to Vietnam. Other foundation projects are located in NYC, Australia and Canada, demonstrating the foundation’s wide geographical reach. To solicit funding for your own proposed project, please see our section on Grants.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China Contact

 

International Contact

Lao bao xia

Guonei fuwu shehua bangongshi

Hongkong

Zhong Huan Jian er hao

Mingai Dasha 505 shi

 

+08 52-35892259

 

www.caritas.org.hk

 

1980

 

Social welfare, disability,
education, rural/community
development, water and sanitation

 

Has supported work in nearly all
regions of China

 

0

 

HKD 2,000,000

 

None

 

Catholic

 

Mission: “Caritas is essentially a movement of understanding and concern, of caring and service, of human development and solidarity. Its special attention is directed to the needs and aspirations of the underprivileged and the needy within the community.”

 

Caritas Hong Kong is the social service arm of the Roman Catholic Church in Hong Kong. It was founded by the local Catholic Diocese to address the social hardships and inequities in Hong Kong resulting from World War II and subsequent immigration from the mainland. It has since become a major provider of social services in Hong Kong – including health, education, different kinds of social work services and hospitality service – with its funding now derived mainly from the Hong Kong government. Since 1980, it has also supported numerous relief, development and social welfare projects in mainland China. Funding for these services comes mainly from local and overseas donors.

 

As well as disaster relief efforts, the mainland China programme has supported income generation projects in rural areas, the equipping of rural clinics, the renovation and/or building of schools and kindergartens, training for kindergarten teachers, and the provision of living allowances for elderly people living alone. These projects are carried out by making grants, usually to local government partners, but also sometimes to local NGOs and Catholic organizations such as the Catholic Social Service Centre of Xi’an Diocese (天主教西安教区社会服务办公室).

 

In other kinds of project, Caritas makes use of its Hong Kong social welfare expertise to transfer skills to mainland partners. This has included, for example, training of nursing home staff, rehabilitation staff and the parents of autistic children, workshops and training seminars for adult education teachers and administrators, and study tours to Hong Kong for mainland health workers and rehabilitation professionals. Another recent area of work has been training in marriage guidance counselling and family life education.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erla Magnusdottir

Representative for China

International Contact

158A Parade, Leamington Spa,

Warwickshire, CV32 4AE, UK

 

2012

Mental Health/ Epilepsy

Hebei

N/A

£80,000

12 offices worldwide

None

Mission: “To enable people with mental illness and epilepsy to live and work successfully in their communities.”

 

BasicNeeds was founded by Chris Underhill in 1999 to transform lives of people living with mental illness and epilepsy in the world’s poorest communities. We currently have programs operating in Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, China, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Nepal and UK, as well as offices in UK, India, USA, and Australia.

 

There is often a direct relationship between mental health and poverty. Mental ill health makes it even harder for poor people to survive and poverty exacerbates mental illness thus creating a very hard downward cycle. For millions of people who are living in poverty mental illness is a world of isolation, fear, abuse and neglect. BasicNeeds works with its partners to provide a community-based access to integrated health, social, and economic services. There is often a direct relationship between mental health and poverty. Mental ill health makes it even harder for poor people to survive and poverty exacerbates mental illness thus creating a very hard downward cycle. For millions of people who are living in poverty mental illness is a world of isolation, fear, abuse and neglect. BasicNeeds works with its partners to provide a community-based access to integrated health, social, and economic services.

 

Since 2000 we have reached 85,308 people, improving their health, financial well-being, and social acceptance. The large number of people reached effectively is due to our being able to pursue the Model for Mental Health and Development which was proposed by Chris Underhill in 2000.

 

 

 

 

 

Shareen Farhad

Chief Representative

Room B277, 01 Shangwu Lou

No.2 Jiuxianqiao Road

Chaoyang District

Beijing, 100015

+86-10-52034619

 

The Badi Foundation is a non-governmental development organization dedicated to releasing the potential of individuals and institutions in China to advance their own communities. The Badi Foundation facilitates the establishment of community-based organizations and program groups, partnering with them to design and implement education and training programs, and building their capacity to collaborate with government to promote balanced development. The Badi Foundation’s programs place a special emphasis on building the capacity of women and youth living in China’s rural areas.

 

The Badi Foundation was established in Macau in 1990, where it is registered as a non-profit charitable organization. The foundation established a representative office in Beijing, registered under the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People’s Republic of China in1997. Under the guidance of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, the Badi Foundation has worked with a wide variety of government agencies, NGOs and academic institutions in China, including national, provincial and local Poverty Alleviation Offices, provincial and local Women’s Federations, and the China Association for NGO Cooperation. The foundation has also collaborated with international organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme, United Nations World Food Programme, and UNICEF in our efforts in China. In January 2011 the Badi Foundation and China Charity Federation entered into a 10 year collaboration agreement establishing the “China Charity Federation Badi Community Development Fund” to support non-profit organizations and projects in China that build the capacity of individuals and institutions in rural areas to contribute to the sustainable development of their communities.

 

At the core of the Badi Foundation’s approach to development is a recognition of the importance of developing both individual and institutional capacity to build harmonious and prosperous communities. The foundation’s primary programs in China seeking to build capacity in individuals and institutions are the Junior Youth Empowerment Program, Environmental Action Program for rural women, and Institutional Capacity Building Program for community-based organizations and program groups. The Badi Foundation is also striving to learn how institutions of formal education can contribute to balanced development. To this end, the School of the Nations, the foundation’s internationally-oriented school in Macau, promotes the intellectual, moral and physical development of its students in an integrated manner, with the goal of equipping them with the capabilities needed to make a meaningful and enduring contribution to society.

 

The Badi Foundation is working with over 20 community-based organizations and program groups, which are implementing the Junior Youth Empowerment Program and Environmental Action Program in Gansu, Guangdong, Hebei, Hunan, Ningxia, Sha’anxi, Shanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces. The aim of the Junior Youth Empowerment Program is to release the potential of youth between the ages of 12 and 15 to contribute to the development of their communities through enhancing their powers of expression in the English language and developing their moral capacities, including their ability to design and implement projects to serve their communities. The Badi Foundation also implements the Junior Youth Empowerment Program at the School of the Nations and in collaboration with a number of local schools in Macau. The Environmental Action Program builds capacity in rural women to participate in the development of their communities through understanding and applying scientific concepts of sustainable development, while also building confidence and transforming mindsets. The Badi Foundation assists the community-based organizations and program groups to implement these programs, while also building their institutional capacity through the foundation’s Institutional Capacity Building Program. The Badi Foundation also provides funding to the community-based organizations and program groups to sustain their operations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gisa Hartmann

China Program Director

39 West 32nd Street

Suite 1602

New York

NY 10001

United States

Tel: +1 212 967 2123

 

Asia Catalyst provides tailored coaching in organizational management, community research and advocacy to grassroots groups working on the right to health. We focus especially on groups from marginalized communities, such as sex workers, drug users, LGBTQ people, and people living with HIV/AIDS. Much of the work has focused on grassroots groups in the Peoples Republic of China. We have also worked with groups in South Korea, Thailand, and Myanmar (Burma).

 

Asia Catalyst’s approach uses tools we have honed in the field with input from our partners. We help each group to develop simple and clear strategic plans, project timelines, budgets, and volunteer management systems that fit their unique context. On this foundation we may also assist groups to develop community research and advocacy projects to build their capacity to advocate for their issues, such as discrimination, criminalization and access to health services. We train groups to engage effectively with local officials, international donors, and the UN, and to participate in international meetings.

 

Currently Asia Catalyst provides capacity-building in China through the NGO Leadership Cohort, a one year training course that brings together representatives from ten organizations over the course of four workshops, as well as individualized one-on-one coaching of up to six months which focuses on one specific skill set.

 

Based on our training experience, we develop curriculum materials which fit the needs and demands of our local partners. The NONPROFIT SURVIVAL GUIDE is a handbook for grassroots nonprofits that provides clear and user-friendly tips and templates to use in strategic planning, volunteer management, and basic budgeting skills. The series KNOW IT, PROVE IT, CHANGE IT! A RIGHTS CURRICULUM FOR GRASSROOTS GROUPS is created to help grassroots organizations in communities affected by HIV/AIDS understand their basic rights, document their local situation, and design advocacy campaigns. This is a joint project with Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group (TTAG) and Dongjen Center for Human Rights Education and Action

 

Asia Catalyst conducts our own research and publishes reports, which draw on individual testimony to document legal rights issues that affect our partners. Our most recent report is China’s Blood Disaster: The Way Forward. This joint publication with the Korekata AIDS Law Center documents the need for a national mechanism in China to compensate tens of thousands of victims of the HIV/AIDS tainted blood disaster since victims have been unable to get fair compensation on their own.