CCAI/CCC Annual Charity Report 2008

Making a Difference - One Child at a Time Dear CCAI Families, Friends, and Supporters;

Since we founded CCAI 16 years ago, CCAI touched thousands we have never experienced a more of children though the difficult year than 2008. The seemingly Blankets for Babies Project, unstoppable expansion of the child Earthquake Relief Fund, Safe referral time frame, the overwhelming Delivery for Orphans, Three- frustration and disappointment from Mei Therapy Project, Foster our waiting families, the alarming but Care Sponsorship, Orphan understandable decline of interest in Higher Education Fund, Love for China adoption, and the inability of Older Orphanage Kids (LOOK) Project, and our Henan Partnership. In 2008, 1,558 CCAI supporters donated $453,655.79 to fund 77 projects that have made a difference in the lives of more than 3,000 children from 50 orphanages in 15 provinces! (Above) Karen Bradley who spearheaded the Blankets for Babies Project visits Helping an orphan and changing a orphans in China. life... This is what all of you, our (Below) A child sleeps soundly covered in a new blanket. passionate and dedicated unsung heroes and heroines, have been doing “Would you please tell your donors on a daily basis. For your love and Children’s hearts are warmed by donations how timely their support has been in this of new winter clothes. commitment, we deeply thank and salute you. tragic time?” Director Li of the badly the CCAA to come up with meaningful earthquake-damaged Mianyang solutions to combat the orphanages’ Child placements may have slowed Orphanage told me as she shook my hand, resistance and thus free more trapped significantly, but the needs of the watching our local staff distribute milk, orphanage children to find loving orphans left behind in China are ever snacks, toys, and clothes to each child. I homes… more daunting and urgent. We can’t will never forget the lingering sadness and ignore them, despite our physical and fear in the eyes of those terriﬁed little kids. Nevertheless, 2008 also witnessed emotional exhaustion and the tough record success for CCAI’s humanitarian economic time. Instead we must rush outreach to the children left behind. to the aid of these precious orphans who are fighting every second to Sun Zhiyan lost her parents to a horriﬁc escape their suffering and dreaming car accident when she was only three. Since for the love of a family. then she has been living in Jilin Orphanage. An outstanding student, her dream was to Will you respond to the challenge one day go to college just like any other kid. and march forward with us to However, her orphanage told her over and deliver love, care, education, and over that no money was available for her hope to the lives of these precious education beyond high school. In June this children? year, CCAI established the Orphan Higher Have a wonderful holiday! Education Fund. Zhiyan became one of 17 high school graduates to receive a full Three-Mei therapists demonstrate Joshua Zhong and Lily Nie scholarship to attend Hunan Social Worker rehabilitation techniques. CCAI/CCC Co-founders College for three years!

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Donation Project Description Donation Orphanage Supplies Huaihua / Quilts & clothing $1,976.00 (diapers, formula, blankets, etc.) Education Zhijiang / Washing machines, formula, $1,976.00 9% 2% clothing & cereal Blankets for Babies $1,945.00 Baotou / TVs $1,750.00 Admin Equipment 7% Hengyang / Heaters $1,690.00 (heaters, Tuanfeng / Bath water heaters, computer $1,611.00 washers/dryers, car seats) & formula 8% Hengdong / Air conditioner-heater & TV $1,410.00 Guiyang / Shoes & socks $1,400.00 Disaster Relief Qiandongnan / Medical supplies $1,400.00 Rehabilitation & Medical 31% 11% Xiaonan / Medical supplies $1,400.00 Nanchang / Diapers $1,127.00 Shangrao / Diapers $1,127.00 Tongling / Diapers $1,127.00 Orphan Care Sponsorship Wuhan / Diapers $1,127.00 32% Jingdezhen / Heaters $1,061.00 Luoyang / Clothing $1,000.00 Changning / Child care expenes $900.00 Yunyang / Formula $895.00 Kaifeng / Exams & announcements $886.00 Donation Project Description Donation Fushun / Computer $800.00 Earthquake Relief Fund $158,614.82 Anyang / Water heaters & walkers $793.00 Foster Care $145,688.52 Jingdezhen / Hearing aids, nebulizer, $761.00 Luohe / Lily Orphan Care Room $13,700.00 medical supplies, mattresses & blankets Car Seat Project $12,335.25 Wuhan / Music lessons $700.00 Yichang / Rehab room and equipment $10,000.00 Zunyi / Winter clothes $700.00 Xinxiang / Gracie’s Rehab Room $7,200.00 Fuzhou / Air conditioner $675.00 Chongqing / Therapist, treats for $6,585.00 Daoxian / Strollers, walkers & blankets $625.00 Children’s Day Guangzhou / Diapers $625.00 Luoyang / Water heater $5,430.00 Hebei / Diapers $618.00 Datong / Computers, DVD players, TVs, bikes $5,105.00 Huangmei / Medical expenses $600.00 Chenzhou / A/C-heaters, washing machines $4,571.00 Huangshi / Air conditioner $600.00 Nanyang / Computers, bikes, TVs, $4,268.00 Bengbu / DVD player, fax machine & scale $500.00 DVD players, desk & chairs Chaohu City / Computer $500.00 Yugan / Formula, cribs, walkers & clothing $4,115.00 Hefei / School tuition $500.00 Fuzhou / Clothes, school supplies, TV, $3,361.00 Hengdong / Air conditioner-heater $500.00 DVD player, crutches & wheelchairs Hengdong / To be determined $500.00 Huanggang / Clothes, underwear, boots, $3,000.00 Jingdezhen / Camp $500.00 gloves & quilts Linxiang / Air conditioner $500.00 Wenzhou / To be determined $2,969.92 Qujiang / Formula & bottles $500.00 Qujiang / Solar water heater $2,955.00 Wanzhou / To be determined $500.00 Nanyang / Wheelchairs, crutches & backpacks $2,915.80 Xiushan / Clothes & milk $500.00 Qiandongnan / Shoes, clothes, desks, chairs, $2,747.39 Kaifeng / Medical expenses $408.00 lamps, backpacks, air conditioners & heaters Hengfeng / Formula $400.00 Beilu / Air conditioner-heater $2,684.09 Nankang / Washing machine $400.00 Tongling / Nebulizers, medical supplies, $2,680.00 Bayannaoer / Diapers $300.00 mattresses, bedding, clothes & shoe racks, Changde / Sterilizer $300.00 therapy mirror, bookshelves & educational books Gaoming / Walkers, children’s rocking chairs, $300.00 Dianjiang / Gracie’s Rehab Room $2,500.00 towels & clothing Luoyang / Exams and announcements $2,423.00 Liuzhi / Walkers & toys $300.00 Luohe / Clothes dryer $2,174.00 Luoyang / Camera $300.00 Tongling / Shoes, keyboard, books, TV, $2,020.00 Wuyishan / To be determined $300.00 DVD player & CD player Yiyang SWI / TV & formula $300.00 Xiamen / Dining tables & cabinets $2,000.00 Total Donations $453,655.79

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Henan Project 100 million people! That’s the population of China’s most populous province, Henan. Its 18 orphanages are caring for more than 2,000 orphans, most of them with special needs. Unfortunately, prior to 2007, fewer than 100 children were adopted internationally each year, due to orphanage officials’ severe lack of understanding of international adoption and the alarmingly poor quality of the child care environment. After repeated requests, CCAI was finally granted the opportunity to host the first-ever Orphan Care and Adoption Training in Henan on June 17, 2008. Seventy-eight directors, deputy directors, and head nurses from eighteen orphanages Orphanage children safe and sound in their new car seats were invited to attend the one-day training in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan.

Since then, CCAI’s charity team, led by Xia Zhong, has Safe Delivery- visited each Henan orphanage repeatedly, providing child care, foster care, and adoption training. CCAI’s Three-Mei Sponsor A Car Seat! Therapy team of four American professional therapists traveled to Henan in June to provide training to more than “A handful of children have been killed in car accidents in the 100 caretakers. The first Lily Orphan Care Room was past few years on their way to be delivered to their waiting opened in August in Luohe Orphanage, and the first Gracie parents.” We were utterly astonished and saddened Room opened in early September in Xinxiang Orphanage. when we first heard this tragic fact from the China The first group of foster families was recruited in mid- Center of Adoption Affairs. September...

Were they in car seats? No, we were told, because In just a few months, CCAI has contributed over $139,705 orphanages don’t have and therefore don’t use car to help improve living conditions in these orphanages and seats. In fact, we quickly learned that very few Chinese provide much-needed training and supplies. Our efforts are families use a car seat to transport their own children. directly impacting all 2,000 children in Henan’s orphanages. More often, children are simply held on the lap of The number of Henan children with special needs placed for someone who isn’t driving and probably isn’t wearing a international adoption this year is projected to triple to 150! seatbelt, either.

We can do something to stop another adoptive child from suffering such an unimaginable accident or even death. In other words, we can help make sure a child who will be delivered to his or her waiting parents will arrive absolutely safe and unscratched.

Car seats can be purchased right in China at a cost of $65 each. There are about 350 Chinese orphanages involved in international adoption. Our goal is to raise enough money to purchase 1,050 car seats so that each orphanage will have about three car seats. So far CCAI (Above) Love fills the Lily has raised $12,000 and purchased 350 car seats, but Orphan Care Room. more are needed!

The China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) is assisting with car seat distribution. They have also issued a safe-delivery rule to make sure orphanages will Childcare training use these car seats for all future deliveries. in Henan Please support this life-saving program!

Chinese Children Adoption Intl. 4 Annual Charity Report 2008 CCAI Charity Director Xia Zhong delivers bicycles and computers to older Thank you for our Care Packages! kids on behalf of LOOK. Love for Older Orphanage Kids (LOOK) Project While many charities focus their assistance on helping younger children, older orphanage kids are often forgotten. To reach out to this very large and special group, a team of CCAI families led by Carol Sammeth, Jennifer Hope, and Angie Blevins brought the LOOK vision to CCAI in 2007. This unique project has already changed hundreds of lives of older orphans (ages 7 -17).

In 2008, the LOOK Project raised $12,556 for nearly 2,000 older kids in 20 orphanages. Every dollar has been spent to purchase shoes, clothes, school backpacks, books, desks, chairs, computers, TVs, wheelchairs, crutches, bookshelves, heaters, hearing aids, mattresses, bedding, clothes cabinets, medicine, and care packages. Oh, and by the way, bicycles are the hottest items! They allow children much-needed mobility beyond their orphanages!

LOOK Project Goals for 2009:

1. We believe the care packages that we send to older children are important in making them feel special and letting them know that people half a world away are thinking of them. The care packages also give the children a few necessary items to make their lives a little nicer. Thus in January 2009, we intend to increase this program and are planning to send care packages to 6,000 children in dozens of orphanages! 2. We will continue to support the various needs of older children at selected needy orphanages. 3. LOOK is beginning a special focus project for 10 very needy orphanages across Henan province. Because few international adoptions take place from these orphanages, they don’t receive the influx of funds that adoptions normally bring in, and they have little other sources of income. For that reason, children in these orphanages in Henan don’t have many of their basic needs met for decent beds and bedding, clothes, and school supplies, etc. 4. LOOK is looking for sponsors for the Orphan Higher Education Fund, which allows academically qualified orphans the opportunity to attend college. Chinese Children Adoption Intl.5 Annual Charity Report 2008 Hu Guihua Tan Ximei Bi Shui Li Jing Zhang Miaomiao Zhang Li

Zhang Na Zheng Qi Sun Qingfeng Diao Hongbo Xiao Hua

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Since China announced its education largest such college in China, with more sponsoring or supporting one of these reform to turn government-subsidized than 14,000 students. special students, you can donate online. higher education into tuition-based As a sponsor, you will receive photos public education more than ten years “This is a dream come true for us!” and a Life and Study Report every six ago, the door to higher education for a tearful 18-year-old Xiao Hua from months from your sponsored student. qualified orphanage children has been Changbaishan Orphanage shared with We can also arrange regular email tightly shut. Often struggling to find CCAI president and co-founder Joshua communication between you and your funding to meet children’s basic needs Zhong as she received her acceptance student or even set up a visit with your such as food and medicine, orphanages letter. student in China! don’t have the financial ability to send any kids to college. It costs about $2,000 (including tuition, room, and To break down the stigmas and board) per year per student bring hope to older orphans who are (or $166/month) to attend academically qualified, CCAI launched CSWC, which is a fraction the Orphan Higher Education Fund of university tuition here in in 2008, partnered with the China the US. But the potential Center of Adoption Affairs in Beijing. of such an investment is On September 27, 17 high school immeasurable. It has the graduate orphans selected from ten power to change lives and orphanages in four provinces received offer hope and inspiration. their acceptance letters from Changsha Social Worker College (CSWC), the If you are interested in 2008 Orphan Higher Education Fund Scholarship Recipients with Joshua Zhong

Chinese Children Adoption Intl. 6 Annual Charity Report 2008 Needs for 2009 How to Give... 1 Lily Orphan Care Room renovation ($1,500 per room) Check: 2 Milk & formula ($300 per month for 10 children) Payable to Chinese Children Charities 3 Orphan Higher Education Fund sponsors or CCC and mail to: ($166 per month per student) 6920 S Holly Circle 4 Caretakers to feed, bathe, and hug a baby Centennial, CO 80112 ($120 per month) 5 Child care training ($100 per caretaker for three-day Online: training, transportation, room & board, and trainer Contribute online by visiting expenses) www.chinesechildren.org, 6 Orphan care sponsors ($40 per month – more than 300 then click “Charity Outreach” children are waiting for a sponsor!) 7 Medical care ($20 per month per child) and vitamins Please check with your employer to see ($5 per month per child) if they will match your donation! 8 Car seats ($65), walkers ($20), rocking chairs ($30), baby gyms ($50), activity tables ($25), and wooden cribs ($75) For more information call: 9 Winter clothes ($15 per coat) 303-850-9998 10 Chinese Spring Festival (the Year of the Ox) gifts for children ($10 per gift) 11 Bottles for children with cleft lip and palate Chinese Children Charities/ Chinese ($2 per special feeding bottle) Children Adoption International is a 12 Long-term volunteers (1 to 6 months) to work in orphanages 501(c)3 charitable organization (EIN 841028720). Your financial contribu- Questions: [email protected] or [email protected] tion is 100% tax deductible.

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