Latest Updates: Social Welfare
Thursday, 9th November 2006
According to the 2006 SigAm Bilingual Deaf Education plan, a seminar was held from October 21-22 in Guiyang to foster discussions about bilingual deaf education projects that are currently being administered in four schools in two western provinces. A summary of the current basic situation of the project, based upon findings from the seminar, follows...
Wednesday, 8th November 2006
Amity and Suning Galaxy, a Nanjing shopping mall, jointly raised RMB 19,000 to pay for the operation and treatment of five children with serious heart diseases on 4 November 2006. The fundraising drive was part of Amity's "Hopeful Hearts" project.
Monday, 6th March 2006
Women who work with handicapped and orphaned children in social welfare institutes talk of their work and their inspiration.
Thursday, 27th October 2005
By joining hands with the Suzhou Bo'ai Rehabilitation Clinic and School, Amity successfully held a Rehabilitation Training Course on Children with CP (Cerebral Palsy) for staff from social welfare institutions (orphanages) in Jiangsu Province between Oct.23rd to 27th. Extensive knowledge of CP children and rehabilitation skills, a variety of teaching methods, learning through participation and interacting with children at the school were the outstanding features of this training program.
Thursday, 20th October 2005
Amity Grandmas gather in Jiangxi to share experiences and receive tips and training.
Friday, 22nd April 2005
The Chinese government's "Project Tomorrow" seeks to offer more care for orphanage children with special medical needs. Amity will focus on cases falling outside the scope of "Project Tomorrow" so that no child in need slips through the net.
Thursday, 21st April 2005
An informal group of foreign women in Nanjing, dedicated to raising the funds necessary to make medical treatment for orphan children possible.
Wednesday, 5th January 2005
Sun Lianzi was born in 1979 and, at an early age, he contracted polio which left him paralyzed in both legs. Sun grew up in Nanjing's Children's Social Welfare Institution in Jiangsu Province. Since 1992, when he was in grade three of primary school, Amity has been supporting Sun's education.
Wednesday, 1st December 2004
Jiujiang Orphanage currently has six Amity grandmas, all assisting disabled children with their rehabilitation exercises and carrying out their work in the rehabilitation rooms on the second floor.
Saturday, 6th November 2004
Deaf and partially-deaf children are usually overlooked in terms of their education and other social welfare benefits. Introducing the idea of sign language being the natural and basic language of the deaf, the project is motivated by the general rights of the deaf to education and to linguistic and cultural development on their own terms.
