You can always tell the foreigner in the photo - he's often the only one smiling. Anyone who has come face to face with poverty will tell you how wounded they become remembering the severity of it. Looking at this photo, taken in 2005, makes us realise how out of touch we were with poverty and what it does to families: it divides, it forces hard decisions, it implodes and it kills. How ironic that half of the world is dying from excess, and yet 30,000 people die each day because they are simply too poor to live. If only we could wave a magic wand and introduce these two groups. Well, we don't have a wand, but we have a will and a way.
Our PROJECT 200 initiative:
In partnership with local officials, we locate 200 of the poorest families we can find within a community. With a bias towards single mothers and widows, we match a child sponsor with each of the 200 children from these families generating a funding pool to address education options for the children and ensure basic medical services are available. We then work to help these women progress out of poverty. PROJECT 200 is about bringing hope, value, empowerment and worth to single mothers and widows whose highest motivation is to secure a future for their children. Seeing their faces when they learn their child can go to school is incredible. Knowing real hope now exists for a family....priceless.
Captivating Kids
Helping and equipping dedicated Chinese couples passionate about fostering orphaned and abandoned children. We want these family solutions to be the best they can be for both the short and long-term benefit of the child.
Captivating Wings
Improving the prospects of poor children gaining access to an Chinese education and eventual access to better workforce options.
Captivating Health+Care
Establishing sustainable medical support initiatives (with a focus on preventable health education) focused on keeping destitute children and their families healthy.
Captivating Dreams
Placing value upon women, single mothers and widows, assisting them to rise up out of poverty. We desire to see these women empowered to make life-changing decisions impacting not only themselves but their children as well.
Captivating Communities
Partnering with village communities failing to thrive through the joint implementation of self-sustainable development initiatives.