Serving Abandoned, Orphaned and Poor Children, on the remote Tibetan Plateau

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Christian Action Asia Family,


30 years ago Christian Action Hong Kong’s Executive Director, Mrs. Siew Mei Cheung-Ang, had a dream in which a medical professional was pleading for help with babies in China. Thus began our relationship serving the wonderful children in Qinghai, who through no fault of their own had been denied a relationship with their birth parents.


In the beginning we sponsored lifesaving and corrective surgeries. We also sent Special Needs and other specialists to Qinghai to train the locally hired caregivers who worked in the Homes so that the children received skilled and loving care. Later we started advocating for the children to local government officials, worked to overcome the public’s prejudices against the disabled, promoted fostering and adoption by local, Qinghai residents and many other services. 


As overseas adoptions grew we established Christian Action Asia in America as a means of continuing relationships, spreading awareness and raising donations. More recently however, it has become less effective to run a non-profit organization in America, therefore it has been decided that Christian Action Asia will be closed effective November 1, 2023.


The good news is that Christian Action Hong Kong is still hard at work helping the children in Qinghai and that US tax deductible donations can still be made! Friends of Hong Kong Charities, Inc. is a tax-exempt organization registered in both Hong Kong and the United States. When you give by following the instructions below, your donation will reach Christian Action and help the work to continue.


To find out how to make a US 
tax deductible donation, please go to:

 

         https://www.christian-action.org.hk/en/article/fundraising/donation-us-donors

 

For inquiries, please send emails to: 

 

         ca.international@christian-action.org.hk

 

To keep up with the latest information, please follow Siew Mei’s Weekly Blog (the Executive Director of Christian Action in Hong Kong) and Christian Action website

 

Blessings,

Christian Action Asia team

Our
Mission

Christian Action Asia's mission is to serve abandoned, orphaned and poor children, on the remote Qing-Cang Plateau in China, Qinghai Province in the Himalaya region. We do so with a special focus on disabled children and poor communities through Christian Action in Hong Kong.

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Our Focus


Identify, Save & Support

Over 80% of our children in Xining Home suffer from mental and/or physical disabilities. Over the years, we have cared for nearly 1,500 children in various children's homes and nearby communities in Qinghai, which was built and fitted-out especially for their needs.

Restore

Over 24 years’ experience have been invaluable to us, as we made efforts to encourage society to recognize, acknowledge and promote community integration and support for the rights of children, with special needs & disabilities in Qinghai.

Empower

In addition to its work with orphans, Christian Action has constructed 462 winter homes, has set up two clinics and donated a medical bus for impoverished ethnic Tibetan families.      We also provide skill upgrading and employment counselling for those who are unemployed or non-students.

Educate

Aligned with Christian Action, we believe that basic education is incredibly important and have established, rebuilt or renovated ten schools in various prefectures in Qinghai since 2000. We started to provide youth assistance to students at the Children’s homes and in communities and have provided more than 2,200 education support grants since 2008.

About Us


CAA is a US-based advancement support office to our parent organization Christian Action in Hong Kong (CAHK), which is a Hong Kong registered charity that was established in 1985.


Our purpose and mission is: 

1) To educate the public in the United States generally about the charitable work that CAHK is undertaking with poor orphaned, abandoned, handicapped and special needs children in this remote region of the People's Republic of China (China). 

2) To provide a United States-based support network for CAHK's charitable work in this   

remote region in China.

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Support Needy Children in

Qinghai, China


We believe that every special needs, disabled or invaluable child we serve should be cared for as if they were our very own. Join us! The challenge is considerable. But together, we can achieve such a life-changing, essential level of care. Join our community of monthly givers, or by making a one-time gift, you can help to us to bring love and care to these needy children across the Qing-Cang Plateau in Qinghai Province, China.


ONE PRECIOUS LIFE AT A TIME!

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By Christian Action Asia 12 Oct, 2020
Lala was born with congenital scoliosis, it severely impacted her breathing and daily mobility and she was shorter than children about her age. As she got older, her condition worsened. Lala’s family barely made ends meet and did not have extra money to send her to see a doctor. To avoid further deterioration that could endanger her life, Christian Action was able to provide the subsidies Lala needed for treatment. In 2007, Lala was sent to Qinghai Red Cross Hospital to receive proper consultation. Once the doctor made the diagnosis, Lala was referred to a pediatric orthopedic surgeon for immediate operations to prevent her heart and lungs from being affected by the curving spine. Over a ten-year period, this brave little girl has undergone ten surgeries to keep the spine aligned and to allow Lala to continue to grow. The recovery process was very difficult and often Lala was filled with tears and in agony, she hardly complained and has borne her pain well. During this healing process, Christian Action’s social workers were always with her to encourage her and to look to the future and have hope. Lala has progressed well, she was 4 ft. 5 inches and now she is 4 ft. 9.5 inches, the curvature of her spine has significantly improved from 90 degrees to just under 15 degrees. Lala is now 14 years old and is a hard working student. Her dream is to go to university and her desire is to help those in need in her community! There are many children like LaLa who live in extreme poverty in Qinghai, whose parents cannot afford expensive treatments for their children. Christian Action is grateful for the many partners who are an integral part in helping CA care and nurture these “at risk” children to live life to the fullest. Please think about helping Christian Action to save even more children in need living on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai, China.
By Christian Action Asia 11 Aug, 2020
From the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak the Children’s Homes implemented strict precautions. That included cancelling all visits from the public. These measures, combined with the total absence of reported cases in Qinghai Province, meant that by mid-March our Junior High children returned to classes, followed by Primary School aged children. Finally, in mid-April, recipients of our educational grants were able to resume their studies when the universities reopened. That was also when Qinghai’s businesses and shops began opening!Self-study time at the HomeThe COVID-19 crisis created logistical and operational challenges for our Qinghai based Hong Kong team members, who had to leave the Province and return home, but in many cases they were able to use technology to compensate. Our Hong Kong staff were on daily video conference calls with their Xining Children’s Home local counterparts. They provided them with online training and teaching, advising and were kept abreast of developments.Please continue to pray that God will protect our children and the workers in Qinghai, and that He will continue to supply the funds necessary for our services there. Thank you again for partnering with Christian Action.  We hope you are healthy and keeping your spirits up in these challenging times.  
By Christian Action Asia 01 May, 2020
"Christian Action's devotion to loving and helping others has greatly inspired my life's dedication to serve others by helping those in need!" Those were the words of Cao, a taxi driver in Qinghai who drove our disabled children for a medical check-up over 13 years ago. Since then, he has continued to mobilize a team of taxi drivers to serve vulnerable groups.
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why Does Christian Action Asia focus on Qinghai?

    CAA is a US-based advancement support office to our parent organization Christian Action in Hong Kong. Christian Action selected Qinghai as its first field of operation because it is one of China's poorest and most disadvantaged provinces. Long and harsh winters, a cycle of crippling poverty, and a shortage of access to basic amenities including healthcare, schooling, and infrastructure plague the citizens. While Qinghai has made strides in recent years, many areas remain underdeveloped, and many orphaned or abandoned children remain in need.

     

    In 1998, we started our work in Qinghai. Christian Action has built several rural clinics, classrooms, and winter homes for Tibetans living in need, as well as providing financial assistance to students and medical care to those in need, and is now co-managing four children's homes after more than 24 years of work there. We are helping facilitate the rescue and nurture of abandoned and orphaned children and youth on the Tibetan Plateau.


  • What does Christian Action Asia do in Hong Kong?

    CAA is a US-based advancement support office to our parent organization Christian Action in Hong Kong. Christian Action is a non-profit organization that is not funded by the state. Since our founding, we have been helping those who have been forgotten by society, such as the poor, marginalized, homeless, abandoned or lost. We offer social services and humanitarian programs to help the poor, ethnic minorities, immigrants, newcomers, and migrant domestic workers. We also provide training services to support low-income families and the disabled with career preparation and placement services. For corporate workers, we even have on-the-job training. 

  • Can you tell me more about the Xining Children's Home?

    We have a holistic approach to addressing the needs of each child through our children's home. Christian Action helps these orphaned or abandoned children develop their strengths and abilities so that they can become healthy contributors to society as they grow up, in addition to meeting their most important needs of food and shelter. We also strive to build their self-esteem and commitment, as well as their desire to provide for themselves. Home treatment, social work intervention, psychiatric assistance, rehabilitation counseling, special education, small group housing, foster care, and, in some cases, support to international adopted families are some of the services used to achieve these aims.

  • How can I support Christian Action Asia?

    If you would like to support us in our mission to rescue and restore the abandoned and disabled children of the Tibetan Plateau, there are many ways to do so! If you would like to become a sponsor, you can do so with a monthly recurring donation of only $30. This amount provides the basic necessities for each abandoned or orphaned child we serve. If you would like to make a donation online by credit card, you can do so by quickly and securely by clicking on any of the "Donate" buttons. If you would prefer to make a donation using a physical check, please mail them to our address at: Christian Action Asia 1042 N. Mountain Ave., #B481 Upland, Ca 91786.

  • How do I contact Christian Action Asia?

    Our point of contact is Margie Marshall, who can be reached by phone at (909) 599-2977. If you would prefer to send us a direct message, feel free to use the convenient contact form on the "Contact" page or the "Get In Touch" button. 


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