The China Initiative provides humanitarian programs for children in Chinese orphanages. We also offer cultural resources and post-adoption services for families with children from China.
Most of our programs have been created by adoptive parents and are carried out by volunteers.
Some volunteer opportunities involve work in one of China's social welfare institutions or children's homes.
Most of our programs have been created by adoptive parents and are carried out by volunteers.
Some volunteer opportunities involve work in one of China's social welfare institutions or children's homes.
The China Initiative Humanitarian & Cultural Programs
China Initiative News
- August 25 newsletter released
- Results for Superkids
- Results for Operation H.O.P.E.
Operation H.O.P.E.
H.O.P.E. - Helping Others Prosper through Empowerment - i
s a program designed to provide educational and emotional support for children in China's orphanages.
Project volunteers assist in the daily activities of the orphanage and begin to teach children the English language.
The program's first volunteer traveled to China in July of 2007.
You can help...
Learn more about Operation H.O.P.E.
A China Initiative Project
Superkids
Superkids is a project to send volunteer pediatric therapists to China to help children with special physical needs.
The initial implementation was at the Shanghai Children's Home, and the program is now expanding.
There are a number of ways for volunteers to participate in Superkids and make a contribution to children.
Learn more about Superkids
A China Initiative Project
Triple Plum Blessing
"The story of Nora, Alice and Anna Youtz of Tenafly begins on a bridge in Qinzhou, a Chinese city of a million people so far south it is almost in Vietnam. On May 25 last year, three tiny morsels wrapped in baby blankets were found by a passer-by who reported them to the district police station."
Thus begins the moving story of the sudden expansion of the family of Gladney parents David Youtz and Mary Child and how their first daughter, Sophie, with equal suddenness gained three sisters. We are grateful to The Record of Hackensack, NJ, for allowing us to reprint their story in full.
Family Stories
More and more families are writing stories of their experiences in adopting from China.
We have collected several of them in a special section of this site.
All About China Adoption
If you are visiting this site to learn more about adopting from China, this section is just for you.
It's a primer on what you can expect and what you will experience.
If you have already adopted from China and want to help friends or family understand the ins and outs of the process, this is the section to refer them to.
Stay Close!
We plan to regularly add new features to our site.
Please let us know of ideas you have to make this site a better resource for you.
ira Jeffrey-Craft, a daughter of China, and her father traveled to China to adopt a brother for Mira and her sister, Jolie.How to Get the Latest
When rare events arise like 2007's Beijing summer camp, it pays to know about them right away, as opportunities to participate usually pass quickly.
If you would like to be notified of such opportunities as soon as they occur, you may want to register with us to receive email announcements. (Your contact information will be shared with no one.)
About the China Initiative
The China Initiative is a bold endeavor to benefit children in Chinese orphanages, children who have been adopted from China, and adoptive families. It is also an extraordinary opportunity to strengthen the bond families and children feel to China.
Click here to learn more about the China Initiative.