Xie Ye Dan leaves the hospital after having her club foot repaired through the CHI free medical project.

by Lynn Raney and Maria Yuzhen

“The orphanage director’s flight arrived in Beijing at midnight. Deplaning behind her were four aunties with eight children, four of whom were babies. This group came from their orphanage, not for sightseeing but for medical treatment. No one was expecting them. There was no familiar face at the gate; there was no car ready to take them to their final destination. The wind was chilly; the babies, suffering with cleft lip and palate conditions, would surely catch cold. Each auntie carried a baby, and the older children walked along as they searched for transportation from the airport.

“The Director is determined to find financial assistance and medical help for these children. She heard about ‘Give Me New Life’ back home, and she says that she thinks we could be their hope. We invite the hope to stay…”

This happened in Beijing this October. Maria, CHI China coordinator, wrote this touching story with us in a daily work email.

 “Give Me New Life” is the outgrowth of our Project Medical Team conducted two years ago. This project was extremely successful in providing medical care for orphans who otherwise had little or no hope of obtaining life-changing operations and other medical care. Such success motivated us here in the U.S. and inspired those in China. We are determined  that 100 orphaned children will receive medical treatment each year.

Children’s Hope Welfare Foundation, our Foundation in China, began promoting this project to local communities this year. The result of their enthusiasm and commitment has been an outpouring of support and participation from 13 hospitals in Beijing – each agreeing to do a particular number of operations for orphans. As a result, 25 children were operated on in Beijing since August.

 
 Ms. Wu, our China    Foundation Director, tells us that the past two months have 
 been  very busy for them. But, when they saw the children heading back to the
 orphanages and witnessed the difference the operations made in these young lives,
 they realized that they wanted to do more. And they are committed to doing just that.

 The picture accompanying this article is of 10-month-old Dang XinCi, who was
 diagnosed with single ventricle cardiac anomaly. Without surgery, her weak and frail
 body would have struggled to survive until she succumbed to her disease. Thanks to a
 very generous donation made by a CHI waiting family, XinCi has received life-saving
 surgery. She may require additional surgery, which the CHI Foundation is committed
 to providing, to ensure that her heart works efficiently, but this initial surgery will mean
 that she will have a healthy and active childhood. Because of this medical program and
 committed donors, she now has a chance for a new life.

 The other picture is of Xie Ye Dan  who received life-changing surgery to repair her club
 foot. The love and caring of the Chinese medical staff is so obvious in this picture.

 Here in the United States, funding received by CHI Foundation for this project is
 forwarded to our China Foundation. We are called to the important mission to change
 the futures of these special children and give them hope and a new life.

                
        Love come from Juishilin Temple
                                     12/19/2002
There was a donation ceremony at Juishilin Temple in Beijing yesterday. They  was donate ¥30000
 for the children heart surgery. The money was sent  to the hospital by CHI.