EVENTS

Futian Shangri-La Shenzhen, Wonderful Partners!

Winter descended on Shenzhen in December, but Sunday morning on 1st day of December it was simply lovely. A perfect day to ascend 40 floors – 1028 steps – 191 meters up to the finish line of the 4th Annual Shangri La Hotel’s Vertical Run.

Emil Leung, General Manager and his efficient staff welcomed guests as they registered and started their climb...


EVENTS

Captivating’s 5th Annual Charity Auction sets new records!!!

NOTE:  Scroll to the bottom of this post see the Photo Gallery

1.26 million RMB raised (up 15% on last year).

To our wonderful Shenzhen community,

“Oh I was searching for a song to sing I...


EVENTS

Dance Like No-body's Watching - by Adrian Blackstock

One of the highlights of our 5th Annual Charity Auction this year was a wonderful dance performance...


GENERAL

Onwards and Upwards - some changes at Captivating

Captivating International celebrated their 5th anniversary culminating another year of growth in funding and programs; and with it came time for the Board to review our plans for the next 5 years. With a foundation of a solid and broad support base established by incredible donors and organizations, the Board unanimously agreed that it's time to push hard for the next 5...


CHINA | EDUCATE GIRLS | SENG GIRLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL (SGVTS)

Seng Girls Dance into History in Qinghai - an article by Pema Lhamo (one of our Seng Girls)

We had a memorable and exciting dancing competition in DaWu, a big town in Qinghai during this summer holiday. It was a competition between six counties and we were the representative of...


Topics: LOVEQTRA
EVENTS

2013 Annual Midnight Charity Race – Shenzhen, Nov 9

by B. Horibata

The cool crisp air with a slight breeze surrounds a small group of volunteers as they set-up their “grass-roots” check-in station for the 5th Annual Midnight Charity Race at the entrance of Lian Hua Shan Park, Shenzhen. The man engineering all of this activity is Greg Schulthies. He dreamed up this...


CHINA | EDUCATE GIRLS | PROJECT EDEN

Technology comes to Project Eden

Set in a modest village surrounded by beautiful lychee trees, Project Eden welcomed sixteen lovely young ladies into its program this Fall. With the addition of more students, the project is thrilled to now have four teachers who teach them daily. The students are taught English, Chinese, Math and have just begun a new Computer class.  Earlier this Summer, there...


Topics: SIS
CHINA | EDUCATE GIRLS | PROJECT EDEN

Cycling day!

by Vivian Yuan - Captivating employee, Shenzhen China A few months ago, Rita, one of our dearest volunteers who worked with us last year before returning to Ireland, came back to Shenzhen over Christmas/New Year for several months. One Sunday morning Rita organized for the Shenzhen based Seng girls to go cycling. Actually, it ended up becoming...


CHINA | EDUCATE GIRLS | SENG GIRLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL (SGVTS)

Shenzhen Seng Girls get a taste for NYPD Pizza

Thanks to a generous invitation by Thompson Lee, founder of NYPD Pizza here is Shenzhen, 7 Seng Girls got a special V.I.P look at what it takes to make great Pizza. The girls, along with the directors of LOVEQTRA who were visiting at the time, went to see how a professional Pizza shop is run.  The thought is that...


CHINA | EDUCATE GIRLS | PROJECT EDEN

Eden's New Education Program

After the festivities of Chinese New Year settled down, we began a new routine at Eden.  This semester, the girls are studying at home.  Each morning, they walk up to our "schoolhouse" well before 8:00 to practice reading aloud or doing homework.  Classes begin at 8:00, although the girls get up at 6:00 to spend an hour reading before...