CHINA | PROJECT EDEN

Two Eden boys take up employment

Since Chinese New Year, two of the older boys at Eden (Chuan Long and Kai Tao) have begun full-time employment, arranged by friends of Captivating who own local businesses. One is working in a kitchen, the other in a convenience store - both in large local factories. Though this is a huge step for the two boys, and for...


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

Seng Girls Visit Shenzhen

Last month five Seng Girls, who are currently receiving English Vocational Training in Guangzhou, took a train to Shenzhen for a 3 week visit.  These five girls were...


GENERAL

THANK YOU to our volunteer translators…

This month, we would like to say a big THANK YOU to all of our volunteer translators. This group of generous people have offered their...


Topics: Volunteers
CHINA | EDUCATE GIRLS | PROJECT EDEN

Project Eden- Guangdong Province

Project Eden has really grown this past 6 months.  In August more children needing our support joined Eden and in September, as part of our plan to expand the support for the Qinghai girls’ vocational development, another 4 girls came...



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

The Seng Girls’ Home Backpack Project - Implemented by Shekou International School (SIS)

Last December each individual girl at the Seng Girls’ Training School and Home (SGVTS) received a backpack full of love.  Included inside each backpack were new clothes, school supplies and toiletries.  The SIS students started the...


Topics: SIS, Whalen
CAPTIVATING WALNUT PROJECT | CHINA | END POVERTY

Our Sapling Project - Sichuan and Gansu Provinces

Since 2008 we have been planting Plum and Walnut Saplings in rural mountainous locations of Sichuan and Gansu Provinces. Participant families receive up to 100 high yielding, specially grafted saplings, along with several years of technical training and support to see these trees mature over a period of up to 5 years.


CHINA | EDUCATE GIRLS | PROJECT EDEN

QSI Lower Elementary Create Activity Room at Eden.

Students and teachers from QSI Lower Elementary school in Shekou have been planning all year to visit project Eden and give the kids a wonderful Christmas!  This past December, all the planning became a reality and QSI enabled a food drive to provide much needed non-perishable foods for the children at project Eden. But if that wasn’t enough, the...


Topics: QSI
GENERAL | PUBLICATIONS

HAPPY (CHINESE) NEW YEAR…

If you missed getting our last year end SIMPLY CAPTIVATING newsletter, make sure you click this link to...


UNCATEGORISED

Heilongjiang Project 200 – mushrooms anyone

Project 200 is about bringing hope to the poorest children we can find in this Northern China community.  We are partnered with government schools to support these kids so they can remain in school and progress through their education.  This...