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China Development Brief's database of over 200
International NGOs operating in China.
The material presented here was compliled mainly on the basis of information supplied (and / or published) by the organisations profiled. We have made every effort to ensure fairness and accuracy, but should make clear to readers that these are independent portraits, not 'authorised' biographies.
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Braille without Borders
Mission: "Integration and acceptance of blind people into/by their surrounding society"
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Christian Blind Mission International
Mission: "CBM International is an independent aid organization of Christians, dedicated to serving eye patients, blind and otherwise disabled people in developing countries irrespective of nationality, race, gender or religion."
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Deafby Deaf
Mission: "To promote collective self-determination and personal autonomy among Deaf people via the leadership of qualified, competent, Deaf professionals."
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Handicap International (Belgium)
Mission: "To provide people with disabilities with the appropriate rehabilitation services and support for integration within their communities."
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Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation
Mission: "To restore tro health and economic self-sufficiency to citizens . . . [with] disability, whether arising from illness or injury."
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Hong Kong Society for the Blind
Mission: "To work with and to serve the visually impaired in every useful way, both through direct services of the Society and by cooperative effort with other community resources."
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International China Concern
Mission: "To bring God’s love into desperate situations, making a practical difference."
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Kadoorie Charitable Foundations
Mission: "To offer greater opportunities in life to the disadvantaged"
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Lifeline Express
Mission: "Putting hope in sight"
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Lions Club
Mission: "To encourage service minded people to serve their community without personal reward or gain and to serve their fellow men by giving their sympathy to those in distress, their aid to the weak and their substance to the needy."
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Misereor
Mission: "To fight the causes of hardship and misery, as maniefested chiefly in the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin Amercia . . . Enabling the people affected to lead a life of human dignity, and to promote justice, freedom, reconciliation and peace in the world."
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New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
Mission: "Maximizing the abilities of our clients, developing their potential and improving their quality of life with the objective of integration into the community"
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Operation Blessing
Mission: "To demonstrate love by bringing hope to the hopeless and help to the helpless in China, being a bridge of understanding and enabling others to participate in the work."
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Retina Hong Kong
Mission: "To assist persons suffering from inherited retinal degenerative diseases to understand the nature of the disorders, to exert their potentials, to develop their confidence and independence; to launch public education and to help patients to reintegrate themselves into the community . . . To promote and support scientific and medical research for the cause"
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Richmond Fellowship of Hong Kong
Mission: "To provide comprehensive community-based health services . . . To continuously improve existing services and to develop new models of care in response to users needs . . . To empower users’ participation in policy formulationa and service provision."
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Royal London Society for the Blind
Mission: "The RLSB is committed to empowering people with a visual impairment to lead independent lives through the provision of high quality education, training and employment services"
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Save the Children (UK)
Mission: "Save the Children fights for children’s rights. We deliver immediate and lasting improvements to children’s lives worldwide."
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Smile Train
Mission: "To help provide free cleft surgery and related treatment to children who would otherwise never receive it . . . Through free training and education, to empower local doctors in developing countries to help the children of their own communities."
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Special Olympics East Asia
Mission: "To provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community."
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The Fred Hollows Foundation
Mission: "Facilitating comprehensive and quality eye care with a focus on cataract. Our primary audience is disadvantaged people in developing countries but we support the principle of access for all people."
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