Who are CCTF?
CCTF is the oldest Chinese Government Charity established in 1973. It is responsible for government policy on everything from the school curriculum to practical ways in which to help narrow the gap between the early life experiences of urban and rural children and teenagers in China. (more…)
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Nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations are often faced with a moral dilemma namely how to decide who is most deserving of their limited resources and who will they regrettably have to turn away. Shangdi Hospital fortunately has never had to face that dilemma concerning access to their medical resources. They do in practice have a ‘no one turned away policy’ and never refuse medical treatment to patients regardless of their ability to pay. What moved me most about Shangdi Hospital was the resident doctors who themselves hold a ‘no one turned away’ policy in their personal lives, for this is what is needed to make the sacrifices they have in order to serve the patients at Shangdi.
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Christy put a blindfold on Vimbayi and invited her to take her elbow. It was then up to Vimbayi to navigate her way around the teaching room. Vimbayi is fully sighted and normally very confident and outgoing but watching her timidly feel her way around the room, I realised just a fraction of what the kids who lose their sight must go through on a daily basis. Everyone in our group took turns with the blindfold and then Christy, the occupational therapist at the orphanage taught us how to use a guiding stick for the blind.
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