Children's Projects allow your child to help a child in a Fujian Province orphanage by sending small amounts of money to FujianKids or by engaging in group activities to raise larger sums for orphanage children.

Here are some of the projects that have been carried out.

A 10-year-old girl from the Fuzhou orphanage raised $110 by making origami crane Christmas tree ornaments and selling them at her church's craft fair. The money was used to help pay for surgery for an orphanage child who needed colon surgery. Another child and her friend made 286 bracelets and sold them to their school mates. They raised $288 to help orphanage children.
Two brothers, ages 8 and 10, raised $600 to provide a library of books for the Fuzhou orphanage. The boys wrote up some information about the lack of books and educational opportunities for special needs orphanages in China and asked people to donate $6. This project touched so many hearts that kids from the boys' school got involved, their church took it on, and some business people sent checks for $100 or more. The boys ended up raising so much money that in addition to funding the books for Fuzhou, they purchased books for orphanages in two other provinces.
The fourth grade class from Mt. Horeb School in Warren, New Jersey, donated die cast cars, art supplies, baby shoes, and toys that were distributed to children in Fujian orphanages. They also raised $100, which will be used to sponsor children in the Family Mentor program. A 7-year-old from Changting has earned money by working for neighbors. She helps them with their children, dusts their radiators, does shredding jobs, and regularly brushes a neighbor's dog. She has helped her class buy a llama for a family in Bolivia and on her own purchased two baby bouncers for the Changting orphanage.
One young girl purchased a walker for a boy with cerebral palsy at the Nanping orphanage (photo right). She raised the money through the sale of pumpkins in the fall and by a "letter from Santa" the family sent to relatives and friends. A 7-year-old girl and her Brownie Scout troop in Atlanta, Georgia, raised $170 to help sponsor a child in foster care and to sponsor a child in the Family Mentor Program. They collected spare change from family, friends, and neighbors in Chinese take-out boxes.
Three second-grade classes at St. Patrick School in Louisville, Kentucky, raised $615 for hearing aids for a hearing-impaired second-grade girl at the Shaowu orphanage (see photo). The kids did errands for their parents, organized neighborhood cleanups, and participated in PE activities to earn money to donate.

A child or group participating in a Children's Project receives a thank you card from FujianKids personally addressed to the child (or group). We can also arrange for the child to send a note or drawing to the recipient of their donation. In some cases (depending on the nature of the project), the children will later receive a photo showing the results of their contribution.

Your child can participate in a project by contributing to any of the programs listed under "Current Needs." Other projects that might be of special interest to children are:

• Clothing for orphanage children (minimum donation $15)
• Art supplies for orphanage children (minimum donation $25)
• Developmental toys for babies and toddlers (minimum donation $35)

To contribute, send your child's donation to FujianKids, 508 S. Glenwood Avenue, Columbia, MO 65203. Include your child's name and address with the contribution and an indication of how the contribution is to be used. Checks should be made out to Altrusa International.

Please contact us if you would like further information about the Children's Projects.