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Children's Day 2013!
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爱百福济慈之家志愿者招募
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爱百福中国 (Bethel China) （简称“爱百福”）是一个非营利组织，由一对法国夫妇吉勇和李香梅创办，正式成立于2003年，自此开始服务于视障孤儿群体。爱百福为这些孩子们提供了一个有生活照顾、有医疗康复、有特殊教育的温暖的家，帮助他们挖掘自身潜能，扩展生命的路。 济慈之家是爱百福设立最早、规模最大的中心，位于北京市房山区窦店镇，占地一百多亩，为0-8岁视障孤儿提供专业照顾、教育、医疗等综合服务。志愿者服务内容：农业工作（急需翻地、填土）、保洁工作（急需擦玻璃、消毒、空调和饮水机专业清洁）、电脑维修等。招募对象：18周岁以上；有志愿服务的意愿；有一定劳动 ...
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Weekly Update: May. 1, 2013
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Hello,I haven’t been sending as many newsletters lately cause our Facebook page is updated daily (thanks to Chloe!) but for those of you who live on Jupiter, let me recap some of the highlights. To see more, you can check out our Facebook page here:English: https://www.facebook.com/bethe ...
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Weekly Update: Mar. 18, 2013
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Maayong buntag! (good morning in Cebuano)That’s a picture we took a few days before we left China. I love it because it’s so full of life!The 18th Congress of the communist party is being held these days in China. It’s a funny feeling when they have the congress, it fee ...
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Weekly Update: Jan. 27, 2013
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Hello!Before we left China I told you that we wanted to take you all on an adventure with my family as we embark for Cebu island and see how we can be of help. The beginning is what I call the “birth pains”. You are getting ready to start something, but not sure exactly ...
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Weekly Update: Dec. 19, 2012
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Hello!For those of you who missed an episode my family moved to a nice tropical island while all my staff is working hard in Beijing in near freezing temperature. I love to tease them about it, as they are probably wearing three layers now according to Chinese traditions. We are on skype ...
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Weekly Update: Nov. 25, 2012
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Hello,If you are new to this newsletter, welcome. This is an informal update from the Gauvain family, who shares about what’s happening in their life on their little island (Cebu, Philippines) and updates you about the work their started 11 years ago in China, serving the blind orphans. ...
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Christmas Trees from Bethel China
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Its Ho Ho Halmost that time of year. Christmas is fast approaching. Did you know that even though youre living in Beijing, you can still have a good old fashioned Christmas tree? Not a plastic one, or one of those modern extendable ones but a real, produced-by-mother-nature-pine-smelling Christmas t ...
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Weekly Update: Oct. 26, 2012
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Hello!Some UpdatesSports Day was rained off…so the primary school kids had an indoor games day! The amazing Teacher Fang put everything together in about 20 minutes and it was wonderful! Each classroom had a different game to play and each child was paired up with a volunteer from a church te ...
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Bethel’s 2013 Calendar Has Arrived!
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For further information regarding the design of the calendar, the children and artistis involved, or purchasing inquries (China and international) please feel free to email me at zach@bethelchina.org.Best Regards,Zach
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October Holiday Corn Harvest
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In the months of September and October, Bethel’s farm is in its harvest season. We grow and harvest 2 large fields of corn, as well as many vegetables including beans, eggplant, carrots, lettuce, turnips. We also have some fruit trees and dry foods including peanuts and red beans.As there is a ...
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Project 555 Training
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Part of Bethel’s mission is to equip people across China so that they can support visually impaired children to learn and grow. Our Nationwide training program is called ‘Project 555’Last week Bethel held a 5-day workshop for 20 orphanage workers and parents of children with visual ...
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Weekly Update: Oct. 8, 2012
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Hello!I thought I would say “hello” as we are continuing on our great American adventure. We were just in Texas:We have met with Kara in Oregon who use to be on Bethel’s board, and are staying now with Joan who also use to be o n the board of directors. While in Colorad ...
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Weekly Update: July 23rd
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Hello,We are back in Beijing! We had a good time in France and as usual I gained about 1kg per week... You might have heard there has been some flooding in Beijing, and actually Beijing has never seen as much water in the last 60 years. I heard ten died in Beijing unfortunately. &nbs ...
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Weekly Update: August 20th
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Hello,Well, this is it folks. The Gauvains are all packed up. We are saying good bye to old friends and 11 years of China. Our plane leaves tomorrow, and we’ll be on our way to a new adventure. We are so humbled when we look at what we leave behind, and the amazing team ...
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My volunteer experience
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It’s been almost three years since an eighteen-year-old me first met the kids that so quickly captured my heart. Now, travelling through China for a different reason, it brought incredible excitement to have the opportunity to see them once again.I got to spend the day with some of the kids at ...
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