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Amity Foundation

Advance # 11151A

Promoting rural development, health, education, relief and rehabilitation across China

Partner : The Amity Foundation  
Location : Asia and Pacific, China, Nanjing
Annual Goal : $10,000.00
Amount YTD : $1,115.00
Percent YTD : 11%

Background / History

Amity's projects focus on socially marginalized people where conditions of poverty, malnutrition, mistreatment, poor health, low education, etc., prevail. In 2007, Amity's 70+ projects partnered with local communities and organizations in almost all provinces in China. Examples of projects are: micro-finance initiatives for village women; church-run HIV/AIDS education programs for local communities; blindness prevention programs including training of local doctors in cataract surgery; training development in special education needs; bilingual education in deaf schools; continued work in 66 orphanages in 12 provinces with staff development and foster care needs; integration of patients with leprosy into local communities; providing teachers of English to colleges and tertiary institution in lesser developed regions; and integrated rural development projects which include improved irrigation, training of village doctors, re-forestation projects, improved primary school facilities, fresh-water initiatives, environmental projects such as bio-gas containers and solar energy cooking.

Mission

The Amity Foundation is a Chinese Christian-initiatied non-governmental social service organization that works in cooperation with existing institutions in China, including grassroots government agencies as well as churches and other non governmental groups. Special emphasis is placed on helping small, locally administered projects in the areas of health care, poverty alleviation, education, social work, rural development, relief and rehabilitation.

The Amity Foundation (TAF) was established in 1985 to: 1) contribute to China's social development and openness to the outside world; 2) make Christian involvement and participation more widely known to the Chinese people; and 3) serve as a channel for people-to-people contact and ecumenical sharing of resources.

Goals & Objectives

Individual Amity projects require clear and measurable goals and objectives as part of the overall project implementation. They vary from project to project. As for the Amity Foundation itself, as an organization, it was established in 1985 to : 1) contribute to China's social development and openness to the outsider world; 2) make Christian involvement and participation more widely known to the Chinese people; and 3) serve as a channel for people-to-people contact and ecumenical sharing of resources.

Activities Plan

Before each project is approved by Amity staff, intensive participatory investigations are done. Field research is done that includes meetings/interviews with local people and beneficiaries, data collection from government offices, site assessments, meetings with government officials and key partner institutions. Furthermore, an on-site management team for project implementation is set up, such as a County Project Office or a Village Management Team.

Project Outcomes

This depends on each individual projects and are vital when creating project proposals. For example in the case of micro-finance projects for women which are sometimes part of an integrated rural development plan, a short-term goal would be to increase the income for individual members. A longer term goal would be to foster self-confidence, increase gender empowerment, and give hope to the next generation (some individual may use extra funds for the education of their children).

According to local realities and the size of the project, we will make realistic outcomes and outputs.

Project Indicators

Each Amity project has its own markers and evaluation process. These indicators are chosen from the usual practices, developed through participatory management and are applicable to each project's realities.

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