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The
aim of the ChangAi Children's Project is to bring hope and opportunity
to China's poorest and most vulnerable children by working with their
communities to improve children's health, education and life skills.
Founded
in 2007, the Project operates in four villages in south-western Yunnan
province which are deeply affected by disease, drug use and poverty.
We work holistically on four levels to:
-Directly support vulnerable children;
-Enhance children's household
environment;
-Improve the local community's
situation as conducive to child development;and
-Develop a model relevant for
supporting children in poor villages across China.
The Project commenced in March 2008 and has a five year plan in
which to work with local communities to enhance health and education
opportunities for children.
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The
ChangAi Children's Project was founded by Joe and Leo Horn-Phathanothai, their mother
Sirin and their adopted grandmother Patricia Adler.The
Phathanothai family has a long history in China. At her Thai father's wishes,
Sirin was sent to China
at the age of eight as a gesture of goodwill between the two countries. For 13
years Sirin
lived under the personal care of Premier Zhou En Lai until the Cultural Revolution
when she met
Sol and Pat Adler. Sol and Pat welcomed Sirin into their family and loved her
as their daughter.
Sirin's children, Joe and Leo, naturally became Sol and Pat's adopted
grandsons.
The
ChangAi
Children's Project was born out of a long-held family vision to
provide hope to poor and vulnerable children in China. The name
"ChangAi" was chosen as it combines the family members' Chinese names
("Chang" from the Chinese name of Sirin Pathanothai and "Ai" from the
Adlers) and also means "eternal care".
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