Current plans call for a new building of four floors with a total contruction cost of about 4 million RMB. At current exchange rates, 4 million RMB is about $495,000 USD. The present building will be renovated to house senior citizens. Half the amount for the new building is already in hand locally and local officials expect the Chinese government to provide the rest. An earlier post on the building plan includes some more background. More details about the construction project, and our contributions toward furnishing the new orphanage, will be posted here in the months ahead.
Welcome
Donations to the Hengdong Charity Fund were used for projects supporting for improvements at the Hengdong Social Welfare Institute (SWI), a struggling orphanage in southeastern Hunan Province, China.
The Hengdong Charity Fund was established in 2005 by parents of adopted children from the Hengdong SWI.
This web site is intended to provide information about the fund and how its proceeds have been applied.
The Hengdong Charity Fund was a special Hengdong account set up as part of the larger Chinese Children Charities Fund (CCCF). Donations were tax deductible and 100% went go to orphanage help, as CCCF administrative costs are covered from other sources.
Donations to this account were directed toward projects proposed by the orphanage but selected to provide direct benefit to the children at the Hengdong SWI.
Board of Directors
- Andy Corrigan
Hengdong SWI adoptive parent. New Orleans, LA. Email: accorrigan@yahoo.com - Beth & Jerry Mirabito
Hengdong SWI adoptive parent. Fulton, N.Y. - Erica Wade-Loop
Hengdong SWI adoptive parent. Syracuse, NY. - Karen Soanes
Hengdong SWI adoptive parent. Essex, England, U.K.
Charity Fund Project Photos
- The photos in this album show the completed projects funded by the Hengdong Charity Fund in the new orphanage building in Hengdong.
New Orphanage Construction
- These photos were taken in early spring 2007 by orphanage staff and show the construction of the new orphanage building for the Hengdong SWI in its early stages. Construction has since been completed.
Hengdong Links
- Chinese Children Charity Fund
Our Hengdong Charity Fund is affiliated with the larger the Chinese Children Charities Fund formed by the non-profit agency Chinese Children Adoption International (CCAI), widely recognized as among the most reliable and reputable groups working with Chinese foreign adoption. - Hengdong SWI weblog
The most thorough source for information about the Hengdong SWI. This site is a record of an adoptive father's journey back to China: to southern Hunan Province and Hengdong County where his youngest daughter had been abandoned, and as the first foreigner to visit this orphanage. - Statistical Information of Hunan
Census and economic data for the province. Uses English language. - Hengdong Government Web Site
Uses Chinese language and character sets - Hengdong SWI Yahoo News Group
A news group for Hengdong adoptive families that has more than 120 members from across the globe. If you are an adoptive parent of a Hengdong child, you really should be a member of this email news group. - Hengyang Government Web Site
The major city closest to Hengdong. English language site is no longer available.
