Orphans Improvement Program

Although Lotus Travel has assisted approximately 10,000 Chinese orphans finding permanent loving homes over the last decade, many still remain in orphanages in China. In order to improve their quality of life, we have been participating in various charitable projects, hoping to make a difference in their lives. Lotus Travel’s most recent project—The Orphans Improvement Program is devoted to improve living conditions, sponsoring trips to different Chinese cities, covering medical expenses, launching nutrition programs and providing financial support for orphanages in China that are most in need.

Lotus Travel has been working closely with the directors and staff at the Liuzhou Social Welfare Institute (SWI) in Guangxi province since June 2005. 295 orphans are currently under the care of the institute, in which approximately 80 percent of them are handicapped or mentally disabled. Our staff in China actively volunteered at the orphanage last summer to take care and spend time with the kids; besides, Lotus Travel’s China branch office constructed a brand new library in coordination with the Liuzhou SWI in early 2006. The library is equipped with sufficient bookshelves, cabinets, reading desks, audio aids, books and computers for the orphans to utilize during academic researches and exam preparations.

Much more need to be done for local Chinese orphans and they certainly need your continuous support. You can help change the orphans’ lives by joining Lotus Travel’s Homeland Heritage Tours because two percent of the standard tour cost would be donated to our Orphans Improvement program; volunteer opportunities at local orphanages are also available upon your tour reservation. Help make a difference and act today!

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Current Projects

  • Fuyang Orphanage Project in Anhui Province.

    • Working closely with Love Without Boundaries, Lotus Travel has donated $3,600 to purchase 30 baby cribs and to install a hot water heating system for 12 rooms.

  • Bengbu Social Welfare Institute in Anhui Province.

    • Collaborating closely with Packages of Hope, Lotus Travel has donated $350 for two months' worth of baby formula.

    View pictures of Bengbu orphanage

  • A one way child plane ticket from Hong Kong to Springfield, MO is donated to five-year-old Xi Min Ru, a girl who suffers from the bulging eye disease.

    • Read the story of Xi Min Ru

    A token of appreciation from Love Without Boundaries (LWB)

    A letter from LWB (pdf format)

    View pictures of Fuyang Orphanage