About Us

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INTRODUCTION
UFCO is dedicated to bringing medical care and good nutrition to the most vulnerable children in China: those abandoned and living in orphanages. Please join us. With healing, there is hope.

OUR MISSION
United Foundation for Chinese Orphans’mission is to bring knowledge of contemporary developments in the field of health-care and modern health-care practice, access to modern medical and surgical treatment, procedures, training and equipment and supplies, to the populations of China and other developing Asian countries, and to arrange for and otherwise facilitate the provision of medical care and surgical procedures to residents of these countries with a focus on impoverished children, particularly those residing in welfare homes and orphanages.

We envision a China where every child can receive adequate medical care and nutrition, thereby improving their chances of survival and enabling them to move forward toward productive lives.

OUR PEOPLE
UFCO is staffed primarily by volunteers and one paid staff member who handle administrative tasks and coordinates volunteer activities. Our diverse group of volunteers include physicians, nurses, therapists and individuals with expertise in nutrition, fundraising, and television production, who donate their time to UFCO’s many activities.

Program activities are directed by:

  • Sarah Vossler, Operations Manager
  • Janet Brooks, Medical Programs Coordinator, Beijing
  • Alison Padget, Nutrition Programs Coordinator, Beijing
  • Beth Moxon, Shanghai
  • Stephanne Burkemper, Shanghai
  • Carmen DeCinque, Cui De Jie Program Coordinator

Our Board:
UFCO is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization registered in the United States.

Board of Trustees:

  • Roberta Lipson, President and Secretary
  • Jenny Yang, Trustee and Treasurer
  • Joseph E. Rubenstein, Trustee
  • Carmen DiCinque, Trustee
  • Lesley Nilsson, Trustee

Honorary trustees:

  • Ambassador Alan Wolff
  • Dr. Robert G. Gard
  • The Honorable Tom Campbell
  • Kenneth Nilsson