Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Wei Hao Update- October 2008

By sarah • Nov 5th, 2008 • Category: News

Wei Hao is currently being fostered by an expat family in Tianjin who have committed to fostering him until he is adopted. His adoption paperwork began 2 months ago and we hope that by the winter of 2009, he will have a permanent, loving family to call his own. Just as he was beginning to […]



Sichuan Earthquake Relief Project

By sarah • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: News

UFCO has was approached to help support a project whose goal was to bring mental health care to the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake. The project brings psychologists from the United States to Sichuan to train local residents in how to help treat psychological trauma of the children survivors. Sources are estimating that there are […]



Mr. Wang

By sarah • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: News

Several years ago there was an article written in the Wall Street Journal a boy who had leukemia. His parents were too poor to pay for his therapy and treatments and had run out of ideas. This article was written just in time and in two weeks, the WSJ had received over USD200,000 in donations […]



A Family in Need

By sarah • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Children's Stories, News

Gui Hao is a 5 month old baby boy who has biliary atresia. Like Wei Hao, he was admitted to Wu Jing Zong Hospital in desperate need of a liver transplant. UFCO heard about the family’s story and went to meet them on a visit to see Wei Hao. The mother had heard about what […]



We Need Your Help

By sarah • May 21st, 2008 • Category: News

In December 2007, 2000 copies of our Best of Beijing cookbooks were printed. We have sold about 600 copies so far and have broken even months ago but we have many copies left to sell! We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are interested in marketing and promotion who can help get our books […]



$10,000 USD grant received

By sarah • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: News

We are pleased to announce UFCO applied for and was awarded a $10,000 USD grant by Abbott Laboratories to pay for corrective surgeries for orphans. Three little girls have already received life-changing surgeries using this money. One for spina bifida, one for a congenital defect in her large intestine, and one for a diaphranatic hernia. […]



Expat Show a Success

By sarah • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: News

Thanks to all of you in Beijing who visited the UFCO booth at the Expat Show April 4th-6th. We raised 6,450 RMB through the sales of our cookbook “The Best of Beijing,” and most importantly, we were able to share our mission with you. We are grateful for your support and the work of our […]



Expat Show on April 4th, 5th and 6th, 2008!

By sarah • Jan 22nd, 2008 • Category: News

We have been invited to take part in the Expat Show in Beijing of this year. This exhibition will take place on April 4th-6th, 2008 and we have been given a free booth from which to meet expats looking to volunteer as well as sell our Best of Beijing Cookbooks! It should be a great […]



Our new site is up and running!

By sarah • Jan 17th, 2008 • Category: News

Our new site is now working as is our “donate now” button. We have updated the address to where check donations should be sent so please check it and make a note of it. We have begun posting our children’s pictures and stories. We are very excited to now be able to update our website […]



Our New Website

By admin • Dec 30th, 2007 • Category: News

Finally, after many months of hard work, our new website is ready to launch!