News & analysis
September 20, 2007
Amity's work was presented during a workshop on diakonia at the Tao Fung Shan Christian Center in Hong Kong. Participants from several Asian and European countries explored the future of diaconal ministries of the Lutheran Churches in Asia.
September 19, 2007
The Children-Amity Fund of Hope (CAFH) is a cooperative project run by the Amity Foundation and Children for a Better World e. V., a German organization working in China. Both organizations have agreed to cooperate on a Foster Care Project for orphans in state-run orphanages and a Rural Orphan Fostering Project.
September 5, 2007
One of this year's SEP teachers, Connie Chapman, was interviewed after her return by Hong Kong office staffers Tong Su and Beate Engelen.
August 30, 2007
The August orientation program for incoming Amity teachers, held in Yangzhou, was a great success. See the photo gallery here.
August 30, 2007
The Nanjing conference for our teachers was held at the end of August. Here is the report with photos.
August 9, 2007
Students from Yale joined together with college students from Hunan to conduct a summer camp for children of migrant workers in Nanjing.
August 9, 2007
Since the start of June 2007 heavy rain has pounded regions in Southern, Southwestern and Northwestern China. The continuous heavy rain has led to devastating flash floods, landslides and mudflows. Tens of millions of people are grappling with the aftermath. This is an overview over Amity's disaster relief work in the hardest-hit areas.
July 25, 2007
We have had the wonderful benefit and pleasure of having another summer volunteer from the Yale-China Association. Faith Lin devoted her summer to helping us in various ways, and she proved herself a valuable asset to our work. Read her reflections on her brief stint with Amity.
July 19, 2007
The orientation is finished and the teams are at their placements, already in the midst of their summer China adventure.
July 19, 2007
We want to heartily welcome our latest service learning volunteers, who will be with us in Nanjing for three weeks.
