Caroline Owira, Christmas Bazaar Event Caroline Owira (centre), together with Helen Boyle (right) and fellow events volunteer Annette (left) Organising events is not an easy feat. From logistics to pre-event publicity, to getting people work together on the event day itself, and to doing post-event meetings, events – however grand or small they are – take a […]
The life story and struggles of a Tibetan woman within her own community as well as on the streets of Beijing. Facing discrimination in her village because she opts not to remarry after becoming a widow, she came to Beijing because she needed to earn money to pay for her son Yang Qing’s schooling. Even though […]
Xiao Yun is a migrant school’s teacher who MCF was supporting with her treatment for breast cancer. She has just been given the all clear from the specialist and she is now back on the road to recovery from her illness. This is good news indeed! My own feelings are that this was achieved because […]
helen老师你好！我是陶松，今年十六岁了。非常感谢你当年对我的帮助，才有了现在的我，如果不是你，我都不知道我会是什么样子。谢谢你老师，你是我的恩人也是我的亲人… For those who don’t know the story of Tao Song, he is a boy who was found to have a serious heart condition during one of MCF’s medical checkups. This was five years ago and with the great support from The Beijing United Foundation and Hospital in providing two heart operations to rectify […]
Peng Changyu, the little boy who needs the support of the public, suffers from a number of medical conditions that reduce his quality of life dramatically. My appeal to everyone comes from personal familiarity with the boy and his problems and I am making a special request – this boy’s case is deserving of everyone’s […]
In April, this five year old who suffers from cerebral palsy caught the attention of the founder of MCF, Helen Boyle, while she was visiting one of the MCF sponsored schools. Helen first noticed the young boy was being carried by his mother. Upon finding out that Hu Yi Fan had an ailment, Helen organised […]
CAS stands for Creativity, Activity and Service. It is a non-marked element of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, but the Diploma cannot be awarded without a pass in the subject of CAS. The students can initiate any experience they wish providing they are not being paid to do so, it is not part of their […]
Internships very much depend on a student’s skills and area of interest. We have several areas in which a student can volunteer for a couple of weeks, a month or more. It can be in one specific area or can be across a couple of areas depending on the student’s availability. MCF is a small […]
MCF works with various companies and organisations in Beijing to help us achieve our two main goals – fundraising and education for migrant children in the city. Using their resources, expertise and manpower these organisations support MCF through the programs listed below. If your company or organisation is interested in cooperating with MCF, either through […]
