Amity Foundation
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The Amity Foundation (Template:Lang-zh) is an independent Chinese voluntary organization.[1] since 2010[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". it is the largest charity in China.[2] It was created in 1985 on the initiative of Christians in China, with the late bishop K. H. Ting as its founder.[3] Its main objective has been to help develop poor areas of the country.[4] Amity's headquarters are in Nanjing. The organization includes the Amity Printing Company (APC, also sometimes called Amity Printing Press),[5] the largest Bible producer in China. Amity Printing Company opened a branch in Ethiopia in 2016. Amity Foundation has an office in Hong Kong[6] and opened a liaison office in the Ecumenical Center of the World Council of Churches[7] in Geneva in 2017.
Ideals
Some have described Amity as a faith-initiated organization that works with Christians, while others, such as the current General Secretary Qiu Zhonghui, have described it as a faith-based organization.[8] Various partner organizations have praised the work and activity of the charity.[9][10][11] Recently the charitable organisation has been highlighted in both domestic and international media for its action and prompt relief work in China in response to natural disasters.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[12]
Activities
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- Disaster relief
- Support of church-run social work
- Support of medical education in China's poorest areas
- HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention training
- Education in the countryside and for the children of migrant workers, including the Amity Teachers Program[13][14]
- Special education (e.g. work with deaf or disabled children)
- Taking care of orphans
- Environmental protection[15]
- Integrated development (e.g. providing basic health care, schooling, clean energy, agricultural skills training and microfinance to a village community)
The foundation also holds the world's largest Bible printer, Nanjing Amity Printing Company.
See also
Sources
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External links
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