Vision for In-orphanage Projects

Our in-orphanage projects are an oasis. A green place located in a dry area. An Oasis of Hope!

Underground streams – aquifers, feed every oasis. The role of many of us has changed from providing a home to providing an aquifer – an underground stream whose influence is barely seen, but it is very powerful.

From the sponsors, to the local team and specialists who support and the local community who encourage – they are all links in the underground stream that is making life spring up in the desert.

We need to keep these streams strong, clean, fresh, open and flowing strongly. There has been a lot of pressure but the pressure of an underground stream contributes to its purity.

Strategy

The Vision of New Day China is to transform the lives of orphans with special needs. Our strategy to accomplishing that involves three key roles:

• Care-givers are the people interacting with the children all the time and their impact in the children’s lives is the greatest. We believe that, more than any other person in the child’s life, the nanny who cares for the child can make the biggest impact. For that reason, we focus on using long-term hands-on training to develop nannies who are excellent at taking care of children with long-term needs.
• Experts in the areas of medicine, therapy, nursing and special education are able to give information and techniques to nannies that is specific to the kinds of children they care for. New Day China depends on a strong team of experts.
• Coaches are a vital part of the New Day China team and strategy. These coaches are specifically trained not only in how to care for children with special needs, but in how to coach care-givers on an ongoing basis. These coaches provide a key link between the knowledge of the experts and the care-givers, because the coaches help the care-givers consistently and accurately implement the guidance and training provided by the experts in each subject area.

Projects

In-Orphanage Care Centers

May 2014, New Day China began their first in-orphanage care center (Savannah Project). The goals of this center was to provide a significantly lower child-to-staff ratio, provide specialized training and support to a dedicated group of caregivers, and provide a living example to influence the orphanage staff.

In 2018, New Day China began a second in-orphanage project (Little Deer Project).

Special Education and Training

Two key programs begun in government orphanages in 2017 provide training and support in two of our government orphanage partners:

• Special Needs Preschool: New Day China staff provide regular training and guidance to the teachers and assistants in a government orphanage special needs preschool.
• Feeding Intervention Program: In another orphanage partner, New Day China provides specialized toddler formula, customized menus, basic monthly evaluations and regular coaching on feeding for several specific children with significant feeding difficulties.

In addition, New Day China regularly conducts a wide range of training programs in government orphanages throughout China.

• Therapy: New Day China’s therapist partners with other therapists who come regularly to train staff, evaluate children, and provide specific therapeutic guidance for the children we are helping.
• Special Education: New Day China’s special education team helps to assess the children periodically and provide them with goals to help them grow and develop.
• Nanny Training: New Day China works closely with nannies, training them to work with children who have special needs.