What We Do

CMC establishes community centers in the heart of migrant neighborhoods. Through and around these centers, we offer programs for migrant children and their families. We currently operate two community centers in Beijing serving over 550 children and their families. Including this, we impact over 1000 children weekly through programs in the centers and the schools.

Education

After School Program
Creative arts, computer skills, sports, homework club

English
Saturday program for 800 migrant children from 4th-6th grades

Teacher Training
Ongoing workshops for migrant school teachers

Life-Vocational Skills Training

Skills for the Future
Intensive 6 month training program for 16-20 year olds

Job Experience
Formal employment and internship opportunities upon completion of the program

Holistic Approach
Trainees are certified in a technical skill as well as receiving life and vocational skills to cope with their new environment

Personal Development

Family Development
Workshops on parenting, marriage, and family

Child Development
Confidence building to nurture migrant children

Health

Health Awareness
Workshops on road safety, pre- and post-natal care, fire and road safety, HIV prevention, personal hygiene

Though CMC does much work of its own, it also relies heavily on collaborative cooperation with other charitable organizations that have expertise within certain areas that can be tailored to benefit migrant children.

Some facts and figures from 2008:

3,111 project beneficaries reached
1,029 migrant children enrolled in the After School Program, improving their study habits and attitude towards homework and school
1,100 migrant children regularly attended the Super Saturdays program, increasing their interest in education as they learned English and creative arts
150 migrant parents attended Family Workshops, gaining skills to develop healthy families
182 migrant children attended the confidence building program, You Are Special
260 migrant attended three camps
87 migrant teaches trained
Trained over 900 consistently contributing volunteers for the programs and utilized hundreds more in various roles, logging 29,334 volunteer hours