Qinghai, is one of the poorest provinces in China. Due to its geographic location, harsh weather conditions, high altitude and poor infrastructure, the economic development is very backward. It is a difficult place to develop social programmes, so not many social service organisations can access this province.

Christian Action is committed to help those in need in Qinghai. We have focused our efforts on child welfare and poverty alleviation since 1997. We co-manage the first children's home with the local government in Qinghai, with the aim to help orphans and abandoned children in the capital, Xining. We save children on the verge of death and those robbed of the right to grow to their full potential and live happily.

In addition, we also carry out poverty alleviation projects to lift the vulnerable groups out of their adverse situation. We have already built 400 brick houses (winter homes) for the poorest semi-nomadic Tibetans in Zeku County to combat the severe snowstorms and have constructed rural primary schools in Tongren County. With its high altitude, poverty alleviation becomes more difficult. However, we believe that only with social development projects can the vicious poverty cycle be broken.

We have four major programmes in Qinghai:
•Xining Children's Home
•Building of brick houses in Zeku County
•Construction of primary schools in Tongren County