Q: Who is Embrace?

A: Embrace International is a registered charity based in Hong Kong. We provide support for orphaned, abandoned, and destitute children, seeking to empower them to integrate back into their communities as self sufficient adults. We seek partnerships with local organisations to provide sustainable solutions for vulnerable and marginalised persons.

Q: How does Embrace help people in need?

A: Embrace works with local partners to empower individual children that have been orphaned or abandoned. Embrace provides academic scholarships/sponsorships for both promising and struggling students so that they can receive additional tuition or remedial assistance and tutoring.

Embrace provides funding to employ additional nannies so that infants in Welfare Institutions can receive better care and nurture, instead of having one carer responsible for 20 babies at once. When local communities or families are unable to care for a child, Embrace steps in to match them with a loving foster and allow them to thrive again. Through empowered communities and strengthened families, the lives of children can be secured, enabling them to face the future positively and with optimism. Embrace also assists entire communities (ethnic minority villages) by increasing their capacity in microfinance, agriculture, and sustainable business enterprises.

Q: Where does Embrace work?

A: In China, predominantly in the provinces of Guangdong and Sichuan.

Q: How is Embrace funded?

A: Embrace is reliant on the benevolence of donors to sponsor its projects. We appreciate any contribution, regardless of size, as we know the oceans are comprised of many droplets. We welcome donations by individuals, small businesses and corporations.

Q: How can I help Embrace International?

A: The short answer is, in many and varied ways. Being engaged in charity work means there are always more needs than time or money permits you to address. Certainly there are many people who experience significant hardships in life; together we can lighten their burden. You can donate your time or technical expertise (depending on our currents needs and projects at the time) and you can certainly be an ambassador and share with others the plight of China's neglected children. You may wish to sponsor a child, an orchard of walnut saplings or donate money for a specific purpose. To sponsor a child or donate to a project click the link below.

Q: Are donations to Embrace tax deductible?

A: That depends on the specific project and where you are giving from. As we are a Hong Kong based registered charity we can issue tax receipts for all donations given there. In other countries, their legislations differ so please contact us directly to see if you qualify; the answer is not no, it depends.

Q: What percentage of my donation supports projects?

A: At least 90% of all donations to Embrace are directly allocated to projects (this allocation is one of the highest percentages in the humanitarian industry). To operate projects requires overheads and project management support services (such as staffing, monitoring, reporting and financial services) - without these necessary expenses, the project simply could not happen.