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Monday, August 4, 2008

Info about Orphanage and Guangzhou








Guangzhou City Orphanage cares for about 1400 children. Half live on the premises and the other half are in foster homes. Their ages range any where from infant to 18 years. An American run organization called Half the Sky sponsors different programs at the orphanage such as the preschool class Julianna takes part in. The everyday language at the orphanage is Cantonese but Mandarin is spoken in the preschool.
The province of Guangdong is the most populous province in China with around 110 million people. Guangdong province is at the northern tip of the South China Sea.

There are over 50 orphanages in Guangdong alone.

Guangzhou city is the capital of Guangdong province. It has a population of about 12.6 million people. It is also known as Canton. The climate is subtropical. The Pearl River, the third longest in China runs through Guangzhou.










There is only one time zone in China set according to the location of Beijing.

1 comment:

ladybug said...

My dh and I just received a referral for a 4 y/o little girl in your daughter's orphanage. I would love to talk with you. My e/m is vickiesvg@yahoo.com

Your daughter is lovely,

Vickie


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