If you missed getting our last year end SIMPLY CAPTIVATING newsletter, make sure you click this link to download it. Thank you again for your support thoughout 2011 and we hope you had a wonderful Christmas, Western New Year and more recently a Happy Chinese New Year. As we cover in our newsletter, we’ve had a busy but wonderful six months – a period of growth in some areas, consolidation in others as well as due diligence of some exciting new project opportunities we have now started in this new year. All of this has only been possible thanks to generous support from our growing global family of donors, volunteers,dedicated staff and on-the-ground Chinese partners and their cooperative governments. Thank you everyone.
In this issue you will see updates on our work in Qinghai, Guangdong, Heilongjiang, Gansu and Sichuan Provinces. You’ll read about our fund-raising activities as well as an exciting new major project about to commence in Guizhou Province.
Please pass on this link to your friends, family and network. As always, please drop us an email from to time. We’d love to hear from you.
Best wishes for what remains of a fantastic 2012 for you and your family we hope.
From Andrew & Julie Colquhoun and the team from
CAPTIVATING INTERNATIONAL
-by Charles Lynch I spent a month working as an intern for Captivating International at the Shekou office in Shenzhen, China. What was clear from the onset about Captivating was to see so directly the dramatic difference the organization makes to communities around the world, with a fervent understanding that such hard work does make a huge difference...
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My name is Danmei Luo. I am a sophomore majoring in Game design from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. This winter break I had the opportunity to do an internship with Captivating International. My first day at Captivating, Vivian told me about the charity events that Captivating holds each year. This was also my first contact with any charity organizations. I...
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Annisha Sidhu writes: "When I first arrived in Shenzhen, I was overwhelmed by how hectic and busy the city was. After being excited for so long, it felt so surreal to actually be here. After graduating from university in the UK, I was really excited to start my internship, and Captivating International didn’t disappoint. From the moment I stepped foot in the office, I was made to feel like part of the team. I had the warmest welcome and felt so comfortable with everyone straight away."
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Kanishka, a university graduate from Australia, recently interned with Captivating. We were so privileged to have her in our Shenzhen office for 3 weeks. Thank you Kanishka for your time and energy. We wish you all the very best for the future in all your ...18 SHARES
August 4, 2015 was an historic day in the life of Captivating. To further enhance our transparency and impact in China, Captivating was accepted as an officially registered charity fund under the umbrella of the Shenzhen Charity Federation. The Federation is a group specifically established by the Chinese government to assist in the legal distribution and control of...
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(by Andrew Colquhoun, Captivating CEO)
It's my great privilege to introduce to you two new Captivating team members.
Emily Li joined our Captivating support team as our Accountant in June, 2015. Emily replaces Chris Tan who will unfortunately be leaving us at the end of July after three great years. We wish Chris all...
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