CCAI Launches 3Meis Therapy Program

Over the last few years, Project Tomorrow, introduced by the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs, has made it possible for more than 20,000 orphanage children to receive desperately-needed surgeries. This successful program has in turn created a new challenge for the government and local orphanages: how to provide post-surgery service, rehabilitation, and physical therapy to these special children? In response, and in an effort to continue the “trickle-down” effect of training in Chinese orphanages, CCAI has initiated another pioneering project designed to support and provide training for caregivers to help these children recover. The “3Meis” Therapy Program recruits highly skilled and dedicated occupational therapists, physical therapists, and early childhood development specialists to embark on a two-week trip to China to spend time in Chinese orphanages. This exciting new program brings American professionals right where they are needed most – where children live and play each day. For more information on how you can be a part of this exciting program, please send an email or resume to 3meis@chinesechildren.org.

Program coordination of the 3Meis Therapy Program is run by CCAI’s Charity Department and a volunteer committee. Three of the committee members’ adopted daughters’ first names are Mei, which means beautiful or little sister, thus, the moniker “3Meis.”