About EMA
EMA staff have been working with underprivileged, abandoned young people and those with disabilities in China since 1994 when they first visited an orphanage in Central China and Southern China. Through that experience, they saw many needs of the children and felt compelled to let them know the unconditional love of God. Over the subsequent 3 years they made many more short term trips to be an encouragement to those young people and to build deeper relationships with them.
In early 1998 they were given a vision to enable these underprivileged young people to learn of more of the world around them and to experience joy, love, comfort, friendship and receive encouragement that builds confidence. In 1999 they were able to hold their first activity for 15 children from Southern China. Although this was a small beginning the impact on those 15 young people was immense. It proved to be a glimpse of the vision that lay before them.
Since then the number of activities has grown each year with opportunities to reach more children in both Central China and Southern China. In January 2005, EMA was registered as a Hong Kong charity with the intention of reaching more children in China. In 2006 it also registered as a Charity in the United Kingdom.
This is only the beginning of the story as the team continues to press on towards the vision of building a dedicated inclusive activity centre for many more young people to be able to take part in like changing experiences. This centre will enable a greater variety of activities and establish vocational training opportunities. It will also be used to train teams of local staff so they can be better equipped to reach out to a wider network applying similar programmes.