Red Thread Charities Currently at the Guiping SWI

About Red Thread Charities:
Founded in 2006, RTC is a Minnesota non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to provide training to orphanage staff and facilitate medical and developmental care for children so that they can reach their full potential. In light of its mission, RTC sends a team of physicians, physical, occupational and speech therapists to China every year. The team not only provides for the immediate health care needs of orphaned children and training for their caretakers, but it also establishes working relationships with local health care providers so that they may continue to deliver quality care for these children.

RTC is currently serving two orphanages – Lanxi Social Welfare Institute (SWI) in southeastern China, and Guiping SWI, located in southwestern China (Where Kelsey is today!). RTC's plan is to provide training and support at each orphanage for three years and then move on. After three years, the programs they set in place should be self-sustaining.

RTC is providing support for the orphanage’s on-going foster care program, hiring and training additional caregivers and working with a physical therapist and a special education teacher. Red Thread Charities is currently working at Guiping SWI. How lucky for Kelsey!