Jian Chen This is Me

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1. 1. Loving Homes Once Again in China

   www.holtintl.org/hifamilies/ar - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/10/2008   Last Visited: 6/10/2008

   \"Auntie," implored the little girl, hooking her finger into the pocket of Jian Chen's blouse, "could you please help me go back home?"
   
   Jian, the director of Holt International's China Program, was visiting an institution in Jilin province when the little girl reached out to get her attention.
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   "My heart was so moved," says Jian.
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   Soon all the children around Jian began to chime in: "When can we go home?"
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   Jian asked the orphanage director what the children were talking about, and the woman explained that until recently these children had been in foster care.The economy in the area had become depressed, and many foster parents had lost their jobs.The families could no longer afford to take care of their children and reluctantly brought them to this converted homeless shelter, the orphanage director said.Jian looked around at the children's faces and was moved by their hope.
   
   In November 1999 Jian and other Holt staff visited two cities in China's cold Jilin province.
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   "We found that in the north part of China, they had very little contact with the outside world," Jian says.
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   Jian Chen with Meng You.
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   "She told me there was an orphanage in [Jilin province], and maybe we needed to help," remembers Jian.
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   "They tried their best to provide a home for these children, but that's not the home they wanted," Jian remembers.
   
   Seeing the children, Jian observed that they were alert, questioning, curious and outgoing,not like most children who have lived in an orphanage for an extended period of time."It appeared to me that these kids did not belong here," she said.

2. 2. www.holtintl.org

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   Published on: 8/1/2005   Last Visited: 3/11/2007

   Jian supervises and coordinates all program activity and development and oversees Chinese staff and child projects in China.
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   Angela works with Jian Chen to oversee program development and coordinate activities in China for child welfare programs, coordinates heritage tours to China and facilitates donor communications.
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   This person works closely with Jian to support staff in the United States and China through translation between English and Chinese while undergoing training to enhance services to families and children.

3. 3. Hi Families Features

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   Published on: 11/5/2007   Last Visited: 6/10/2008

   Jian Chen China Program Manager
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   She walked down the airplane's ramp a step ahead of her new parents. Seemingly confident and excited, she exchanged smiles with each of her new brothers, cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents who eagerly awaited her arrival from around the world.
   
   After introductions the little girl stood for just a moment in the middle of the crowd as tears welled up in her big brown eyes, and she brought her hands up to cover her face. Perhaps my new niece, LiJen, was overwhelmed with the enormous change that had just taken place in her life. I know I was feeling the enormity of it at that moment as I reflected on the great and awesome wonders a sovereign God had shown to us in His care of a 10-year-old orphan from Nanchang, China.
   
   LiJen doesn't know this yet, but I look forward to the day when I can explain to her that her story of coming into our family began even before she was born.
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   During that time, Jian Chen, then Holt's representative in China [now Holt's China Program Manager], "happened" to stop in Nanchang to complete some business. As we chatted with Jian at a meal one day, she told us about a 9-year-old girl.
   
   LiJen was abandoned at a train station as a toddler and had spent the last seven years at an orphanage in Nanchang. What made her story especially sad was that two years before, a couple from Canada had traveled to China to take her home as their daughter. But while they were in China to finalize the paperwork, it was discovered that LiJen was a hepatitis B carrier. Because of this condition, the Canadian government would not allow them to adopt her-and a little girl's hopes of having a family were crushed.
   
   In working for Holt, Jian had been in many orphanages and had seen hundreds of children, but for some reason, LiJen had stood out. And as we listened to all of this over our bowls of rice in a Nanchang hotel, Jian told us, "if I cannot find a family for this little girl, I am going to quit my job at Holt and adopt her myself!"
   
   Jian asked us to spend some time with LiJen while we were there so that if Holt found a family interested in her, we would be able to talk to them.