The Amity Foundation ( zh, s=爱德基金会, t=愛德基金會 , p=Àidé Jījīnhuì) is an independent Chinese voluntary organization. it is the largest

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. It was created in 1985 on the initiative of

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in China, with the late

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K. H. Ting as its founder. Its main objective has been to help develop poor areas of the country. Amity's headquarters are in

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. The organization includes the Amity Printing Company (APC, also sometimes called Amity Printing Press), the largest

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producer in China. Amity Printing Company opened a branch in Ethiopia in 2016. Amity Foundation has an office in Hong Kong and opened a liaison office in the Ecumenical Center of the

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in Geneva in 2017.

Ideals

Some have described Amity as a faith-initiated organization that works with Christians, while others, such as the current General Secretary Qiu Zhonghui, have described it as a

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. Various partner organizations have praised the work and activity of the charity. Recently the charitable organisation has been highlighted in both domestic and international media for its action and prompt relief work in China in response to natural disasters.

Activities

*Disaster relief *Support of church-run social work *Support of medical education in China's poorest areas *HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention training *Education in the countryside and for the children of migrant workers, including the Amity Teachers Program *Special education (e.g. work with deaf or disabled children) *Taking care of orphans *Environmental protection *Integrated development (e.g. providing basic health care, schooling, clean energy, agricultural skills training and microfinance to a village community) The foundation also holds the world's largest

printer, Nanjing Amity Printing Company.

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* {{China Christian Council and Three-Self Patriotic Movement Foundations based in China Christianity in China Medical and health organizations based in China Bible societies

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