Since 2003, China Care has facilitated 37 adoptions, according to Dalio.
“We haven’t assisted any adoptions that have gone bad,” says Dalio.
But assisting in adoptions is not all the organization does, according to Dalio.
“In China, we do the extreme, life-saving surgeries [like open heart surgeries and operations on burn victims] and on the other end of the spectrum, simple operations like [fixing] cleft lip, club foot,” says Dalio.
Dalio also says he is thinking about doing something to promote more contact between the deaf children in China and the deaf community in the United States. Cooney, who spent last summer leading volunteer work in Chinese orphanages, says this year HCC will launch a greater volunteer program.
According to Dalio, 11 undergraduates and three to five non-Harvard affiliates will work in orphanages in China this summer. He says HCC is currently working on finding sponsors.
“$1,500 gets a volunteer over there so that they can apply their knowledge,” says Dalio.