Xi'an Huiling Community Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Promoting community service models and improving quality of life for the intellectually disabled.

Goals

To enable the intellectually disabled to equally participate in community construction, and to share the fruits of civilization.

Major Projects

• Regular Services: Community activities for the intellectually disabled, pre-employment skills training, art nursing, community-based family accomodation and support services, and career and shelter support.
• Parental Support
• Occupational Alliance and Peer Professional Staff Capacity Building

Major Achievements

• 2008, Nike Innovation Award
• 2011, Included in the China Federation for Disabled Persons’ “Sunshine Home” project
• 2012, Lianhu District Outstanding Service Institution

Major Funders

Misereor Foundation, Kadoorie Charitable Foundation (香港嘉道理基金会), Australia Intrepid International Travel Co., Irish Embassy

Major Partners

China’s other Huiling organizations, Xi’an Disabled Persons Federation, Xi’an Lianhu District Disabled Persons Federation, Western Shaanxi Development Foundation, World Vision, Shaanxi Gender Development Solution (陕西省妇源汇性别发展培训中心), Shaanxi Disabled Persons Federation Foundation

Distinctions

We are a safe space for intellectually disabled persons in the community, we provide employment-seeking models for the intellectually disabled, and we use art as a vector.