Qichuang Social Work Development Organisation

Migrant youth living in Guangzhou, China’s third largest city, often lack the workplace and life skills sufficient to make a successful transition to independent adulthood. Qichuang Social Work Development Association, founded in 2008 as a collaborative effort by professors of social work from the University of Hong Kong and Sun Yat-sen University, provides critical social work services to families and young people in need, while at the same time encouraging the development of the city’s nascent social work services.

With EMpower’s first grant, Qichuang is running a neighborhood-based afterschool program designed to prepare migrant youth for work and adult life.