Summary of Activities Through 2015
I. ONGOING ACTIVITIES
- Meets frequently with 15 offices to carefully study the family system, youth development, humanitarian, educational, technology, aging groups and other needs of China.
- Observes moral standard of family tradition, social, and other movements to stay abreast of all changes within Chinese global areas.
- Raises and donates funds for education-related projects inside China.
- Invested significant resources in programs, projects, research, and travel between China and U.S.
II. PROJECTS
- Publishing group devoted to parenting and youth character training online and books.
- UN discussion and lecture on how to support low-income women in China.
- Program training Chinese youth on how to work with the US for long-distance support.
- Facilitator of program that helps advanced Chinese students earn accredited college and high school credits in the US.
- Facilitator of an arts and languages teaching design program at Dixie State University.
- Agriculture, soil, and plants improvement training and technology transfer project.
- Water treatments training and technology transfer project.
- Providing elderly care services management skills in China.
- Family history activities and research workshops.
- Low-cost, energy-saving house project.
- Village libraries.
- Recycling project for scholarship.
- Annual World Religion Conference, art exhibition and historical record preservation with CASS scholars/partners.
III. UPCOMING PROJECTS 2013-2015
- Humanitarian organization inside low income communities.
- Training Chinese humanitarian groups in US.
- International study center of China, various locations.
- Religion lectures and study with scholars at churches and temples academies.
- Family Improvement daily articles sharing through smart phone.
- Service learning project where young people from the US live in China.
- Intensive learning program where Chinese youth spend summer in Utah to join future humanitarian leadership network.
- Opening of online colleges for low income youth.
- Low income homes technology job training projects.
- International documentary film festival in Asia for women of humanitarian achievement.
- “Sister City” projects and preparation visits.
- Introducing UN youth humanitarian project to successful Chinese business owners.
IV. TRAVEL LOG OF WJS LIAHONA INTERNATIONAL
- Beijing, 40+ times
- Xian 12+ times
- Ning Xia, 8+ times
- Taiyuan, 6+ times
- Xin Jiang, 3+ times
- Shang Dong, 8+ times
- Fujian, 3+ times
- Guang Zhou 4 times
- Hainan 2 times
- 12 trips to China in 2011, 6 and more trips each year 2006 - 2014
- Many additional locations for educational and humanitarian projects, including genealogy projects, family improvement lectures and planning with local public services leaders.
V. PAST SUCCESSES
- Donated hospital necessity to low income newborn, 2014.
- Coordinated You Yu activities, 2012.
- Coordinated Sichuan earthquake visit, 2009.
- Trained young people in US about China, 2009- now.
- Coordinated Chinese youth study trips to US, 2010- now.
- Coordinated arrival and Utah visit of CCTV directors, 2012.
- Coordinated Dixie State University trip to the Great Wall of China and performed three times, 2010-2014.
- Helped design, coordinate, and host annual international conference on religion, 2010.
- Officially hosted and coordinated the trip of Ministry of Tourism official Mr. Yang who visited 3 states, 2010.
- Hosted Chinese government group with Mayor Winder of West Valley City, 2011.
- Provided parenting-improvement lectures for Chinese scholars and families, 2008- now.
- Introduced family history software to senior Chinese officials, 2008- now.
- Coordinated training of school teachers in Ning Xia and Taiyuan, 2011- now.
- Provided money to hungry students for meals, 2009- now.
- Signed MOU with Xian Education Bureau, 2011.
- Signed MOU with Bei Da scholar, 2009.
- Signed MOU with Asian donation groups, 2015.