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“Why didn’t my Chinese mummy want me?”

More than 55,000 western families have adopted Chinese orphans, mainly girls, since 1995. As they grow up, this is one of the first questions those children might ask.

“How can I ever go to school?”

With over 50% per cent of the Chinese people living in poverty, millions of children all around the country can only dream of a decent education.

“What is Chinese culture?”

Meanwhile, millions of overseas Chinese children hardly understand their roots.

 

The Mothers’ Bridge of Love (MBL) helps to find answers to these questions by building a bridge:

  •  Between China and the rest of the world;
  •  Between rich and poor;
  •  Between birth culture and adoptive culture.

If these questions pull at your heartstrings, please support MBL by sending a donation.



 

Urgent appeal:  Please help children in recent China earthquake!

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake (Chinese: 四川大地震), at a magnitude 8.0 Ms/ 7.9 Mw, occurred at 14:28:01.42 CST (06:28:01.42 UTC) on 12 May 2008 in Sichuan province of China. More pictures, stories, and updates from the front line can be found at Sichuan Earthquake Update (http://sichuanearthquake.org.uk). More reports from MBL can be viewed at: Help Children in China Quake. 

To help children affected by this earthquake, please Make a Donation. Please leave a message (e.g. "for Children in Sichuan earthquake") along with your donation, and we will dedicate your donation to helping those children.

Thank you very much! Your donation really means a lot to MBL and all those Chinese children suffered in the disaster. Your generosity and kindness will be very much appreciated and remembered by every child whose life may be rebuilt because of YOU!

2008 Sichuan earthquake

(source:http://en.wikipedia.org
/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake)

- MBL


Urgent appeal             Sichuan Earthquake Update  

Make a Donation to MBL
 

If your donation is for helping Children in China Quake, please leave a message (e.g. "for Children in Sichuan earthquake") along with your donation, and we will dedicate your donation to helping those children. Thank you!

If your donation is valid for Gift Aid, please Gift Aid it. Your donation will be added value from the tax you paid before. About Gift Aid.

You are welcome to become a member of MBL and support us in long term. Here is the Membership form for you to download. Membership Form (doc)   Membership Form (pdf)

Your support will improve the lives of Chinese children from country to country, village to village.

     

Donation Centre                 Urgent appeal

 

Cheque Donation

 

 

Please POST the cheque to:

MBL
9 ORME COURT
LONDON W2 4RL
U.K.

All cheques payable to MBL please.
 
 

 

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About Gift Aid:

 What is Gift Aid?

Gift Aid allows charities to reclaim tax paid by UK taxpayers on any donations they make to UK registered charities. This can be done by means of a simple declaration and can increase the value of the donation by 28%, so:

Your Donation

Charity Get

£1

£1.28

£10

£12.82

Charity can claim Gift Aid on all eligible donations. To be eligible the donor must not receive benefits exceeding certain limits. A gift will be a qualifying donation where it satisfies certain criteria. Broadly these are:

• it must be a monetary payment, not repayable

• the gift must not be connected with acquisition of property by the charity from the donor or connected persons

• the donor, or any connected person, cannot receive benefits in return for the donation beyond prescribed limits set out below.

The benefits must not exceed these values:

Amount of Donation

Value of benefits

£0-100

25% of the donation

£101-1001

£25

£1001+

2.5% of donation, max: £250


Why a charity needs your Gift Aid declaration?

In order to operate the Gift Aid scheme, charities need to keep records to show how much has been received from each donor who has made a declaration. Charities must keep sufficient records to show that their tax reclaims are accurate. In other words, they must keep records that enable them to show:

  • an audit trail linking each donation to an identifiable donor who has given a valid Gift Aid declaration, and
  • that all the other conditions for the tax relief are satisfied (provision of benefits, for example).

How do you turn you donations into Gift Aid?

You must give the charity concerned a Gift Aid declaration. This may be given orally or in writing. Many charities have produced declarations containing their details so you may wish to ask the charity for a copy of this. If you give a declaration orally, the charity will note the details of your name and address and the amount you want to give under the scheme. The charity may then write to you confirming the details. Please remember that you must pay income tax and/or capital gains tax at least equal to the amount that charities will reclaim on your donations.


Can you donate anonymously?

Yes, but for the charity to be able to claim repayment under the Gift Aid scheme they need to be able to link the donation with a declaration given by the donor. If a donation is made anonymously the charity will not know if it came from a donor for whom they have declaration.


MBL Gift Aid declaration form for Download

Gift Aid Declaration Form (doc)               Gift Aid Declaration Form (pdf)

 


Any further information, you can check at:  http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/CHARITIES/faq_donors.htm, Donors - Frequently Asked Questions

 

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