This Nobel Nominee Actually Saves Babies

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:17:38 +0000

When President Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, that meant there were 205 nominees for the award who didn’t. One of them was Jim Garrow of the Bethune Institute.
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Congratulations to our first Toonie Tuesday Winner!

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:56:11 +0000

Samuel Clarke wins Toonie Tuesday this week. Thanks to all who participated for your support!

Welcome the Honourable Mrs Ge, Minister of Education for Hebei Province of the Peoples Republic of China

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:44:11 +0000

Mrs. Ge. Minister of Education, Hebei Province, The Peoples Republic of China

It is our privilege to welcome as our advisor at large the Honourable Mrs Ge, Minister of Education for Hebei Province of the Peoples Republic of China. We look forward to the wisdom of your counsel as we serve the people of China and the world in our great cause.

Welcome Mr. Kenneth Y.Z. Xue

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:40:13 +0000

The Bethune Institute and Pink Pagoda welcome our legal advisor for the Peoples Republic of China, Mr. Kenneth Y.Z. Xue, Senior Partner and Attorney at Law, The Grandall Legal Group, Shenzhen. Mr. Xue is the senior legal advisor to HSBC Bank in the area of international monetary exchange. We are his other client. We look forward to the sage advice that he will be giving us in our work across this great nation. Welcome Kenneth!

Mr. Kenneth Y.Z. Xue, Senior Partner and Attorney at Law

Toonie Tuesdays!

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:31:58 +0000

On March 17th we will be running our first Toonie Tuesday 50/50 draw event. Each person who donates $2 or more on Tuesday March 17 through PayPal will be entered into the draw. The winner will be announced and the winnings will be deposited to his/her PayPal account the next day. Join us in this fun way to give to our most worthy cause.

Facebook Group - Stop Female Infanticide

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:30:15 +0000

We are beginning a cooperative era with the Facebook Group - Stop Female Infanticide. All members of Stop are encouraged to join us at Pink Pagoda.

Presentation from Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa: Her legacy and the challenge to be a light

admin — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:34:29 +0000

This picture shows Executive Director of the Bethune Institute and its Pink Pagoda program, Dr. James Garrow, donating a memorial piece, commemorating the life and work of Mother Teresa at the dedication of the new offices of the highly acclaimed Catholic magazine, Crisis.
Within the framed piece being donated are a picture of Mother Teresa, a description of her order the Missionaries of Charity, and a postcard commemorating the visit of Pope John 23rd to North America. On the card Mother Teresa had written for Dr. Garrow, God bless you, M. Teresa. Mother Teresa left this “mortal coil” in September of 1997 shortly after this presentation. Millions have rallied in support of her as “the Saint of Calcutta” and the Catholic Church has responded and begun the beatification process.

Pink Pagoda Rising

admin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:09:21 +0000

The Secret Campaign to Save China’s Baby Girls
by Roderick Benns

Jim Garrow still remembers the day eight years ago when one of his
assistants was softly crying in a corner of the Bethune Institute’s office
in China. Her sister had phoned the night before with devastating news
– she had found out that her sister’s husband had demanded their baby
girl be smothered to make way for a possible son.

Garrow, who had been working in China since 1995, couldn’t believe his ears.
“I said to my upset assistant at that time that whatever needs to be done to save this baby, we’ll make it happen. Anything to change the outcome, no matter the cost.”

News of Garrow’s intervention went out to all the schools within the Bethune Institute and others came forward in the same predicament. Not that the Bethune Institute was ever intended to be connected with such a campaign. It was – and still is — set up as a means of earning one’s English as a Second Language certificate, Early Childhood Education certificate or Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) certification. It now numbers 168 branches with 6,000 employees across their schools.

After Garrow’s intervention, contacts were made with some Chinese officials who were sympathetic to the cause. People who knew how to navigate the Chinese system were quietly hired. Ultimately babies were delivered to the three official Chinese orphanages and put up for adoption. In its first year alone (in 2000), 187 baby girls were saved from China’s ruthless one baby-
per-couple policy.

Today, that number stands at over 24,000 baby girls saved.

The Pink Pagoda Campaign was born, now boasting 140 employees.
Garrow points out boys are much more preferred to girls in China because of
ingrained notions of the importance of lineage. If a woman happens to birth an infant girl, there are millions of families who are not satisfied with such an outcome.

“However, it’s illegal to give your baby up for adoption. It is seen as the family’s responsibility to raise the child, not the state. There is no alternative like there is in western nations,” Garrow said from his Guelph home.

The Canadian businessman and education specialist said the Pink Pagoda Campaign “gets the babies to an orphanage run by the Chinese government and the babies are then added to the regular population.”
“Then they have a chance to be adopted – we’re basically the initial gatherers of the babies,” Garrow explains.

Looking for people who have adopted Chinese babies

admin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:29:23 +0000

We at the Bethune Institute and its arm Pink Pagoda are looking for folks who have adopted Chinese baby girls so that we can ascertain if we have been part of the process of saving your babies in China. We ask you to contact us. Total privacy is guaranteed.

Welcome Rhonda Fairman, Internet Technology Administrator

admin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:27:49 +0000

Thanks to Rhonda Kershaw Fairman for creating a logo and website for the Pink Pagoda effort.She becomes our Internet Technology Administrator and an Officer of the Group. Congratulations Rhonda