Hua Dan never forgets the dedicated staff and volunteers who have supported us in the past.
- Chen Liang
- Chen Liang was Hua Dan’s first volunteer when Caroline invited her to help migrant workers in Beijing through workshops in communities at the café in Wudaokou and at The Migrant Women’s Club.
- Li Shiman
- Shiman brought wisdom to the balanced development for Hua Dan by huge amount of translation and meetings with the migrant workers.
- Lucy
- The first foreign volunteer of Hua Dan, Lucy’s excellent Chinese and communication skills greatly supported the management and development of the projects.
- Zhang Wei
- Zhang Wei was the first male volunteer of Hua Dan. He provided strong logistic and technical support with travel and computer skills.
- Liang Hai
- Liang Hai’s gentleness and humor always make us feel happy and easy, especially when the rehearsals went late into the night.
- Wu Cuilin
- Cuilin brought creative methods to Hua Dan in improvisation and children’s theatre, and with her enormous energy and experience, was fundamental in building Hua Dan into the organization it is today. She played a key role in the capacity building of the local team, as well as laid the groundwork for our Beansprouts Project, in partnership with Zhong Na.
- Wu Yongshan
- An experienced poet and genius photographer, Yongshan supported the image design and promotion of Hua Dan in order to inspire more people to join Hua Dan.
- Li Peng
- Li Peng is from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of northwest China. He was a Project Manager for Hua Dan in charge of workshops with the teenagers in schools for migrant children. Li Peng has visited Tibet, Yunnan and Guizhou. He enjoys the challenges in work and also enjoys life. Li Peng paved a solid foundation for the development of Hua Dan during his work and continues to support us on a freelance basis.
- Fu Dan
- Fu Dan is from Guizhou. She arrived in Beijing in 2005 and joined Hua Dan in 2007. She is a long-term volunteer of Hua Dan. Fu Dan believes that Hua Dan makes her life more passionate and meaningful. “Hua Dan brought me different views of life which makes me feel happier. She combines art and life which helps more people touch the true beauty of life.”
- Peta Khan
- In 2007 Peta was deployed to China through the Australian Aid program in order to assist in building the capacity and sustainability of the Chinese non-profit sector. In her year of working at Hua Dan, Peta had many successes within Hua Dan. Her experience in marketing, media and communications enabled her to assist in raising Hua Dan’s profile to an internationally recognized social enterprise. She was also a key player in the development and diversification of Hua Dan’s income generation strategies. With her commitment to Hua Dan and her excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills, Peta was a key pioneer in Hua Dan’s early days.
- Yan Wenjun
- Yan Wenjun, Master of Art Sociology, explorer, promoter and constructive practitioner focusing on the social value of art. In the field of applied theatre, she especially concentrates on the creation of applied theatre products, content develophment, research and evaluation of effects.
- Gao Yan
- From Zun Dao in Sichuan Province, Gao Yan worked with Hua Dan after the 5 • 12 earthquake to help establish our office there.
- Ah Guan
- Full of love and humor. Ah Guan is from Guangxi and served as producer, lighting director and actor in the Hua Dan Magic Story Box project.
- In 2003, he worked on music production and composing. He has MIDI production experience and specializes in musical instruments, such as guitar and piano.
- Feng Liang
- Internet Engineer. He came across Hua Dan in 2007 and has actively participated in Hua Dan activities since then, providing reliable technical support in internet and computer usage.
- Wang Ding
- Website designer from Hubei, Feng Liang’s classmate, supports Hua Dan in computer and internet usage. He is in charge of the design and technology of the 2011 Hua Dan website.
- Jiang Hui
- Jiang Hui graduated from Chang Ping Rural Women Knowing All Practical Skills Training Centre. She has been a Hua Dan women and Sichuan programme assistant.
- Cheng Fei
- Cheng Fei has worked at Hua Dan since September 2009 and is a graduate of the Rural Women Knowing All school. From Gansu province, she has been instrumental in Hua Dan’s programmes at the Compassion for Migrant Children (CMC) Centre, such as the Magic Storybox project.
- Zhao Nan
- Zhao Nan is from Bazhong in Sichuan and graduated from Southwest Petroleum University. He was formerly Sichuan Project Manager, in charge of the volunteer management and curriculum design of the Sichuan Project.
- Lauren Reed
- Lauren joined the Hua Dan team in January 2011 and was responsible for the day-to-day management of the China office and assisting senior management in strategic planning, development and implementation. Lauren’s awareness of labor and migration in China motivated her to conduct her honors undergraduate thesis on the efficacy of GONGO and NGO services for migrant women. In 2007 she managed grants and conducted research for the China AIDS Media Project, the NGO that created the Oscar-winning film, The Blood of Yingzhou District. As the Beijing Resident Director for CET Academic Programs from 2008 to 2010, she worked with foreign and Chinese partners to steer operations and create innovative study abroad programming. Recently Lauren devoted her time to exploring collaborations in conflict resolution and security studies, alternating between volunteering for nonprofits in both South Asia and China and editing a book manuscript on Security in Elite Chinese Politics. Lauren is invested in creating a sustainable yet collaborative scalable model for Hua Dan that recognizes the positive transformative potential inside of everyone.
- Tang Xu
- TangXu from Chendou, Pi County, worked at Hua Dan as Hua Dan’s Sichuan office manager in early 2011.
