bethel china

What bethel china does

Bethel China is a nonprofit founded in 2003 by Guillaume and Delphine Gauvain that delivers specialized care, education, medical services, therapy, and vocational training to visually impaired children in China, predominantly orphans. The organization operates six residential centers across Beijing, Zhengzhou, Jiaozuo, Nanjing, Jingdezhen, and Shang Rao, currently serving 130 children and having cared for 328 children since inception. Beyond residential care, the organization runs a national Outreach Program that has conducted more than 5,000 eye screenings and trained over 200 institutions across China, supported by a partnership with Geneva Global.

The core operational stack is clinical and educational rather than technology-driven: in-house specialized curriculum and therapy protocols developed over 18+ years, a long-tenured caregiving staff (most with 5+ years, many with 10+ years at the organization), and physical centers that anchor each regional operation. Digital infrastructure is limited to a Shopify-enabled storefront that processes recurring child sponsorships at a $100/month rate. Adoption Advocacy has built a network of 150+ adoptive families, and a Corporate Sponsorship program channels CSR funding into operations.

The revenue model is a hybrid of individual giving (child sponsorships and one-time donations routed through the Shopify storefront), corporate CSR partnerships (Corporate Sponsorship program), and institutional grants (Geneva Global for Outreach). Customer segments are structurally diversified across individual small donors, a long-tail adoptive family network, and a limited number of larger corporate and grant funders. There are no disclosed AI, ML, or data-driven product capabilities.

Name

bethel china

Legal name

Bethel China

Website

https://bethelchina.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Bethel China is a nonprofit founded in 2003 that operates six centers across China, providing specialized care, education, medical services, and therapy for 130 visually impaired children, predominantly orphans, and runs a national outreach program for screenings and caregiver training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability and Orphan Social Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGABAG

Child Protection & Child Rights

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/International Development & Poverty Alleviation

SECONDARYHSAAAIAK

Vision Impairment & Blind/Low-Vision Inclusive Childcare

Home & Personal Services/Childcare, Babysitting & Nanny Services/Special Needs & Inclusive Childcare Services

Keywords

• Visual impairment care
• Special education services
• Orphan foster care
• Child sponsorship programs
• Disability social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Child Sponsorship Program: Individual sponsors support specific children in Bethel's care. Sponsorship covers everyday needs including food, clothes, heating, water, school books, and therapy. This is the primary recurring revenue stream.
2. General Donations: One-time and recurring monetary donations from individual donors supporting Bethel's operations, care, education, and medical services for visually impaired orphans.
3. Corporate Sponsorship / CSR Partnerships: Companies partner with Bethel on CSR projects, providing financial support, in-kind donations, and employee engagement programs. Benefits include social impact, ethical leadership positioning, and transparency/accountability reporting.
4. Volunteer Program Support: Skilled volunteers (translators, grant writers, IT, design, etc.) contribute services in lieu of or in addition to financial support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bethel China is a nonprofit that provides foster care, specialized early-intervention education, medical services, therapy, orientation and mobility training, and vocational training for disadvantaged blind or visually impaired children (primarily orphans) across six care centers in China. It also runs a national Outreach Program that conducts eye screenings and exports its specialized curriculum to other institutions.

Product overview

Bethel China is a nonprofit organization founded in 2003 that operates a portfolio of programs serving visually impaired orphans in China. The core offering is the Love Is Blind (LIB) Program, which serves as the umbrella for all foster care, specialized education, medical care, therapy, and life-skills training across six project sites (Beijing, Zhengzhou, Jiaozuo, Nanjing, Jingdezhen, and Shang Rao). Complementing the LIB Program is the Outreach Program, which extends Bethel's impact nationally through eye screenings, surgeries, workshops, advocacy, and training workshops for caregivers and institutions. Additional offerings include a Child Sponsorship Program for individual child support, Adoption Advocacy services, English Teaching Internships, Specialist Volunteer placements, and Corporate Sponsorship partnerships. The organization also provides specialized services including Orientation and Mobility Training, vocational training, and therapy services (hippotherapy, aqua-therapy, sensory rooms).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Love is Blind (LIB): The umbrella program under which Bethel runs all its care, education, therapy, and medical care for visually impaired children. The program includes six centers providing services for up to 125 children.
• Family Preservation Center
• Outreach Project

Products and services

• Love Is Blind (LIB) Program The umbrella program through which Bethel China provides foster care, specialized education, medical care, therapy, orientation and mobility training, and life-skills training to visually impaired children (mostly orphans) across six project sites in China (Beijing, Zhengzhou, Jiaozuo, Nanjing, Jingdezhen, and Shang Rao).
• Outreach Program National-level program that supports thousands of children, caregivers, and families through eye screenings, surgeries, visual awareness workshops, community building, advocacy, and training of institutions across China.
• Child Sponsorship Program Recurring sponsorship program that lets individual donors sponsor a specific visually impaired child in Bethel's care, with sponsorship covering food, clothes, heating, water, school books, and therapy at $100 per month.
• Corporate Sponsorship / CSR Program CSR partnership program allowing companies to engage with Bethel through employee volunteer projects, financial sponsorship, in-kind donations, employee engagement, and matching donations, with transparency and social impact reporting.
• Teaching Internships English teaching volunteer internship requiring a 12-week commitment in which volunteers work in Bethel classrooms to prepare visually impaired students for transition, including to adoptive families abroad.
• Specialist Volunteer Placements Volunteer placement program for specialists (speech and language, occupational therapy, physical therapy, counseling) who travel to China to train Bethel staff, families, and other special-education professionals.
• Adoption Advocacy Advocacy program that prepares children in Bethel's care for adoption and connects eligible children with potential domestic and international adoptive families; Bethel itself is not an adoption agency.
• Family Preservation Center (Scholarships) Beijing-based program launched in 2019 providing scholarships so blind and visually impaired children can attend school rather than staying at home, supporting family-based care.

Quantifiable outcome

• 130+ children currently in care across 6 centers receiving comprehensive services
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Double Tree by Hilton HotelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDouble Tree by Hilton Hotel trained Bethel's chefs and cleaners in cooking and hygiene practices. The hotel allows Bethel to use its ballroom for the annual Christmas Concert each year. The hotel has also employed a Bethel graduate, demonstrating a commitment to supporting Bethel's alumni into employment.
• JinDingXuancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJinDingXuan donated funds for building repairs in the aftermath of serious flooding damage in Fangshan district. JinDingXuan also supported each Bethel employee to receive a health check, and provided food for Bethel's staff Christmas party and 'Children's Day' celebrations.
• ImmerqiminorGTM or Marketing PartnerImmerqi provided technical support by promoting Bethel's volunteer program to find skilled volunteers to serve with Bethel, helping to connect the organization with talent in areas such as translation, IT, grant writing, and communications.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Royal Society for Blind Children: RSBC provides education, mobility, emotional support, and advocacy for blind and visually impaired children and their families. Its child-focused service mix closely matches Bethel's specialized care and education model.
• Perkins School for the Blind: Perkins delivers education, early intervention, rehabilitation, orientation and mobility, and vocational services for people who are blind or visually impaired. Its specialized capabilities and beneficiary focus make it a direct operating comparator.
• Love Without Boundaries: Love Without Boundaries supports vulnerable children in China through nutrition, medical care, education, foster care, and adoption-related programs. Its China-based child-welfare model is closely comparable even though it is not limited to visual impairment.
• Holt International: Holt International provides adoption, family preservation, and child-welfare services for children and families internationally. Bethel's orphan care and adoption advocacy are directly comparable, though Holt's program scope is broader.

Broad incumbents

• Sightsavers: Sightsavers is a global eye-health nonprofit focused on blindness prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, advocacy, and training. It overlaps with Bethel's screenings, institutional training, and disability mission but operates at a much broader geographic scale.
• Orbis International: Orbis International delivers eye care, screenings, medical treatment, and professional training globally. It compares on the vision-health and institutional-training side of Bethel's Outreach Program, but not on residential child care or education.
• Helen Keller International: Helen Keller International addresses blindness prevention, eye health, nutrition, and disability inclusion through international programs. Its mission and national outreach capabilities overlap with Bethel, although its beneficiaries and delivery model are broader.
• SOS Children's Villages: SOS Children's Villages provides family-like care and long-term support for children without parental care across many countries. Its foster and orphan-care model is relevant to Bethel's core operations, despite lacking a visual-impairment specialization.

Emerging players

• OneSky: OneSky works with vulnerable children, caregivers, and communities in China and other regions on early development, family support, and training. Its China footprint and child-development services make it an emerging partial peer rather than a direct visual-impairment competitor.

Others

• Guide Dogs UK: Guide Dogs UK provides mobility and independence training for blind and partially sighted people. It is an adjacent peer through orientation and mobility training, but it is not a direct child-care or education competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCsSr9tMt_IU-aNDERrYus8g?view_as=subscriber
• Facebookfacebook.com/bethelchina.loveisblind
• Instagraminstagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/bethelchina
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bethel-china-foundation

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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