EDEN MINISTRY

Country: China (undisclosed location)
Staff: 16 full time, and up to 10 part time staff.
Year Established: 2003
Primary languages: English, Mandarin
Products: Jewellery and bookmarks
Needs: Increased opportunities to grow and expand to support other women in China.
Social Media: Facebook
email: eden@careandshare.com.au

Eden provides a healthy working environment where they teach positive work ethics, encourage creativity and help strengthen self-esteem.

Eden is a non-for-profit business, so every purchase made is an investment back into their work. Funds from sales support their shelters, medical clinics and provide wages for the women in their workshop.

Eden story - Xiao Fang
Xiao Fang came to the city with hugh expectations of getting a job to support her family. When she got off the bus in the city she was offered a job by a couple who said they were hiring workers for a big supermarket. Just the kind of job she was hoping for she went with them to their office and handed over her ID. They then asked her if she was a virgin, when she answered yes they gave her a drink that was drugged and when she woke up she was locked in a brothel, they kept her drugged and sold her virginity. Then the brothel was raided and the police did not believe her story so she was imprisoned. Eden met her through their prison outreach and she is now safe and recovering from her ordeal and working for Eden Ministry.