Paolo was abandoned on the street with a serious eye condition and taken in, twenty years ago, when he was two, by the brothers of the House of Dawn.
The Dawn House children’s home, run by nuns, was founded by Ramon Wang Chonglin, bishop of Zhaoxian (Ningjin) diocese, in the late 1980s.
The sisters belong to the Congregation of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, in the diocese of Zhaoxian (Ningjin), Hebei province, mainland China.
Thanks to them and the knowledge of an Italian journalist, Dongdong later met his adopted family in Italy. In this country he began a path that led him to become a young Paralympic judo champion.
The sisters belong to the Congregation of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, in the diocese of Zhaoxian (Ningjin), Hebei province, mainland China.
Thanks to them and the knowledge of an Italian journalist, Dongdong later met his adopted family in Italy. In this country he began a path that led him to become a young Paralympic judo champion.
(Agenzia Fides).- From the orphanage of Catholic nuns in the Chinese province of Hebei to the Paralympic Games in Paris. This is the shocking story of Dongdong Paolo Camannia young Paralympic judo athlete representing Italy at the Paris 2024 Games.
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Sister Wang Qingfen is a religious of the Congregation of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, in the diocese of Zhaoxian (Ningjin)Hebei province, mainland China. Twenty years ago, she and the sisters of the House of Dawn took in a two-year-old boy suffering from bilateral retinoblastoma (a serious eye disease that occurs in the first years of life) and left on the road. Twenty years later, the sisters of the House of Dawn also expressed their best wishes on social networks to “their” Dongdong, who will leave Italy to participate in the Paralympic Games in Paris.
“Twenty years ago, the sisters of the House of Dawn took in their arms a two-year-old boy suffering from bilateral retinoblastoma and abandoned him on the street”
Dongdong was the name given by the nuns 20 years ago to the child they saved. Thanks to them and the knowledge of an Italian journalist, Dongdong met his adoptive family in Italy. In this country he began a path that led him to become a young Paralympic judo champion, winner of the gold medal at the EPYG (European Para Youth Games) and a world bronze medal in 2022 in Baku.
Dongdong is one of more than six hundred abandoned disabled children who found love, a home and a good life because of the caring love of the sisters of the Congregation of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and their care work to the weak and sick.
she The House of Aurora children’s homerun by nuns, was founded by Ramon Wang Chonglin, bishop of the Diocese of Zhaoxian (Ningjin), in the late 1980s At that time, disabled children were often found abandoned at or near train stations in hospitals. Bishop Wang bought a house, called the sisters of St. Teresa and asked them if they wanted to be the mother of those children, helping them escape from their miserable situation. Of the 600 men and women they welcomed, 40% suffered poliomyelitis. With diligent work, the sisters helped them to live, to know Jesus, to study, to work, to start a family.
“Dongdong is one of more than six hundred abandoned disabled children who found love, a home and a good life thanks to the caring love of the brothers of the Congregation of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the their job to take care of the weak and sick.
Now, Casa Aurora divided into three parts: the Care Center (in the town of Biancun), the Rehabilitation Station (in Gaoyi County) and the Functional Rehabilitation Center (in Ningjin County). For 38 years, the sisters have dedicated their best youth to healing the wounds, both physical and internal, of disabled children and youth. To gather the necessary funds to continue their work, the sisters invented original initiatives with great creativity (such as the marathon organized to collect donations).
To the reporters who asked her before about her life and the life of the House of Dawn, Sister Wang Qingfen replied: “We feel honored because the Lord has given us this gift, to our Congregation and to each of us… This place has seen many miracles happen for the love of the Lord, which has benefited the whole society and many people of good will.”
