Says Chen, "I saw Africa's need as well as my own responsibility." Hoping that his family would join him, he spent six months talking with his wife about it. Little by little, he allayed her concerns about Africa's lack of public security, health risks and poor educational infrastructure.
「我看到了非洲的需要，並在那需要上，看到自己的責任，」陳志成說，他希望全家人能夠一起去，因此花了半年的時間和太太溝通，逐漸消弭另一半對於非洲治安敗壞、疫病威脅、教育資源缺乏等種種顧慮。