Heshan’s First Year in Our Family
Our daughter Heshan joined our foster family more than a year ago, at the age of 3, and when I […]
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Entries by Maya Bowen
A Mother and Daughter’s Shared Destiny
Orphaned children have always been part of my life. My mother was the director of a district-level institution. I remember […]
2015 China Care Home Volunteers
Summer time is always a special time of year at the Chunhui China Care Home… it’s when our volunteers arrive […]
Training Ruonan’s Nanny
Newborn Ruonan arrived at the Kaifeng SWI on a cold winter’s day. She was tiny, had a lower limb deformity, […]
WenJing Learns Patience & Scarf-Knitting
Wenjing, a 15-year old girl in our Youth Services program, attends our art classes and is a skilled young lady […]
Feihong, a Confident Girl
When I first met Feihong, she was a small, helpless baby, but in the last two years, I have watched […]
Xingshuo, a Sketching Genius
Meet Xingshuo, our ‘Sketching Genius!’ Xingshuo joined our Youth Services Program in 2011 and it was clear from the start […]
A Loving Daughter
When Ma ChunXue became a dad at our Family Village in Changchun, he knew his three children, especially his daughter […]
Children’s Day In Chongqing
To celebrate Children’s Day, our Family Village families in Chongqing gathered for a lively performance. The main hall was all […]
A Dairy Farm Visit Topped off by Chocolate Milk!
Some children in our preschool recently got to visit a dairy farm to learn about cows and the milk production […]