Field Notes

10 toys from nothing helping China’s “left behind” children

In the absence of big budgets for store-bought toys – imaginations take over and what teachers and children can create […]

Kids hop, step and jump ahead

Left behind but not falling behind in rural China Millions of children in China’s rural villages are left behind each […]

Rain rain come again – little Yufei wants to learn

How a rainstorm in China became a lesson for orphanage preschoolers Yufei was first to notice it. It’s raining! Why […]

Tackling Vietnam’s problem daycare centers

Vietnamese parents with no alternative but to leave children with under-qualified carers can start to hope for improvement In 2017, […]

When this groundbreaking nursery opened a reading corner – something wonderful happened (PICS)

The Early Learning Center (ELC) in Da Nang in Vietnam is one of a kind – set up specifically for […]

Why Vietnam is considering childcare as its industry grows

By Jenny Bowen, Founder & CEO OneSky Imagine being a parent moving from rural Vietnam to a big city for […]

They call themselves the “Spicy Sisters.”

…and a message from one of their fathers made our day. In 2007, nine girls were all adopted from the […]

How a special teacher gave “left behind” Yutong hope

Yutong is one of rural China’s “left behind” children, but while her parents have moved away for work, teacher Li […]

20 Steps: How love transformed one child’s life, and thousands more followed.

It started with a single adopted child who learned to laugh, love and be loved.                                       1 (1997) Jenny and […]

This mother’s love turned an adopted child’s life around – then inspired a miracle. (VIDEO)

Jenny Bowen reasoned if love could turn around one child’s life, then why not more? It did – almost 170,000 […]