Field Notes
The Footprint of Growth
Hello, everyone! My name is Kong Anzhi, and I’ve been working at Half the Sky for more than 13 years. […]
The Story of Long Yiou
Long Yiou is a six-year-old girl with short hair and big round eyes who is enrolled in the Little Sister […]
Love, Nanny Wei Lian Fu
On March 25, 2013, Jill Mckinley met her son, Riyan James Cates (Guo Ri Yan), in Guangxi Province. Shortly after […]
A Better and Better Youth Newsletter
This summer, 30 teenagers and young adults in Half the Sky’s Youth Services Program gathered in Beijing for a Digital […]
A Girl Without Choice
Talking with Guo can always make me feel happy. She is good at communicating with people. Being with her, I […]
A Strong Girl—Xia
The first time I met Xia was in a vocational school, and she came to Shanghai for a baking training […]
An Independent Girl—Zhen
I felt heartrending when reading Wang Li’s story for the first time. I thought we did a great job for […]
Growing Up
Each pain I experienced, each fight I struggled for life, each moving moment I witness during the life journey, are […]
Zhou Jing From Chongqing
I grew up without my parents’ presence. I lived with my aunt. What I knew about family at that time […]
Xia Qinhong
I’m Xia Qinhong, such an ordinary girl who lives in the Nanning orphanage. I am not smart but I get […]