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Meet the Team: Roberta O’Hara, Global Development Director

In this special edition of Meet the Team, our new Global Development Director shares – in her own words – […]

October was “giving back month” at Microsoft – an opportunity Microsoft employee and OneSky supporter David Bramble could not resist. […]

January 23, 2015/0 Comments/in Blog /by Maya Bowen

Dear Jiangjiang, In one month, you will be leaving our program and joining a family. I have loved you, doted […]

August 22, 2014/0 Comments/in Blog /by Maya Bowen

Nanny Connect is only a few months old but already, we have seen many heartwarming exchanges take place between parents […]

At Half the Sky, we often get messages from adoptive families telling us how wonderfully their child is adapting to […]

September 10, 2013/0 Comments/in Blog /by Maya Bowen

On March 25, 2013, Jill Mckinley met her son, Riyan James Cates (Guo Ri Yan), in Guangxi Province. Shortly after […]

When Bosheng first entered the Infant Nurture Program, he held back when his nanny tried to play with him. Undaunted, […]

For as long as I can remember, I have lived at the Xiamen Social Welfare Institution. The staff here gave […]

My husband and I adopted our son, Zheng (now Eli Zheng) from the Chongqing Children’s Welfare Institution on May 12, 2005. […]