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Growing Up With Hugs

Since our preschool program was created in Kunming in July 2014, thanks to the support of Half the Sky Australia, […]

ZhiHai, a Curious Student

A day with my sweet little ZhiHai sounds something like this: “What’s that, teacher?”?“What is it for?”?“What does it smell […]

I Still Believe in Love

Sometimes children are relinquished to the care of the social welfare institution at a later age. In our Youth Services […]

A Bumper Crop for the Children

My husband and I enjoy gardening and are very lucky to have a nice courtyard we can use to teach […]

Yiou, My Little Angel

Yiou is a six-year-old girl in my Little Sisters Preschool classroom who has made remarkable progress since I first met […]

Nursing Junru Back to Health

When I met Junru three years ago on his first day in our Infant Nurture Program, he was 8 months […]

An Athlete in the Making

In April of this year, we made a wonderful discovery. Changshan, a 15-year-old boy in our Youth Services program, is […]

2014 Youth Services Workshop

This summer, 30 of our Youth Services participants, ranging in ages from 16 to 25, gathered in Beijing for a […]

Friendly Photo Contest!

On a warm summer’s day in July, thirty of our Youth Services participants gathered at the Old Summer Palace, for […]

Nickname Woes

Every child in our family has a cute nickname. Giving our children nicknames keeps us close. But sometimes, the nicknames […]