Experts are calling it the Hidden Pandemic. UNICEF says it’s “the worst crisis for children UNICEF has seen in its 75-year history.” Due to COVID-19, an estimated 5,328,500 children have lost a primary or secondary caregiver from their home, according to this orphanhood calculator in partnership with this article published…
Giving Tuesday 2021 is here! And these statistics are on our minds: –> Every year, around 100,000 children are abandoned. –> 98% of them have special needs. –> Children are left out in the cold because their families aren’t equipped to care for them. Hope Station offers a solution to…
In order to continue serving our 13 families and 15 more next year, we need to raise $55,000. If we can’t raise this amount by the end of the year, we will have to turn families away. Will you help us reach this goal?
You’re in for a treat… Erica Xu is on the blog with us today! She’s our Family Strengthening Program Manager, here to share with you about a child she has been working with. “龙龙有脑瘫，下肢严重变形，而且情况越来越严重.” “LongLong lives with Cerebral Palsy. His lower limbs are severely deformed and his condition is getting…
We stopped focusing on orphan care. It might sound harsh, but it’s important. A child with special needs in China is at risk of becoming an orphan at any moment. Even the best-intentioned parents could find themselves abandoning their child due to extreme financial, social, or family pressures. One mother…
Today, we honor the stellar dads in China who have been bravely raising their child who has special needs. And what better way than to share a few of their own words with you.
Before I left this morning, you asked me, “Mama, do you like your job so much that you’re willing to leave this early in the morning?” I want to tell you that “if you have the power to do good, you should not refuse to do it for those who deserve it”, because there are people who need us to do good, and we have that power.
“The results of the examination were very bad. The doctor even advised us to give up treatment, but my husband and I did not want to give up. Although our financial situation is very bad, we are willing to make every effort to save our child. The recovery process is long and difficult, but we will stick to it and hope that our child’s situation will get better!”
“Every time the dance teacher came to give JunJie a dance lesson, he would be surrounded by his neighbors,” Family Strengthening Program Manager Erica Xu shares. “At the beginning, everyone was curious about whether the child could actually dance. Or whether the teacher was willing to teach someone with Down…
Happy Chinese New Year! On February 12th we hosted a Virtual Chinese New Year Party, and many of you attended! It was such a treat to celebrate the Lunar New Year with you. Throughout the event, we met new friends, did lots of family-friendly activities, and learned about Chinese New…