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The Dream Team…
One of the most important parts of what we do is having the right team of people working for Butterfly Children’s Hospices, both in the home and as part of the wider international team. This team is...
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Butterfly birthdays.
Over the last two months we celebrated three special Butterfly birthdays. Noah, Karis and Snowy all turned a year older. Celebrations seemed never-ending in our home with music and joy filling our...
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Love for Linton
Earlier this month we welcomed Linton, a 10-year old boy into our care. He has a complex medical history and was extremely fragile when he arrived. His first few nights were hard; he was in a new...
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Wayne’s World
Last October we shared the story of a very special boy, Wayne. He was a little boy we began caring for just after his first birthday. He had complex medical issues and his prognosis was very uncertain....
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Fond farewells
Life has been all sorts of crazy in the Butterfly Home these last few months. Today, we want to rewind to earlier this Spring when we said goodbye to two of our long term nurses, Chriselle and Chloe...
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Jesse’s Journey
Jesse is nearly 9 and a half years old, having arrived to the Butterfly Home as a baby. He was admitted with bilateral eye tumours, for end of life care. Luckily, these were not malignant and we were...
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Getting to know our nurses.
We are blessed with a wonderful team of nurses in the Butterfly Home. We currently have a strong team of five Chinese nurses, led by Molin. Today, we are going to introduce three of these nurses. Wendy...
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Hope for Hailey
Hailey has been with us since she was 8 months old. She is now two and a half years old. The change in her since those early days is incredible. She is the little princess in our home and adored by her...
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Ronan is ready for a family.
Ronan is our youngest Butterfly in the home at present. He will turn two in September and has been with us since he was only a few months old. You can read about his early days with us in older blog...
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Super Stephanie & her fantastic family!
Stephanie was a Butterfly Trustee for many years and here she shares what it meant to her and her family: “Being involved with Butterfly has been such a joy not only for me, but my whole family. I...
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John’s journey
John will be eleven in November and he has been in our home for nearly seven years. It is hard to believe we have had the privilege of watching John grow over the last seven years. But now, he really...
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Precious Yonas
Yonas celebrates his 13th birthday this month and we now officially have two teenagers in our care! We cannot believe how fast Yonas and Snowy are growing. This is the first birthday we get to spend...
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Reuben’s progress report.
Reuben celebrates his 8th birthday this week! This is his third birthday spent in our home and each celebration is bigger than the one before. When Reuben arrived he was extremely fragile and...
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Poppy Made Her Wish
Some of you may remember this gorgeous girl Poppy (previously Katelyn when she was in our home). Well, it is safe to say this girl is loving life and thriving with her forever family. Every picture we...
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Elora’s next chapter
Elora is a ray of sunshine in the home. She radiates joy and happiness. From the first thing in the morning to the last thing at night, the home is filled with her chatter and giggles. She loves to...
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Julie is on the move…
Julie is the latest Butterfly to get her very own set of wheels, as a result of a generous donation from some Chinese supporters. We are very thankful for this local support we receive to help improve...
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Kind Karis
Karis has been in our home for over two and a half years now and she is well settled into her surroundings. It has been just over a year since she received her ‘pink wheels’, which have really changed...
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Joyful Jonah.
Jonah is 3 and a half years old, having arrived to the Butterfly Home when he was only a few weeks old. In a short space of time we saw him gain weight quickly and begin to thrive. Since his arrival he...
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Maggie the magical musician & marvellous trustee
Maggie is a member of our Board of Trustees and has been involved with Butterfly Children’s Hospice since 2010, when she spent several months volunteering in Changsha. She has over 16 years of...
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A special connection.
Some of you may remember our exciting visit from HRH The Princess Royal in 2017. You can read about that joyous occasion again here. This special connection continued earlier this Spring when another...
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