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Good times, hard times (life is a rollercoaster).
There seems to be a lot happening right at the moment. First of all, we are running an urgent appeal to fund surgery for precious baby Leon. He is only 15 days old, and weighs just over 2kg. He was...
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Leon is home
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone for the swift and generous response to the Appeal for Leon. This surgery literally saved his life – and we are so grateful!!! Leon is back at...
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Jesse’s story
Jesse’s story is hard and complicated. It’s full of twists and turns. When you guess whats going to happen next, you are likely to find everything going in a completely different direction. Jesse came...
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Bethany and Brian
Bethany and Brian share a lot of special bonds with each other. They have both experienced abandonment at an early age – they knew fear and uncertainty before they ever really knew love. They both...
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Happy-sad news
Does this look like a child needing end-of-life care? A medically fragile little one struggling with complex and overwhelming challenges? A child with a life-limiting condition requiring specialist...
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Go Jack!!!
We are primarily a home for children with life-limiting conditions – and for many of our children, we become the only family they have. We make it our first priority to be a strong loving family, the...
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Birthday promises.
Zach’s birthday was back at the end of August – but we like to share our celebrations, even if we are a little late. Poor Zach had a rough time over summer. He really doesn’t like hot weather. We have...
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Grateful!
Thanks so much to everyone who responded so swiftly and generously to Leon’s appeal. We are happy to share that his progress since surgery has been pretty spectacular. He just passed his one-month...
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Our fabulous nurses
We share loads of pictures of our fabulous children here – but today we wanted to share a few of our fabulous nurses. Recently the nurses took part in a training session with head nurse Katie. They put...
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Happy Birthday Edmund
Happy Birthday to our delightful Edmund. Its impossible not to be drawn in by Edmund’s amazing grin. He expresses joy with his whole being – from the top of his head to the tips of his toes. It wasn’t...
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Three cheers for Noah
Noah is such a precious part of our Butterfly family. He has hydrocephalus – a fancy word which means that the drainage system in his skull doesn’t operate the way it should. Instead of just the right...
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Ten years!!
We are celebrating ten years. It’s been ten years since Lyn and Alan Gould’s vision of helping the least of these in China began to blossom. That vision had been growing a long time – it began when...
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Second chances
Everyone deserves a second chance. In the past, we have watched with wonder as our ‘second chance’ kids spread their wings and took off into the world. Remember sad little Michael, who came to us after...
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Loving Brandon
Loving Brandon was hard. Not because of Brandon – he was a beautiful boy. He had beautiful eyes and a gentle heart. He loved massages and his face lit up during sensory therapy. He also had severe...
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Our tiny warrior
Our sweet Jenna has been having an incredibly rough time lately. She is in Shanghai, thanks to the wonderful support of Baobei foundation. Initially she presented for intestinal abnormalities. She also...
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The many faces of Brian
William sometimes reminds us of comedian Jim Carey because of his incredible range of facial expressions and beaming smile. It’s impossible to look at him and not smile back. But now William has a...
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One of our heroes.
Sweet Matilda is waiting not-so-patiently for her wheelchair. There’s a necessary mechanical part which is currently out of stock, so it’s taking a little longer than we hoped. If all goes to plan, we...
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Thank you from Joseph
Thank you to everyone who has been part of Joseph’s team. Every person who has shared this story, donated, sent loving messages or kept him in their thoughts is important in Joseph’s life. Its...
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Soaking up the sunshine …while we can.
Summer is well and truly slipping away here, and we are getting ready for the cold of winter to set in. Before it gets wet and snowy, we are taking advantage of every bit of autumn sunshine. These...
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Matilda and William’s new adventure
Matilda and William have begun a whole new adventure. William was a tiny baby when he arrived here, Matilda was an older child. But they each arrived fighting for their lives. Now, they have no...
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