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A New Era (Part 1)
Lyn Gould, CEO, shares about her recent experiences from her latest trip to China: “There are times in this China journey when the moment feels surreal. One such moment was in May as I stood in front...
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Ronan’s road to recovery
When Ronan arrived to our home, his future was very uncertain. He was an extremely sick little boy and his ayis and nurses sat by his side day after day, night after night, willing him to improve. We...
View ArticleFantastic Fundraiser! Plymouth High School, UK
We were delighted to know that Plymouth High School for Girls were organising a Fundraiser to support Butterfly earlier this year. The Chinese Club hosted a fun event including authentic Chinese food,...
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The second blog in this series reflects on the learning and ‘moving forward’ after this conference, teasing out the what next? Before we get to the serious learning, Lyn Gould shared some cultural...
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Joseph’s Journey
The first thing everyone noticed when Joseph came through the doors of the Butterfly Home, was his cheeky smile and sweet giggle. As soon as he came through the front door, he relaxed. It was like he...
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Birthday Bonanza
Birthday’s in the Butterfly Home are always a BIG deal. We celebrate each child’s birthday with joy, happiness and parties, knowing for some, it may be their last one. We pull out all of the stops,...
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All about adoption
We are celebrating this Summer that thirty two Butterflies are home with their forever families! Thirty two Butterflies who have the World at their feet now and are all thriving with their families....
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Elora turns one
We cannot believe that this little girl is turning one already. Although we celebrated last month with a joint mega Butterfly birthday bonanza, this week Elora officially turns one. She has overcome so...
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Snowy’s safe place.
Today we welcomed a beautiful twelve year old girl into our home. We know very little about her past but we do have a few things we can share with you: She is extremely fragile, with numerous...
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September 2018 is childhood cancer awareness month. Many people think that hospices are full of children dying from cancer, but the reality we have seen is extremely different. Services for children...
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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival
Wishing all of our supporters a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. The chef Ayi’s in the Butterfly Home are busy preparing a delicious feast for the staff and children. The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated by...
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Ronan’s special day.
Earlier this month, we celebrated a very special day. Our youngest Butterfly turned one! In true Butterfly style, Ronan had not one, but two birthday parties. His first party, was a joint one with...
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Bigger vision, new directions – Part One
This blog post is the first instalment in a two-part series written by our CEO Lyn Gould about exciting new developments for Butterfly Children’s Hospices. “Yesterday I wept silent tears again. I was...
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End of the Summer sunshine
Some of our favourite things about Summer included: * The brighter mornings and evenings. * Trips out to the playground. * The feeling of the sun against our faces. * Ice cream, sweet treats and more...
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Bigger vision, new directions – Part Two.
This blog post is the second installment in a two-part series written by our CEO Lyn Gould about exciting new developments for Butterfly Children’s Hospices. “In my last blog recounted the story of...
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Meet the team Monday
Today we would like to introduce two of our newest team members. We are delighted that are nursing team is expanding and over the last few months we have had two wonderful Chinese nurses, Lily and...
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Edmund’s eighth birthday extravaganza!
Edmund has been with us in the Butterfly Home for quite some time now. He is adored by all of the staff and volunteers, quickly grabbing everyone’s attention and hearts as soon as they enter the doors...
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Hats on for children’s palliative care #Hatson4CPC
Today, October 12th, people all around the World are putting on their hats for #Hatson4CPC. We are all wearing hats to help raise awareness for children’s palliative care. We are asking you to send us...
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World Hospice & Palliative Care Day
Today is World Hospice & Palliative Care Day. This is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. Read more about it here...
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Thankful Tuesday
We have been extremely blessed recently by two wonderful families travelling to China in the next few weeks who kindly offered to carry suitcases of much needed supplies to the Butterfly Home. We are...
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