Born in the late fall of 2014 in northern Anhui, Benjamin soon joined our Heartbridge Healing Home for extra love and care to prepare for cleft surgery. He was a beautiful baby with the crabbiest set of eyebrows, and LWB volunteers loved to see new pictures of “Grumpy Benjamin” in our email inboxes each week.
As orphaned children grow older, their opportunity to be chosen for adoption shrinks. Today we are highlighting 15 children from our programs in China who are currently waiting for a permanent home of their own. We believe that every child deserves a family. Even if you aren’t able to adopt, you can help by sharing this blog in the hope that hearts will be moved.
Every year we sort through thousands of pictures taken in our programs over the last twelve months to come up with our Top Ten Photos. In today’s blog , we are sharing two photos that we are featuring as honorable mentions and our favorite Photos 5-10. Watch for tomorrow’s blog where we bring you the Top Five!
This weeks marks the start of our annual giving campaign, and this year’s theme is Let Love Shine. Over the next six weeks, we want to share with you some of the beautiful stories of hope which your kindness have made possible. Today we’d like to introduce you to baby Jerome, who is currently brightening the halls of our Heartbridge Healing Home.
Did you ever wonder why March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day? March 21, or 3/21, signifies the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome which causes Down Syndrome. Around the world, people are proudly wearing crazy socks and celebrating the joy that people with Down Syndrome bring to the world. Today we would like to shine the spotlight on ten children with Down Syndrome in our programs who are waiting to be chosen for adoption. Here they are from oldest to youngest:
Right before Christmas in 2015, baby Erin came into this world. Born with Down Syndrome and a heart defect, she found herself in an orphanage in central China. An orphanage isn’t the best place for any child, but for Erin and her weak heart, it was a very difficult beginning. Her orphanage called us for help because she wasn’t gaining weight, and we welcomed her into our Heartbridge Healing Home. She weighed less than seven pounds at six months of age.
In April of last year, our Heartbridge Healing Home welcomed a new baby named Jimmy. Jimmy’s orphanage was concerned because he was having trouble feeding after it was discovered that he was born with a heart defect. The Heartbridge nannies got to work feeding him nutritious formula and giving him specialized care. In August, Jimmy […]
At LWB, it’s a real celebration each time we hear that one of the orphaned children in our China programs has found a forever home. Ten years ago, almost every child in LWB care would have had their files prepared for international adoption. Today, when we learn a child has been chosen, our first question now is “Domestic or International?”
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, a chance to spread awareness and celebrate the children in our programs. Over the past few years, we have seen more and more children with Down Syndrome become eligible for adoption. One of Love Without Boundaries’ core beliefs is that EVERY child deserves a family. With that in mind, we present fourteen beautiful children who are waiting for permanent families of their own.
In July, our Heartbridge Healing Home welcomed a tiny preemie weighing just four pounds. Her name was Olive. Olive was so tiny and weak that she could barely suck on her bottle. Thankfully, the Heartbridge nannies have lots of experience with premature babies. In just one month, she was quickly downing entire bottles right to the last drop!
