No, at the request of the welfare institutions, we ask that sponsors not share the reports with others, including prospective adoptive parents. After adoptive parents bring their child home they... more

No, because the cost for helping each child varies widely, your donation goes into a pool of funds for older children. Sponsors receive a bilingual, youth-produced newsletter twice a year so they... more

Because all proceeds from the sale of merchandise go to support our programs, a portion of their purchase price is tax-deductible in the United States. Please visit... more

Yes, our financials are audited every year by an independent auditor and are included in our Annual Report... more

Half the Sky’s approach to nurturing the institutionalized child draws from Italy’s... more

For the past several years, Half the Sky has been focused on becoming solely a training and mentoring organization - to one day give full ownership of and responsibility for its programs to the... more

1 Big Family is our online community that connects our supporters all over the world to each other and to the children, who will... more

Half the Sky has no access to orphanage records/medical information about your child. We happily send our progress reports to adoptive families after the adoption is finalized, but because our... more

We will be happy to check to see if we have any progress reports/photos on file for your daughter or son and, if we do, send you the original Chinese and an English translation of the reports.... more

Adult volunteer opportunities in China are limited, but every year we try to arrange at least one service trip for a small group of volunteers. Please check out ... more

We are unable to arrange for visits to our centers. Many of our supporters do visit orphanages and arrange permission for those visits through homeland tour travel agents or by contacting the... more

Half the Sky does not collect toys or clothing for orphanages. Our centers are initially well stocked with toys, books and music carefully chosen by our child development experts and when the... more

We need to fundraise to support our Child Development Experts (CDEs) in their independent training and mentoring work and to fulfill our responsibility to keep our programs running until we... more

Half the Sky works all over China and through the Rainbow Program is helping to train every child welfare worker in the nation. Here is a... more

Children are increasingly some of our most creative fundraisers--their efforts include running lemonade stands and bake sales, collecting donations instead of presents for their birthdays or on... more

You will receive a report with a photo about the progress your sponsored child has made three times a year.

Yes, sponsors continue to sponsor the same child unless the child leaves our program. When a child leaves our program, most often because she/he has been adopted or has moved on to the local... more

No, Half the Sky is not an adoption agency, and we have nothing to do with the adoption process (though many of our most loyal supporters are adoptive parents!). We suggest that prospective... more

There is nothing as good for a child as growing up in a permanent loving family, but, for many reasons, large numbers of orphaned children are institutionalized, either for short or for very long... more

We will begin the process of turning the funding and administration of our already established Children’s Centers over to the Chinese in 2015. After that process is complete, Half the Sky will be... more

Below are the instructions for creating a new password for those who are having trouble logging in. Thank you for your patience—we are working on simplifying the process.

1. Click "Request... more

You will receive the reports, each with a photo via e-mail unless you specifically request that they be mailed. By agreeing to receive e-mailed reports, you help Half the Sky save postage, copying... more