Small Business Contributors
Our small business contributors pledge a portion of the proceeds from their services or products to help support Half the Sky programs.
Because every child, no matter how humble her beginnings, deserves loving care, and a chance at a bright future.
Half the Sky city, Fuzhou (or Linchuan) is in an essentially poor part of Jiangxi province but there is enough to keep you busy-- roller-skating, bowling, the waterpark, a walk by the river or stroll through the People's Park. Noodles for lunch cost only 2RMB, while a meal with fish, rice and vegetable costs about five. An 80-minute foot massage is just 30 kuai (about US$4)!
Sharing their good fortune
For one San Francisco Bay Area family, fundraising for Half the Sky started with Richard Bowen’s book, Mei Mei, Little Sister: Portraits from a Chinese Orphanage. When Ava Chan showed the book to her 14-year-old son, Peter and her 13-year-old daughter, Vivian two years ago, they poured over the haunting portraits of girls living in Chinese orphanages. “We were so touched by the moving photos,” says Peter....