Because every child, no matter how humble her beginnings, deserves loving care, and a chance at a bright future.

LiuShan-Love for Babies

HTS Field Supervisor, Liu Shan (above right):
I started working for Half the Sky as a nanny at the Xinyang Social Welfare Institution.  Then I became the Nanny Supervisor.  Last year I became an Infant Nurture Field Supervisor and travel all over for Half the Sky.. I loved working as a nanny because I spent so much time with the babies. But my job as a field supervisor is also gratifying....

Changing Children's Lives

Changing children’s lives does not require new facilities or expensive playthings or complicated new procedures. Human contact is the most important ingredient, and caretakers can make a huge difference—just by taking an extra moment whenever possible to hold the babies, talk to the children, hug them all, and assure them that someone cares.           
—For the Children, Half the Sky’s training manual

The time they spend in the institution, many months at least and often many years, has a tremendous impact on orphaned children’s long term development.

For the children who will never be adopted, Half the Sky programs are the closest thing they will ever receive to the love and support of a birth family.  Orphanage caregivers are too often over-worked and under-trained.  Too often, there is no one else to provide the children with the developmental opportunities (and love!) that every child needs and deserves.

Thousands of children are now enrolled in Half the Sky’s four programs that provide love and hope for children living in China’s orphanages: