GongYi Home of Hope

For whatever reason, this year everyone has really been wanting snow. We aren’t sure if it is all the news of the big snows in the US and other parts of the world or a lack of rain, sleet or snow during this lengthy drought we are experiencing here in central China or maybe even […]

Most of the pictures in this update are from our April 2009 collection. We will cover several activities but mostly we hope you celebrate the onset of Spring with us! After a long, cold and hard winter it is really nice to shed the two or three layers of “long jons”, get out the old […]

This is a very short update about the conclusion of our Chinese New Years. Let it Snow! All winter long the children have been asking and asking when it was going to snow. Unlike past winters when we received more than our share of snow, rain and heavy winds, this winter has simply been cold. […]

BOYS WILL BE BOYS A few days ago, Michael Yang Wen Bo (11 years old), Calvin Ge Hua Wei (14 years old), Peter Ma Hong Qi (10 years old) and Joseph Li Shi Yan (13 years old) decided to play “hooky” from school in the afternoon. As he does everyday, our bus driver took them […]

This is our second year to have our Home of Hope Summer Camp which is when we bring all the Home of Hope children (from both XuZhou and GongYi) and many of the employees together for one week of fun activities, corporate teaching on character and social graces. After last years Summer Camp we realized […]