GongYi Home of Hope

So what does one do in the Summer? That was one of the questions floating around the Home of Hope last week as the children were all preparing for their final test of the year and looking forward (beyond the test) to some fun times this summer. Due to logistic difficulties, we will not be […]

As Springtime quietly yet unyielding melds into Summer the activities at the Home of Hope continue. The children are preparing for their mid term tests for the final term of this year… some with great confidence.. some with major apprehension but regardless of their particular emotional state regarding their tests, everyone knows the days are […]

ABOVE LEFT: Gail Yang Er Ge who was in the first group of children to come to the Home of Hope which opened February 19, 2000. ABOVE RIGHT: Jenny Yang Jin Feng, the very first child we found in our first child search. What a joyful child she has been as she has grown up. […]

Thanks to many of you, the “soon to arrive” Christmas of 2014 will remain a memorable one in the lives of the children. We typically forego buying things like winter coats and warm shoes and long-jons for the children until Christmas, so they add to the excitement of “gifts under the tree”. However, the “wait” […]

November Awards Banquet. We don’t always get to do this, but when we can, we like to take those children with the “Highest Scholastic Achievement” for the month or the “Most Improved” for the month out for an awards dinner or supper. They always dearly enjoy it and it creates a higher desire in each […]