Good news! Hope Station’s Family Strengthening Program now has 13 fully sponsored families! We’re so encouraged to see these families thriving — accessing therapy, home visits, and caregiver support they never had before. For many of these children, it’s their first time ever receiving physical, speech, or behavioral therapy. And it’s only possible…
Families raising children with disabilities in China face very real hopelessness. They are desperate for help, for encouragement, and for community. That’s why this year’s Hope In Every Home Campaign is so important…
After 3 years away, I wasn’t sure what to expect during my trip back to China. I founded Hope Station in 2012, and lived in China from 2015-20. We served children with disabilities in orphanages, then transitioned to serve children with disabilities and their families in 2019. When I left…
Giving Tuesday 2021 is here! And these statistics are on our minds: –> Every year, around 100,000 children are abandoned. –> 98% of them have special needs. –> Children are left out in the cold because their families aren’t equipped to care for them. Hope Station offers a solution to…
In order to continue serving our 13 families and 15 more next year, we need to raise $55,000. If we can’t raise this amount by the end of the year, we will have to turn families away. Will you help us reach this goal?
We stopped focusing on orphan care. It might sound harsh, but it’s important. A child with special needs in China is at risk of becoming an orphan at any moment. Even the best-intentioned parents could find themselves abandoning their child due to extreme financial, social, or family pressures. One mother…
Today, we honor the stellar dads in China who have been bravely raising their child who has special needs. And what better way than to share a few of their own words with you.
“The results of the examination were very bad. The doctor even advised us to give up treatment, but my husband and I did not want to give up. Although our financial situation is very bad, we are willing to make every effort to save our child. The recovery process is long and difficult, but we will stick to it and hope that our child’s situation will get better!”
“Every time the dance teacher came to give JunJie a dance lesson, he would be surrounded by his neighbors,” Family Strengthening Program Manager Erica Xu shares. “At the beginning, everyone was curious about whether the child could actually dance. Or whether the teacher was willing to teach someone with Down…
God has paved the way for something really exciting: Serving FAMILIES who have children with special needs. In order to support 15 families in 2021, we need to raise $50,000 by the end of the year! Would you step up today to be a champion for a child and their family?
