LWB Stories

Bella’s Story

We would like to introduce you to a beautiful, brand new American citizen — seven-year old Bella.  Bella has only been living in the United States for two months.  Before that time, she was living in a Social Welfare Institute in Anhui province and attending kindergarten prep at our “Believe In Me” Huainan program.   It warms our heart to hear how far Bella has come since she first began as a reluctant student at BIM, and we’d happy to feature her story as LWB’s February Story of the Month.
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Waiting for a Family of His Own

John has been waiting for a family of his own for many years.  In 2005, he entered LWB’s Lu’An foster care program in Anhui province. Although John is particularly close to his foster father, he longs to be adopted and become part of a family forever. He has seen at least two foster siblings chosen for adoption, and you can imagine how he must feel that it has not yet happened for him.
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Help for Heartbridge

Heartbridge really needs your help! The Healing Homes team has been working hard to bring this essential program up to full sponsorship and meet our monthly budget. With a little help from the LWB General Fund and several fundraisers, we thought we might squeak through 2010 without any shortfall. And then…the virus hit.
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Born In My Heart Art Auction….Coming Soon!

Love Without Boundaries Wants You…

to help us keep making a difference in the lives of children!

Join us for our 7th annual Born in My Heart art auction to be held April 22-27, 2010.

For six years running, LWB has held its annual Born In My Heart art auction to raise awareness – and funds – for children in China’s orphanages. These children need life-saving surgeries and often have no one to advocate for them.

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A Love for Life and Learning

For the past two and a half years, exuberant eight-year old Rosa has been in our Zhaotong foster care program. Rosa was born with a clubbed foot and an extra toe and also has suffered nerve damage following surgery for spinal bifida. These and other medical issues have prevented her from attending school, but Rosa refuses to let that stop her from learning. To support her desire to read and write, her foster parents bought a little desk and chair for her and put it in their home. Every day, Rosa sits down with her exercise books and pencils and practises writing characters and some mathematical problems. Her most fervent hope and dream is to go to school.

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LWB’s Number One Photo of 2009!

Our number one photo of 2009, receiving over 50% of the vote in our online poll, is from our Anhui Cleft Healing Home. This beautiful photo of one of our dedicated caregivers tenderly holding a baby shows so clearly the special bond that we wish every orphaned child could experience. Doesn’t every child born deserve to be loved in this way? On behalf of everyone at LWB, we want to thank you for joining with us to help even more children know how important they are to this world. Together we can change their lives in a very real and wonderful way.

A Closer Look at Our Top Ten Photos of 2009….Number Two

When LWB first began our “Believe in Me” education program, which builds schools inside of orphanages for children who cannot attend public school, our goal was for each child we served to know the joy of learning. Our #2 photo of the year is from our “Believe In Me” Jinjiang school in the Fujian province. The children here are so excited to attend classes. They have had a whole new window to the world open to them as our teachers encourage them to use their imaginations and dream.

A Closer Look at our Top Ten Photos of 2009…Number Three

Don’t you love this photo of Jacob taking his first steps at our Heartbridge Pediatric Healing Unit? Look at the joy and excitement on that face! Jacob was born with an abdominal issue requiring immediate emergency surgery, which LWB provided. Following his operation, he was moved to our Heartbridge Unit outside of Beijing to recover, and all of the nannies quickly fell in love with his sunny personality. He has now been discharged into our foster care program, and we are hopeful that this year will find him with a permanent family of his own!

A Closer Look at our Top Ten Photos of 2009…Number Four

What’s not to love about this adorable photo from our orphanage assistance program? Thanks to some wonderful donors, we were able to send new clothing to the babies and children in this orphanage. Doesn’t it look like “the girls” are checking out each other’s new clothing?

Claire’s Bear

You may remember the story we shared several weeks ago about a beautiful girl named Claire who has been hospitalized for surgery on her urologic fistula. Well, we have been eagerly following her progress and received this heartwarming update tonight!

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