Every child’s story is worth sharing.

It’s hard to fully appreciate how much the OneSky programs you support actually mean to a child’s life and prospects for the future. We feel fortunate to be able to bring some of their stories home to you. They inspire everything we do.

Names have been changed to protect the children’s privacy.

Bringing the Joy of the Lunar New Year to Vulnerable Children in China

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The Chinese Lunar New Year is always filled with children’s…

Forever a loving caregiver: How an unexpected 56-year career impacted the lives of vulnerable children across China

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Zhang Yuxia was just a teenager when she began working at a Children’s…

OneSky Hero Liat Browner: Sending Hand Knit Blankets to Children in China and Vietnam

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Liat Browner believes there is nothing like a warm, cozy blanket…

Caring for the Children for 20 years – What Keeps Nanny Mo on the Job?

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Her real name is Mo Lihua, but to the many children she has cared…

OneSky Hero Eliza McGinley Wants All Children to Know they Matter

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How time spent at OneSky’s China Care Home in Beijing in 2018…
Ruhai and Nanny Zhang

Ruhai: From Blank Slate to Happy Little Boy

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In an orphanage in China, a 4-month-old baby boy named Ruhai…
Du Xiaorong

The Red Thread: Reuniting Xinxin and her “Mama Xiaorong”

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When Du Xiaorong began working at OneSky as a caregiver nearly…

Lili’s Story—On Coming Full Circle

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When Lili was abandoned and sent to an orphanage as a baby 22…

Meet OneSky’s “Kids at Heart” Foster Parents!

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Family mentor Zeng Feiling was skeptical when Huang Yasheng applied…

Anjing, Sunshine Girl – 7

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When she arrived at the orphanage as a newborn, she was given…

Anyun, Abandoned but not Alone

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Anyun clung tightly to the warm, clean blanket her parents had…

Little Emperor – Fudi

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Shortly after midnight, on November 8, 2013, a passerby found…

Anjing, Sunshine Girl – 6

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Though Anjing was unlucky to be born with a severe birth defect…

Anjing, Sunshine Girl-5

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The day after Anjing's reunion with her first nanny, she entered…

A New Family

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Not all children who spend their days in China's welfare institutions…

Liping – Now You See Me

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Liping was silent when the caregiver carried her into the OneSky…

Pals for Life—Reunited!

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Growing up in the Changsha orphanage, two best pals, Yinxue 4,…

With love from Huazhou

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More on Huazhou and Juanjuan  

Anjing, Sunshine Girl-4

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After a year of recuperation from surgery, it was time for Anjing…

One Day — An Orphanage Preschool

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At 8:30 every morning OneSky preschool teacher Lin Lin welcomes…

Anjing, Sunshine Girl-3

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When Anjing traveled to Beijing three months after her second…

Their Eyes Had Gone Dry-4

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Wen Zhao, who is now OneSky’s Senior Professional Development…

For Each, A Beautiful Childhood

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Over many years of getting to know the extraordinary women who…

Lost & Found—Juanjuan’s Miracle

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In early 2014, OneSky brought its model for transforming orphan…

Anjing, Sunshine Girl-2

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The Chunhui China Care Home (CCCH), a medical care home for orphaned…

Anjing, Sunshine Girl-1

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One humid June evening in a small-town hospital, in southern…

Their Eyes Had Gone Dry-3

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The Reggio Emilia Approach takes its name from a city in northern…

Their Eyes Had Gone Dry-2

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Nanny Du Xiurong watched from a doorway. Something altogether…

Xinyi’s Story

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Their Eyes Had Gone Dry-1

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In 2001, when OneSky established its programs at the orphanage…

Lost & Found-3

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As the training progressed, trainers Li and Zhou watched the…

Lost & Found-2

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After hearing about the situation in Huazhou from our COO Rachel…

Lost & Found-1

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With a population of less than 100,000, Huazhou in southwestern…

Year of the Mouse-5

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It had been the worst storm in 100 years, but we’d made it…

Year of the Mouse-4

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The truck groaning with its bulky load, the leaking radiator…

Year of the Mouse-2

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After a night’s sleep in Shaoguan, we still had 200 km to go…

Year of the Mouse-3

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As we made our way along the snowy and treacherous road to Chenzhou, I…

Year of the Mouse-1

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The Year of the Mouse 2008 was supposed to be an auspicious one…