Day 10 - Swallows Nest
Swallows Nest is a small foster home program located in Henan Province. We specialize in post surgical foster care for special needs babies from birth to age 3 because even the most advanced, life-saving surgery can be wasted without a safe and vigilant environment in the weeks and months after surgery. By partnering with other non-profit organizations that do surgeries for these babies, we are able to provide the care needed to bring them back to full health and help them thrive until an adoptive family comes for them. So we feed, diaper, clothe, and provide an active and loving home for every child, with a special emphasis on making sure they get whatever medical followup is needed. Each time we say "YES" to a child, we realize we are responsible for meeting all his or her needs for approximately two years.
Currently, we have 23 children in four comfortable and cozy apartments in the city of Zhengzhou. We keep each home small with a low number of children on purpose, in order for the children to live in a family type setting until their forever family adopts them.
While we have special projects from time to time at the present we will be honest and let you know our greatest need is daily routine expenses, especially medical expenses. For example: visits to the doctor, medicine, and therapy. You can help us meet these needs through child sponsorship or a one-time gift. We appreciate your consideration in helping us do more to provide for the children of Henan Province.
Currently, we have 23 children in four comfortable and cozy apartments in the city of Zhengzhou. We keep each home small with a low number of children on purpose, in order for the children to live in a family type setting until their forever family adopts them.
While we have special projects from time to time at the present we will be honest and let you know our greatest need is daily routine expenses, especially medical expenses. For example: visits to the doctor, medicine, and therapy. You can help us meet these needs through child sponsorship or a one-time gift. We appreciate your consideration in helping us do more to provide for the children of Henan Province.
Pam and Clay, the founders of Swallows Nest, have been great encouragers of me ever since we met nearly nine years ago when I was adopting in Henan. They amaze me with their energy, their ability to make relationships among their Chinese neighbors and to bring out the best in everyone they meet. I am so thankful for their faithful work with the babies and children of Swallows Nest as well as their life example that has made an impact on the many nannies, volunteers, both Chinese and foreign, and visitors they have welcomed into their lives during their years in China. These are difficult times, and keeping the doors of Swallows Nest open with your gifts is a great investment as it also frees up beds in the healing homes that Swallow's Nest partners with.
Donna
Donna