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From Lifenews.com During a members-only meeting today with members of Congress at the Capital, a former health secretary in the Chinese government admitted the one-child policy has cost the nation as many as 400 million people. That figure includes not only people who were likely not born because of the promotion of birth control and [...]

Below is an article from Lifenews.com. China’s brutal one child policy and its gross violations of human rights, particularly those of women subjected to forced abortions and sterilizations, were the subject of a hearing before the U.S. House on Thursday. The hearing comes in the wake of Vice President Joe Biden’s widely reported, controversial comments [...]

Sarah grew up in a rural area of China. Both of her parents were farmers, but 10 years go, they fell into debt. Sarah’s father abandoned the family shortly after. Sarah’s mother divorced her husband, but died in a car accident when Sarah was only 5 years old. She still has a grandmother, grandfather and [...]

After being abandoned at birth and suffering a painful loss, Adam, now 11, was passed on to relatives who could not afford his care. Because of Adam’s past he is considered “un-adoptable” by Chinese standards and is among thousands of orphans left out of the government’s orphan count. This “un-adoptable” status means Adam and his [...]

Amber’s father died in a car accident when she was only 3 years old, but she still remembers the way he used to hold her and her younger brother in his arms. Shortly after her father’s death, Amber’s mother left the children with their grandmother and never returned. Unfortunately their grandmother was too sick to [...]

Like any other 13-year-old girl, Mei Ling* has dreams for the future. She plans on going to college and eventually to law school so she can help poverty-stricken families with their legal issues. But Mei Ling was not always so hopeful. In fact, for most of her childhood she wondered whether or not she would [...]

In this narrative, 11-year-old Adam* shares his story. After being abandoned at birth and suffering a painful loss, Adam was passed on to relatives who could not afford his care. Because of Adam’s past he is considered “un-adoptable” by Chinese standards and is among thousands of orphans left out of the government’s orphan count. This [...]

By age 7, Jacob* was an expert at scouring the streets for food. With both of his parents imprisoned and his grandparents under house arrest, Jacob lived like an orphan, abandoned and alone. But Jacob said he continued to hope in the possibility of his parents’ release from prison. Even when he was sent to [...]

The heart of World Orphans has always been connecting western churches with our indigenous church partners in the prevention, rescue and care of orphans around the globe. However we are fortunate to have a large number of individuals who stand behind us, not just in prayer and encouragement but with their financial donations. In response [...]

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