I am very excited to share the link to our 2010 Annual Report for LWB.  When I first started compiling our year end summaries back in 2003, I could list our accomplishments in a few short paragraphs. I celebrated every child's life we were able to change, while wondering what the new year would hold for our work with kids in need. Each year our report grew, as the number of volunteers and supporters ... and the number of children helped... joyfully increased. There is no possible way I can thank everyone enough for their dedication and support to giving children a second chance. There is one thing I know with all my heart, however: The accomplishments of the past should never be more than our dreams for the future. Yes, over 1,500 children were helped once again by our foundation this year, but there are hundreds of thousands more who haven't been reached - children who are just as deserving and in need of someone to believe in them. 

As I look back at 2010, I am struck by the new challenges that are facing all of us who are working with orphaned children in China. Just a decade ago the institutions were filled with predominantly healthy baby girls. Now, thanks to a decrease in the abandonment of healthy children and a marked increase in domestic adoptions, very few healthy infants will grow up in orphanage care. However, with the rising birth defect rate in China, orphanages are facing ever-increasing challenges of caring for babies who are abandoned with a multitude of medical needs. Outside of the major cities, few orphanages are equipped to properly care for babies with often critical health issues.    

In June of this year, I stood in a rural orphanage that was overwhelmed with children who required urgent medical care to survive. In just one baby room, there were two tiny girls with heart disease, babies with spinal tumors, a baby with anal atresia, three newborns with cleft... and that was just in one small concrete room. This is the new face of orphan care in China: babies and children abandoned with special needs. As we are asked to help more and more children with often complex medical issues, we have had to assess our ability to provide for their pre- and post-operative care, which is why our fourth healing home opened its doors in 2010. We dream of a day when there is a healing home in every province, as we have seen the miracles that occur when fragile infants receive loving, one-on-one care. Real difficulties remain for the older orphaned children as well, especially those who have not been able to receive an adequate education to make it on their own someday. There are also complexities in meeting the nutritional needs of children in institutions, essential for healthy development, and with finding qualified foster families willing to take in babies born with medical needs. 

We cannot be afraid of the challenges, however.  It is essential to keep dreaming big and to keep discovering new partners and supporters who want to get involved in the lives of orphaned children. I want to thank each of you for your past support this year, and I invite you to dream with us of ways to bring hope and healing to even more children who have sadly been abandoned. Together, we can make a real difference in their lives and continue to show the world that EVERY child born deserves love.

Amy Eldridge

Executive Director

Download 2010 Annual Report HERE.

Love Without Boundaries Foundation is a worldwide group of volunteers dedicated to improving the lives of orphaned and impoverished children in China. We provide humanitarian aid in the following areas - Education, Foster Care, Healing Homes, Medical, and Orphanage Assistance - enabling children to receive families through adoption or to become self-sustaining members of their communities.

Our Vision

To provide the most loving and compassionate help possible to orphaned and impoverished children in China, and to show the world that every child, regardless of their needs, deserves to experience love and be treated with dignity and care.