In China today there is an estimated 820,000 orphans. Many of these children are abandoned at birth once their parents discover they suffer from a congenital defect. Although many of these defects are treatable, often the lack of information and/or high medical costs results in abandonment. These children will be sent to live in orphanages that do not receive funds to cover the cost of these needed surgeries.

The average orphanage receives roughly $30 a month per child to cover food, shelter, clothing, caregivers’ salary and medical costs. Life saving surgeries just cannot be afforded. According to the China adoption guidelines, only children who have received their needed surgeries may be put up for adoption. Most of these children will never have the opportunity for the medical care they so desperately need and will have no hope of finding a family.
 
UFCH is an organization of caring people committed to doing our very best to improve access to healthcare for these children. After being in this field for nine years, we can definitively say, that receiving the needed medical care not only saves that child’s life, but also gives her a real chance at a future.

Announcement

With deep sadness we say goodbye to Yi Fan, who passed away on 18th January 2011. She was a brave and beautiful child who will be long remebered for the joy that she brought to all those who interacted with her. UFCH extends our most heartfelt condolences to Yi Fan’s family. We deeply appreciate everyone who cared for Yi Fan, including the medical staff at BJU and Boston Children’s Hospital. 

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