Where She Lives Now: Pingjiang Social Welfare Institute

The Pingjiang Social Welfare Institute is one of a few institutes in China where a nanny takes care of only one child. While young, the children sleep in their nanny’s room at night. This extra care results in children that have good physical skills and are age appropriate in developmental skills. We feel so fortunate that our baby is there.

One family who has visited there last year mentioned "the nannies would go to the temple to pray for the children if they were sick or to pry for continued good health. "

Another couple who were allowed to visit the orphanage October 2006 reports the following: “We then toured very specific areas of the orphanage - the babies' rooms with their little cot/cribs lined up, the playroom, and a room with a handful of kids playing. We saw many smiling nannies and some very happy babies, all of whom were being held and cared for by their own nanny. We saw a lot of love and caring while we were there, and the director himself (Mr Yu Yong Gao) seemed to have a very special relationship with each baby as well. He told us that there were only 40 children in the orphanage at the time, and over the past 10 years, 200 children have been adopted out of Pingjiang."