If you have been following coverage of the earthquake in central China, you have seen the devastation of thousands of families, communities, and institutions.
Lillian spent much of the first two years of her life in the Changzhou City Children's Welfare Institute in Jiangsu Province. While she was there, the Half the Sky Foundation sponsored a foster grandmother to come in and spend one-on-one time with her. The individual attention helped her development, and it also provided us with the treasure of a 49-page memory book of her early years. We will always be grateful.
While Lillian's CWI was not among those close to the epicenter, there are literally hundreds of other schools and orphanages that were damaged or destroyed. Sadly, there are also thousands of orphaned and displaced children who lost family members in the quake. The Half the Sky Foundation has established a Children's Earthquake Fund to provide emergency and long-term relief to children in Sichuan affected by the quake. Please consider giving if you are so led.
In January 2008, Brent and Kari Bruffett met their beautiful daughter from Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. Two years later, after a trip to Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, we're a family of Mommy, Daddy, and two lovely daughters.
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