Love Without Boundaries
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Love Without Boundaries Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization
centered around providing humanitarian aid to orphans in China
, specifically in the areas of nutrition
, medical care, education
, and connecting orphans with foster care
families. It was founded in 2003 by Amy Eldridge after she visited a Chinese orphanage and helped raise money for their medical programs, and has since grown into a multi-million-dollar charitable foundation
working with over 100 orphanages in China.
primarily to orphaned children in China through four key areas: medical, education
, nutrition
and foster care
.
Medical
Love Without Boundaries heals orphaned children in China
in two ways - by arranging lifesaving heart surgeries and other operations at Chinese hospitals and by sending surgery teams to China
in order to operate on children in need. They have a waiting list of children requiring immediate surgery.
Education
Love Without Boundaries currently sponsors the education of almost 200 children and teenage orphans throughout China
from preschool all the way through college
. Their Preparation for Adult Life Program equips teenage orphans with life skills needed for when they age out of the orphanage. General education fund is used to expand their programs as well as to build new schools, renovate existing schools, purchase supplies, provide teacher training and other education-related needs.
Nutrition
They now have nutrition programs in sixteen orphanages in nine provinces in China
. Each month they send the best quality formula and rice cereal, and the results have been wonderful. The children have gained weight and muscle tone, and are much healthier. They accept monthly sponsorships and also one-time donations to their nutrition programs.
Foster Care
They are currently providing foster care for over 300 children in 12 cities in 8 provinces in China
. They monitor their programs very carefully with local monitors who visit the children and can quickly provide extra nutrition, medical care or other supplies as needed.
• Pays no volunteer. Volunteers pay their own way to and from China
.
• In 2005 had an overhead
of just 1.7 percent.
• In 2006 helped over 350 children with life saving surgeries.
• Enables 200 children to attend school (kindergarten-college) in various programs.
• Has 13 foster care programs in 13 Chinese cities.
• Supplies top quality formula to 15 orphanages in China.
• Provides physical therapists and equipment to children with special needs.
• Offers summer camps in orphanages encouraging Chinese citizens to get involved.
• Makes a way for orphanage groups to “give back” with food, medicine, clothing.
• Offers hundreds of child sponsorships with regular reports.
• Publishes "Love's Journey", a book about the China adoption
experience.
• Hosts an annual e-bay art auction that raises money for life saving heart surgeries.
• Grants financial assistance through Tuan Yuan adoption grants to special children waiting to be adopted.
Charitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
centered around providing humanitarian aid to orphans in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, specifically in the areas of nutrition
Nutrition
Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet....
, medical care, education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, and connecting orphans with foster care
Foster care
Foster care is the term used for a system in which a minor who has been made a ward is placed in the private home of a state certified caregiver referred to as a "foster parent"....
families. It was founded in 2003 by Amy Eldridge after she visited a Chinese orphanage and helped raise money for their medical programs, and has since grown into a multi-million-dollar charitable foundation
Foundation (charity)
A foundation is a legal categorization of nonprofit organizations that will typically either donate funds and support to other organizations, or provide the source of funding for its own charitable purposes....
working with over 100 orphanages in China.
Programs
Love Without Boundaries provides humanitarian aidHumanitarian aid
Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disaster and man-made disaster. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity...
primarily to orphaned children in China through four key areas: medical, education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, nutrition
Nutrition
Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet....
and foster care
Foster care
Foster care is the term used for a system in which a minor who has been made a ward is placed in the private home of a state certified caregiver referred to as a "foster parent"....
.
Medical
Love Without Boundaries heals orphaned children in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
in two ways - by arranging lifesaving heart surgeries and other operations at Chinese hospitals and by sending surgery teams to China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
in order to operate on children in need. They have a waiting list of children requiring immediate surgery.
Education
Love Without Boundaries currently sponsors the education of almost 200 children and teenage orphans throughout China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
from preschool all the way through college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
. Their Preparation for Adult Life Program equips teenage orphans with life skills needed for when they age out of the orphanage. General education fund is used to expand their programs as well as to build new schools, renovate existing schools, purchase supplies, provide teacher training and other education-related needs.
Nutrition
They now have nutrition programs in sixteen orphanages in nine provinces in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. Each month they send the best quality formula and rice cereal, and the results have been wonderful. The children have gained weight and muscle tone, and are much healthier. They accept monthly sponsorships and also one-time donations to their nutrition programs.
Foster Care
They are currently providing foster care for over 300 children in 12 cities in 8 provinces in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. They monitor their programs very carefully with local monitors who visit the children and can quickly provide extra nutrition, medical care or other supplies as needed.
Achievement
Love Without Boundaries is an organization that:• Pays no volunteer. Volunteers pay their own way to and from China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
.
• In 2005 had an overhead
Overhead
Overhead may be:* Overhead , the ongoing operating costs of running a business* Engineering overhead, ancillary design features required by a component of a device...
of just 1.7 percent.
• In 2006 helped over 350 children with life saving surgeries.
• Enables 200 children to attend school (kindergarten-college) in various programs.
• Has 13 foster care programs in 13 Chinese cities.
• Supplies top quality formula to 15 orphanages in China.
• Provides physical therapists and equipment to children with special needs.
• Offers summer camps in orphanages encouraging Chinese citizens to get involved.
• Makes a way for orphanage groups to “give back” with food, medicine, clothing.
• Offers hundreds of child sponsorships with regular reports.
• Publishes "Love's Journey", a book about the China adoption
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents...
experience.
• Hosts an annual e-bay art auction that raises money for life saving heart surgeries.
• Grants financial assistance through Tuan Yuan adoption grants to special children waiting to be adopted.