Butterfly Children's Hospices

A Children's Hospice

China's first community palliative care service

Butterfly Homes provide specialist children’s palliative care services for abandoned children and a community care service to families, aiming to support them and therefore avoid the pressure to abandon their sick baby/child.
A total of 38 very sick and dying children have received loving care in the Butterfly Home, 21 received end of life care, many of the rest have recovered; 2 have already gone to long term care homes, and 1 has been adopted; five have had life changing surgery. Of the 13 still in our care, 4 are waiting for adoption, 3 are waiting for long term care in other homes, 4 are enjoying loving end of life care and the other 2? Well, we wait and see!

CCTV Interview http://news.cntv.cn/china/20120119/124004.shtml

Great News from Hunan, Lyn was asked to open the Butterfly House in the new Botanical Gardens in Changsha. Also and unexpecet donation from every ticket sold will be donated to the Butterfly Hospice! Wow

For Finlay, who was born with a serious heart defect, feeling hopeless meant struggling to breathe every day of his life. It meant being abandoned and losing everyone he ever trusted. It meant being taken to an orphanage, and then being labelled “inoperable”. For Finlay, feeling hopeless simply meant waiting to die.

But today, a miracle has happened. Finlay has HOPE.

He has come to us to die, and instead his hope has been restored. Surgeons in Shanghai have done two surgeries, Now he is a child with a chance – a chance to breathe easily, to grow up, to be adopted and to lead a full life. He’s a beautiful boy with a brave spirit, and we are so happy to see his future opening up.

Finlay Now, looking much better and thanks to you!

Christmas Appeal

Finlay’s medical expenses are significant – we have been given a bill of GBP 14,500 (USD 22,728) for both stages of the surgery. We have funds comming in but only a quarter so far, every 1p will help. Join with us and be the outstretched hand that Finlay needs.

Slide show.......................Butterfly Christmas Day...................................................

Needs List

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S PALLIATIVE CARE NETWORK

Media Release: Touching Rainbows – Acknowledging the Child’s Voice in Palliative Care

Read MORE here as we are in it!
Nurses wanted Click

Good news –We are looking to open more cots, and help more babies, if you would like to be part of the team.......Please send an email to fiona.mcneil@bigpond.com sponsors receive updates about their cot every two months.

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