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Tim Baker with young girl in Yucatan

2022 April Heartbeat

This month PHF is sharing inspiring stories of hope in China and Mexico. Read on to learn how PHF is transforming lives in both countries.

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Gotcha Day for Faith

2022 March Heartbeat

This month PHF is sharing stories of renewal and hope. Read about Faith’s forever family and a new adoption grant honoring Luke through MAA.

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Luke as an infant

2022 February Heartbeat

PHF is sharing memories of Luke, who passed away in early January this month. Luke joined the Shepherd’s Field family as an infant.

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Intern holding infant

2022 January Heartbeat

PHF has completed 26 years of helping orphans in China. In 2022, vulnerable children in rural China still need our support.

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Chinese toddler in Santa hat

2021 December Heartbeat

The number of orphans in China has decreased every year since 2012. However, orphan care in rural Asia still needs your help to meet basic needs.

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Brody enjoys a nutritious meal. Help kids like Brody on Giving Tuesday

2021 November Heartbeat

November is a month to recognize and express gratitude, especially for ordinary things. Share your gratitude on Giving Tuesday.

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tummy time for one year to improve body awareness senseold girl

2021 October Heartbeat

Learn about body awareness and balance senses and their impact on everyday life for kids with special needs. Bright Stars makes a difference!

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feeding infant with hydrocephalus

2021 September Heartbeat

September is hydrocephalus awareness month. Learn about hydrocephalus and how supporters changed the future of two orphans.

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Hector proudly wears his medal from the Shepherd's Field Paralympics 2018

2021 August Heartbeat

Life skills, adaptive sports, and Paralympics 2020 all give a sense of accomplishment and bring hope to Chinese orphans.

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Cleft affected boy post surgery enjoys life

2021 July Heartbeat

Cleft-affected children in China need your help. Learn about this common disorder and how PHF has helped orphans in China.

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Hector perches on a Harley

2021 June Heartbeat

PHF celebrates Children’s Day with the rest of China. We remember the kindness and generosity of the Mad Dog Motorcycle Club.

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kids on merry-go-round at PHF

2021 May Heartbeat

World Vision Field Day was a success! Also learn about trauma for Mental Health Awareness Month and meet 3 kids needing families.

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Anthony SQ

2021 April Heartbeat

Meet the 2021 PHF Board of Directors and two children with disabilities waiting for families. And it’s World Autism Acceptance Month!

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Dustin needs forever family

2021 March Heartbeat

March is CP awareness month! Learn about Cerebral Palsy and meet three kids needing families. And meet staff member Lori Baxter.

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PHF kids celebrate CNY 2018

2021 February Heartbeat

The Year of the Ox – a great time to consider adoption! Read about one family’s journey and meet 3 kids who wait for their forever family.

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kids celebrate CNY

2021 January Heartbeat

Orphan care in China has changed in the last 25 years. PHF continues to partner with other NGOs to meet the continuing needs of orphans.

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seven preschool boys and teacher

2020 December Heartbeat

From the Founder As we reach the end of our 25th year of serving China‘s orphaned and vulnerable children, we continue to wait for the next chapter to begin. Like most of the rest of the world, the coronavirus continues to affect our plans to move forward. None of us would have expected a year […]

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Tianjin orphanage team meets with PHF

2020 November Heartbeat

From the Founder Our 25 years of serving China’s orphan community have been incredible – filled with ups and downs, highs and lows, successes and failures (a few!) – but this year may be the most challenging of all. Amidst the countless setbacks and challenges all of us have faced in 2020 due to the […]

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Wendy travels independently to Shanghai and celebrates at Disney with Lily.

2020 October Heartbeat

Local officials say the 7Acres project is unquestionably necessary to help teens. Wendy proudly demonstrates her independence by traveling alone to Shanghai. Levi needs a forever family – and we celebrate other milestones.

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Stacey and husband with Tim Baker

2020 September Heartbeat

Life has changed with a global pandemic, but the needs of the unseen have not changed. Tim Baker reflects on 25 years and Steve Allen remembers leading more than 15 teams to PHF – with life changing results.

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Team visit 2008 olympic flag

2020 August Heartbeat

Life has changed with a global pandemic, but the needs of the unseen have not changed. Tim Baker reflects on 25 years and Steve Allen remembers leading more than 15 teams to PHF – with life changing results.

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Civil Affairs tours 7Acres Campus

2020 July Heartbeat

Civil Affairs officials visit 7Acres, but Covid-19 delays arrival of new residents. Brody needs a forever family. Adoption rules in China change to allow adoption to age 18.

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2020 June Heartbeat

From the Founder We can’t wait to open! We recently held meetings via WeChat video (China’s version of Zoom) with our 7Acres Team, our local NGO partners and a representative from Civil Affairs to discuss the opening date for the 7Acres Project. It was our goal to launch the new effort on June 1, which […]

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2020 May Heartbeat

From Our Founder Welcome! I’m very excited to announce that Dr. Olivia Wei Li is the new Secretary General of the Philip Hayden Foundation in China. Olivia will oversee all of our projects and programs in China, the centerpiece of which is 7Acres, located on the campus of Shepherd’s Field Children’s Village in Tianjin. 7Acres […]

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