Second Chances: Foster Care and Reunification in Cambodia
In December of 2020, we learned of a large sibling group in a poor, rural region of Cambodia in need of a second chance. The mother had left the children completely on their own in order to go searching for work. When our team came across them during an emergency food distribution during the pandemic, […]
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Sign Language for Deaf Children in Guatemala
At LWB, we believe that every child, no matter what their abilities are, deserves to have access to education, understanding, and community. To work towards this goal in Guatemala, we hope to empower and include children who are deaf by beginning a sign language program. In rural Guatemala, resources for special needs education are scarce, […]
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Mighty Marisol’s Story of Hope
Today we look back at a very special girl who we came to know as “Mighty Marisol” from our China Medical and Healing Homes programs. This tiny child fought her way through a very complex heart defect and serious post-operative complications that threatened to take her from the world. She is a survivor, and we […]
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Story of Hope: Lulu from the Landfill Site
In 2020, we met a lovely little girl named Lulu. She and her family were living an unspeakably harsh life at a rural landfill site in Cambodia. At that time, Lulu’s parents had lost employment due to the COVID pandemic and had no way to feed their three children. The family had moved many hours […]
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213 Children Healed in Uganda: Our Latest Pediatric Hernia Mission
Last week, a team of 26 physicians, nurses, anesthesiologists, and other medical staff came together at Nebbi General Hospital in northern Uganda for our February 2024 Pediatric Hernia Mission — and it was an amazing week of hope and healing. Just imagine — 213 surgeries in five days! Tonight, so many children will sleep pain-free […]
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Cardiac Surgery Story of Hope: Celine
In 2019, a woman named Resty wrote to LWB’s Medical Care program, pleading for help for her only child, Celine. Celine had been born with a serious cardiac defect called tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), which is a combination of four different defects which typically need to be corrected during the first year of life. When […]
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LWB’s Cardiac Care Program: A Last Chance for Healing
What if where you were born determined whether you would survive childhood? Love Without Boundaries began in 2003 with an international effort to save the life of one orphaned boy in China desperately in need of heart surgery. Since that time, we have helped over 1,300 children with congenital heart defects receive the essential cardiac […]
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2,000 Solar Lights Delivered in Guatemala
Can you imagine a life in which each evening, as the sun goes down, you and your family are plunged into total darkness? This is the reality for 775 million impoverished people around the world who live without power, including families living in the municipality of Poptún, Petén in Guatemala. In December of 2023, LWB […]
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Scoliosis Surgery Success Times 2: Treasure and Michaela
In 2019, LWB learned of a lovely eleven-year-old Ugandan girl named Treasure who had a severe case of scoliosis (a curvature of the spine) that was making her life very difficult. Treasure’s scoliosis was so severe that her ribcage was pushed against her heart and lungs which caused breathing and circulation issues. Doctors in Uganda […]
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New Healing Home Education Program in China
In 2023, we were able to make the gift of education a vital new part of our Healing Home program in China. This gift allows some of our older healing home residents the chance to grow their minds while receiving the nurturing care and medical attention that their little bodies need. Ten school-aged children participating […]
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