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Boy sleeping in the arms

About 8 years old.with cerebral palsy

Aizhijia Orphanage in the village of Jingang, Nanyang city, Henan province

New Year's Eve, I took the boys to a public bath to take a shower with two volunteers from nearby village. Because there are no bathing facilities in the orphanage, after the weather turns cold, the nuns will take the girl to the public bathhouse in the nearby village, but the boy will not have the opportunity to take a bath

Twin brothers

11 years olds. Hereditary spastic lower body paralysis.

Aizhijia Orphanage in the village of Jingang, Nanyang city, Henan province

On the winter night last year, the brothers were abandoned at the door of the church. The nuns heard the cry and took them back.
Sometimes their parents later sneak back to visit their children and pretend to be unfamiliar. They still love them, but they cannot afford the price of love.

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A boy driving a tractor

About 16 years old, with mild mental retardation

Orphanage without name, Daming County, Hebei Province

This orphanage is located in an abandoned coal mine area, away from people, and the land is extremely cheap. An avid female Christian intends to build her ideal home here with her children (adopted). Here the children are going to build their own house

A girl adopted by a leprosy

7 yeas old, No disability

Nuo'er Leprosy Village, Yunnan Province

A girl swimming in the river next to the village of Leprosy, she was abandoned by her parents because of her poverty. Then she was adopted by an elderly leprosy (Have been cured) and lives here.

A boy wearing a plastic bag

12 years old. No disability.

Yilin Orphanage, Xuchang City, Henan Province

Yilin Orphanage is a non-government agency that specializes in receiving “factual orphans”. The children here came here because of family changes. Their parents left them for various reasons such as taking drugs or going to their homes in debt, and they often suffered from family violence in their native families. Although their bodies are not crippled, no one knows the pain in their hearts.

A boy who recovered after surgery

About 9 years old. Congenital heart disease

Bo'aiyuan Children's Rehabilitation Center, Xuchang City, Henan Province

Many poor families abandon their children because they cannot afford the high cost of surgery. The boy was lucky and he was adopted by another family.

A girl is out of the window, staring at her friend

Dandelion Orphanage, Beiliu city, Guangxi province

A girl is out of the window, staring at her friend

An unknown girl

Nanyang Vocational School for the Blind, Henan Province

A girl who doesn't know her name.

A girl wearing a hearing aid

About 7 years old, Hearing impaired

Bo'aiyuan Children's Rehabilitation Center, Xuchang City, Henan Province

Bo'aiyuan Children's Rehabilitation Center is a non-profit private institution.
The low cost makes many poor families come here with children with disabilities
However, some extremely poor families have abandoned their children after finding that there is no hope of recovering

A little angel lying on the ground

About 6 years old, Mental retardation

Aizhijia Orphanage in the village of Jingang, Nanyang city, Henan province

She lay on the floor and coquettishly, asking me to hold her up.
When this little angel saw me for the first time, she shyly took out a handful of crushed cookies from her pocket and invited me to eat

A girl with mental retardation and her most beloved deer

14 years old. mild cerebral palsy.

Orphanage of the Diocese of Yongnian, Handan city, Hebei Province

20 years ago, an old man picked up an orphan boy on the street and founded the Orphanage of the diocese of Yongnian. Years later, the boy has grown into a man whereas the old man has passed away. A friend of his now manages the orphanage.

A girl who has long been locked in the basement

20 years old, schizophrenia.

Orphanage of the Diocese of Yongnian, Handan city, Hebei province

A ghost-like being, she’s locked away in a corner room, door tightly shut with a large wooden stick. So she covered the walls and herself with shit.

A boy is cutting hair

12 years old. No disability

Suiyuan Buddhist Orphanage, Ying County, Shanxi Province

The Boy doesn't like cutting hair, a nun forced him on the table

Under the blooming pear tree

14 years old, visual impairment

Special Vocational School for the Blind, Nanyang city, Henan province

There are few public special education institutions for the disabled in China. Many families do not send their children to such private schools. This is a non-profit school for the blind.

A smoke boy wandering in the street

Dadukou market, Chongqing City

One day, I met a stray boy at the market. He picked up things on the ground to survive,
He also learns like an adult, picking up cigarette butts on the ground.

Boy in front of a coal mine abandoned

Nameless orphanage, Daming County, Hebei Province

This orphanage is located in an unmanned abandoned mine. These abandoned pits are only tens of meters away from the children

Boys fashion

11 years old. No disability

Suiyuan Buddhist Orphanage, Ying County, Shanxi Province

The nuns will uniformly cut the same hairstyle for the children, but the children have their own aesthetics, and they will secretly make a new hairstyle for themselves when they return to the room at night.

A Boy playing in the cemetery, 12 years old. Hearing impairment

Aizhijia Orphanage in the village of Jingang, Nanyang city, Henan province

Many years ago, the nuns opened this orphanage. They placed the children they picked up in an abandoned church.And the graveyard next to the church is a children's playground

Two boys playing on wooden ladder

Love House Orphanage, Bijie city, Guizhou province

Two boys playing on wooden ladder

An unnamed child foster care center under the train viaduct

Liangshan, Xide County, Sichuan province

An unnamed child foster care center under the train viaduct.

An extremely poor family and their upcoming children

Liangwa Village, Henan Province

I visited many families who wanted to abandon their children for find the source of these abandoned babies.
Many years ago, this disabled man picked up this stray woman as his wife, this woman has Down syndrome and severe mental retardation.
Now that she is pregnant, the man is glad to be a father.
"But If the child is born with a disability, I have no choice but to abandon him"
As he said

A man with cerebral palsy and her adoptive mother

Handan city, Hebei province
Almost thirty years ago, the old lady found a baby with severe cerebral palsy and adopted him.
Now that she is older, after her death, she does not know how her adopted son should live alone.

Boys are playing

Aizhijia Orphanage in the village of Jingang, Nanyang city, Henan province

The bedroom door will be locked at night, but the boys will not go to sleep obediently as the nuns hope

A man who spent a lifetime in an orphanage

About 32 years old, Severe cerebral palsy

Orphanage of the Diocese of Yongnian, Handan city, Hebei province

This man is the veteran of the orphanage, and he has lived here for almost 30 years. Like many children in orphanages, he has never had a chance to go out from here, because the outside world has no place for them

A boy who is climbing a window and sneaking to swim

19 years old. Hearing impairment

Aizhijia Orphanage in the village of Jingang, Nanyang city, Henan province

The children of this orphanage live in an abandoned church with an abandoned pool on the roof of the church. In summer, the boys often sneak away to swim

Boy who has just finished treatment

Duanmin orphanage, Yuncheng city, Shanxi province

The traces on the boy's back come from a traditional Chinese medicine therapy called cupping, The priest in charge of the orphanage taught himself this traditional medicine to protect the health of the children

A boy who is climbing a window and sneaking to swim

12 years old. Hearing impairment

Aizhijia Orphanage in the village of Jingang, Nanyang city, Henan province

The children of this orphanage live in an abandoned church with an abandoned pool on the roof of the church. In summer, the boys often sneak away to swim

Two boys playing hide and seek

Aizhijia Orphanage in the village of Jingang, Nanyang city, Henan province

As the project progressed, I found some serious and deliberately ignored issues.
As children get older, physical growth leads them to sexual maturation. They then experimente intimate contact through games, often violent, in which a relationship of domination is established. Some children of the same sex gradually developed a close bond.

A boy hiding in cement pipe

12 years old. Hearing impairment

Aizhijia Orphanage in the village of Jingang, Nanyang city, Henan province

Back in the most difficult days, sisters would use up their own savings for the orphans. And then they started to accept donations. Without them even asking, people brought clothes and bedding, which now fill up an entire room. But a bigger problem is on the horizon: who will take care of those kids when those elderly sisters are gone?

A boy fell asleep peacefully, like in his mother's womb

About 8 years old.with cerebral palsy

Aizhijia Orphanage in the village of Jingang, Nanyang city, Henan province

On New Year's Day, I took seven boys to the public bathhouse in the nearby village.
They have not taken a shower since the fall.

Wild Grass --- China's Orphans

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A smoke boy wandering in the street

Dadukou market, Chongqing City One day, I met a stray boy at the market. He picked up things on the ground to survive, He also learns like an adult, picking up cigarette butts on the ground.