Our Needs
Costs of Care
As with all organizations our biggest need is for financial support to pay the day-to-day running costs of the homes that we run.
We have four Special Care Centers with a total capacity of over 250 beds. We employ over 300 local people in these units. Our general running costs, covering all of the units, are approximately US$300,000 per month.
Nutrition
Hygiene
Please note: No fluffy toys or stuffed animals. Due to sanitary reasons and the children’s preferences, these are not useful. Blankets are not needed at this time thanks to much generosity in recent years.
Other Supplies
Available in China
Available Overseas
Medical Supplies
- Cleft lip / palate bottles (Mead Johnson brand preferred)
- Disposable underpads (Chux)
- Cotton-tipped applicators
- Vicks BabyRub Soothing Aroma Ointment
- Hot/cold compress packs
- Micropore Tape (various sizes)
- Foley catheters size F16 and F18
- Clean gloves and sterile gloves
- Straight catheters for clean intermittent urinary catheterization size F6 and F8
- Pediatric-size colostomy bags (one-piece, drainable ConvaTec 022771)
- Digital thermometers
- 2-inch Soffban padding, stockinette, fiberglass for casting clubbed feet
- Local anesthetics such as Lidocaine and Bupivicaine
- Otoscopes
- Chlorhexidine prep (without alcohol)
- Pulse oximeters – small hand-held by Nellcor™ preferred
- Stool softeners (any brand) for children with constipation
- Tongue depressors
- First aid antiseptic: Povidone-iodine solution
- Cast cutters – prefer Stryker brand; prefer cutter that is not too loud
- Sterile dressing packs
Prescription Medicines
- Antibiotic and antifungal ear drops
- Promethazine liquid and tablets
- Antibiotic ointments or creams such as Bactroban
- Docusate sodium
- Antibiotic eye ointments or drops
- Sodium valproate liquid
- Injectable antibiotics such as Bicillin or Rocephin
- Baclofen tab 10 mg tabs
- Nystatin oral suspension
- Singulair tablets (Montelukast Sodium)
- Silver sulfadiazine cream
- Metoclopramide
- Ranitidine
Medicines Over the Counter
- Exlax® chocolate stimulant laxative chewable and Fletcher’s® liquid laxative for kids
- Ibuprofen for infants
- Mucolytics
- Cough, cold and fever medication for infants (any brand)
- Acetaminophen for infants
- Baby colic drops
Creams, gels, etc.
Traveling to Beijing?
We are in need of travelers from the US to Beijing to help bring in much needed supplies for our children. None of these supplies are “restricted items” and do not have to be declared at customs. The items will be mailed to you within the US. New Hope Foundation staff will be at the airport to pick up the supplies in Beijing.
If you live in the US and wish to donate items, receive more information about medical supplies for New Hope Foundation, or if you are (or know of anyone who is) willing to carry donated items to Beijing, please contact the following Supply Coordinator:
From the US:
Rebecca Dorris (Tennessee)
Phone 615-403-1242
Email: suitcasesoflove@gmail.com
Rebecca has coordinated donated supplies in the US since 2001, shortly after meeting Joyce and Robin Hill when they were in the US for two orphans to have surgery there.