Our Hope Healing Homes
What We Do
New Hope Foundation provides care and arranges medical treatment for orphaned children with surgically correctable needs in addition to providing palliative care when appropriate. After the closing of three of our Hope Healing Homes this spring (you can read about that here), we are currently providing care and assistance at Maria’s Luoyang Hope Healing Home (see below). In total, we are privileged to provide care for around 30 precious children at this time.
We partner directly with the government orphanage system and have been able to provide intensive and thorough care in our facilities.
To learn about our history and vision, please click here.
Maria’s Luoyang Hope Healing Home
In 2006, the Luoyang Special Care Unit opened with 45 beds as New Hope Foundation’s second location outside the Beijing headquarters. The Luoyang orphanage allowed New Hope Foundation to use a floor of its facility in the Old City district, and the physical space was renovated to the same high standards that the Hills had for both the Beijing and Jiaozuo centers. It was called the Luoyang Special Care Unit at the time.
Like the Jiaozuo Home, it was designed to be a help to the orphanage with their sickest and most medically fragile infants and children as a pediatric palliative care facility. Due to the love and care the children received, many survived and were adopted into families.
In 2007, the orphanage was making plans to move to a larger property in a new area of town, and New Hope Foundation was given the opportunity to open a stand-alone building on the orphanage’s new grounds. At this time, Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman had already been involved with New Hope Foundation and were generous supporters of the work Robin and Joyce were doing in China. The Chapmans and their charity, Shaohannah’s Hope, partnered with New Hope Foundation to help find funding to open this new facility. The groundbreaking ceremony occurred in August of 2007.
Not long after the groundbreaking, in May of 2008, the Chapman’s youngest daughter, Maria Sue, passed away in a tragic accident. The Chapmans took the love and support they received from those around them and directed it towards this new center. In July 2009, the construction of all six stories was finished and the building was ready. It opened with the name Maria’s Big House of Hope in memory of Maria Sue Chapman.
Show Hope, as it’s now known, was instrumental in the opening of this center, and their funding over the next decade fully supported Maria’s Big House of Hope. This center has functioned as a model in China for comprehensive care of orphaned children with special needs, and significant advancement in the care of the children occurred here. Over 1,150 children have been cared for at this Healing Home. At its maximum, it held 156 children. Fire safely regulations have since limited the children to the first three floors, and other constraints have limited the number to about 30 beds.
Although Show Hope’s financial commitment to New Hope Foundation ended in the summer of 2020, the memory of Maria goes on here. The work in this very special place continues with the help of other financial supporters, and we are so very thankful for the years of friendship, help, support, and love that Show Hope gave through their long partnership. Please consider going to Show Hope’s website and generously giving to their work.
Luoyang is located just south of the Yellow River about a two-hour drive west from the populous city of Zhengzhou. It has the distinction of having been China’s capital more times than any other city, and now it is the peony flower capital of China. The Luoyang people are delightful, and the pot-sticker type dumplings are a favorite with many who have visited us here.
Hope Healing Homes of the Past
Click the house on the right to learn more about each location
Beijing
Once an abandoned building, New Hope’s Beijing facility cared for over 650 children during its history. It was opened in 2003 with 16 beds to care for orphaned children who had conditions that required surgery. Dr. Joyce and Robin Hill arranged and found funding for those surgeries.
Eventually, the number of beds increased to 54, and children from orphanages all over China came to this home for help with their physical conditions. They were given the medical and surgical care they needed, and they found hope, love, and a safe environment. Countless individuals and organizations generously supported the work in this location.
Hope Foster Home Shunyi was the first name of this home. Shunyi is the name of the district in Beijing. In February 2007, it was renamed to be the Hope Healing Home. For several years, Love Without Boundaries helped fund and find children for the 18 bed Heartbridge Rehabilitation Unit located inside the Hope Healing Home. Later during the partnership with Show Hope, the home was called the Beijing Care Center. We then began calling it Daniel’s Hope Healing Home Administrative Offices—named in memory of Daniel, who was the first child admitted there who later passed away.
In 2019, all the children we were caring for in Beijing needed to return to their home provinces due to new regulations. Many were able to remain in our care in those cities where we still had functioning centers. Our main offices continued operating in Beijing until 2023 when we could no longer continue the lease.
Although it had different names over the years, and although no children were being cared for in this special place for some time, hundreds of children once knew it as their home. Each life was an infinitely precious gift for that season and a reminder of the current hope we have for the children still in our care.
Jiaozuo
Anita’s Hope Healing Home in Jiaozuo opened in 2005 as New Hope Foundation’s first location after the Beijing headquarters. It was named in memory of Anita, who was the first child to pass away there. This home cared for almost 300 children during its 19-year history.
The Jiaozuo orphanage allowed New Hope Foundation to use a part of its facility, and the physical space was renovated to the same high standards that the Hills had for the Beijing Hope Healing Home. Staff were hired and trained, and 12 beds were opened initially. It was called the Jiaozuo Special Care Unit at the time.
This Home was designed to be a help to the Jiaozuo orphanage for their sickest and most medically fragile infants and children. It was a model of how to run a pediatric palliative care facility. As a result of the love and care received, many children survived, and over 50 of the children from this Home have gone on to be adopted into families.
With increased need and funding, the beds increased to 45 when the unit was moved into a new building in 2010, along with the city’s orphanage. It was soon called one of the Show Hope Care Centers as Show Hope generously provided the running costs for more than a decade.
Over time, our bed count went down due to a reduced need in the city and other constraints. Then in the spring of 2024, Anita’s Hope Healing Home needed to close. We are grateful for the years we were able to be of assistance in Jiaozuo.
Nanjing
In November 2016, New Hope Foundation signed an agreement with Nanjing Rainbow Center for Children with Severe Illnesses to provide daily assistance and advice for the children in the Rainbow Center, which is located inside the Nanjing orphanage. Its purpose and operations are very similar to the Hope Healing Homes in Henan. Linda Huang has been doing an excellent job running and securing the funding for the Rainbow Center since 2013.
Linda and the Rainbow Center are very involved in helping improve the lives of children in Nanjing, and their work is an inspiration. Our partnership with the Rainbow Center ended in August of 2022. At the peak of the partnership, the Rainbow Center had 39 beds. New Hope Foundation helped over 60 children in Nanjing during the time we partnered together.
Nanyang
Nash’s Hope Healing Home in Nanyang opened in 2015 and was named in memory of Nash, who was the first child to pass away there. At its peak, this home had 42 beds, and it cared for over 150 children during its 9-year history.
The Nanyang orphanage allowed New Hope Foundation to use two floors of one of its buildings, and the physical space was renovated to the same high standards that the Hills had for the Beijing Hope Healing Home and other locations. It opened with 18 beds and quickly increased to 36. The running costs were supported by Show Hope, and it became known as one of the Show Hope Care Centers.
Like the other locations, Nash’s Hope Healing Home was designed as a pediatric palliative care facility to be a help to the orphanage with their sickest and most medically fragile infants and children. Thanks to the love and care the children received, many children survived, and over 30 of the children from this Home went on to be adopted into families.
Over time, our bed count went down due to certain constraints. Then in the spring of 2024, Nash’s Hope Healing Home needed to close. We are grateful for the years we were able to be of assistance in Nanyang.
Xinyang
The Hope Healing Home in Xinyang opened in 2007 as New Hope Foundation’s third location after the Beijing headquarters. This home cared for almost 250 children during its 9-year history.
The Xinyang orphanage allowed New Hope Foundation to use a part of its facility, and the physical space was renovated to the same high standards that the Hills had for the Beijing Hope Healing Home. Staff were hired and trained, and 18 beds were opened initially. It was called the Xinyang Special Care Unit at the time.
This location was designed to be a help to the Xinyang orphanage for their sickest and most medically fragile infants and children. It was a model of how to run a pediatric palliative care facility. As a result of the love and care received, many children survived, and over 50 of the children from this Home went on to be adopted into families.
The bed count in Xinyang remained consistent at 18 until the unit needed to close in early 2016. We are grateful for the years we were able to be of assistance in Xinyang.
Zhengzhou
Jaydon’s Hope Healing Home in Zhengzhou opened in 2010 and was one of New Hope Foundation’s largest facilities. It was named in memory of Jaydon, who was the first child to pass away there. At its peak, this home had 105 beds and cared for over 700 children in total during its 14-year history.
The Zhengzhou orphanage allowed New Hope Foundation to use a floor of one of its buildings, and the physical space was renovated to the same high standards that the Hills had for the Beijing Hope Healing Home and the other locations. It opened with 45 beds and was first called the Zhengzhou Special Care Unit.
Like the other locations, it was designed to be a help to the orphanage with their sickest and most medically fragile infants and children as a pediatric palliative care facility. Due to the love and care provided there, many children survived, and over 200 of the children from this Home went on to be adopted into families.
With increased need and funding, the bed number expanded to a maximum capacity of 105 when another floor was added in 2015. It was called one of the Show Hope Care Centers with Show Hope generously providing much of the running costs. Chow Tai Fook and MedArt also generously contributed toward the work in Zhengzhou.
Over time, our bed count went down due to certain constraints. Then in the spring of 2024, Jaydon’s Hope Healing Home needed to close. We are grateful for the years we were able to be of assistance in Zhengzhou.