china, chinese orphans, shepherd's field children's hospital

American Couple Rescue 4,000 Orphans in China (Part 2)

(Continued from Part 1) Tim Baker, whom the orphans lovingly call “Papa Tim,” adopted another child named Philip. He found Philip, who was suffering from a congenital cleft lip, in one of the surrounding orphanages and saw that he was dying. He took Philip back to Shepherd’s Field Children’s Village and used a syringe to ...

Michael Segarty

A wall full of photos of the Chinese children Baker rescued.

American Couple Rescue 4,000 Orphans in China (Part 1)

In 1990, Tim Baker up and moved his family from the United States to China. Thirty years later, he has become affectionately known as “foreign dad” to 4,000 orphans, of which 95 percent were children with disabilities. In June 2019, an 8-year-old girl with cerebral palsy in Nanjing was thrown into a river by her father and grandfather. She was weighed down by a school ...

Michael Segarty

Tim Baker and his wife.

The Amazing Lives of 2 Adopted Chinese Girls in the United States

This is the story of two amazing adopted Chinese girls. Every year, about 5,000 orphans are adopted in China, and one in four of them is adopted by a family overseas. Since 1992, nearly 100,000 Chinese children have been adopted by American families. The lives of these adopted children in the United States may exceed ...

Helen London

Morgan Hurd and Sophi Green.