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OPA News Release: [06/23/2004]
Contact Name: Lisa
Kruska
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676
U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Visits Disabled
Orphans at Langfang Children’s Village
Four-Day Trip
Highlights Expanded Efforts to Strengthen Worker Protections
BEIJING—U.S. Secretary
of Labor Elaine L. Chao today visited children living at Langfang
Children’s Village in Langfang, China. Langfang Children’s Village is
home to 80 special needs orphans of ages one month to five years from five
different orphanages throughout China.
“President George W. Bush has a long-standing commitment to
ensuring that people with disabilities are welcomed into every aspect of
American life. At the Department of Labor, we are making this commitment a
reality through programs that help Americans with disabilities integrate into
the mainstream American workforce. So I was especially pleased today to visit
with special needs children who will have bright futures because of the work of
the Langfang Children’s village,” said Secretary Elaine L. Chao.
Langfang Children’s Village is operated by the Phillip Hayden
Foundation and contains seven children’s homes, including: Luke’s
House; House of Joy; House of Love; House of Peace; Samaritan House; Abundant
Life House and Little Lambs Preschool. The Phillip Hayden Foundation often
receives abandoned and special needs children and provides them with both
surgical treatment to correct their special needs and ongoing medical
treatment. Since 1996, the Phillip Hayden Foundation has provided medical
treatment to 2,500 Chinese orphans.
Langfang Children’s Village is designed to model a family
environment. Every child lives in a freestanding home with house parents and a
yard in which to play. Although Phillip Hayden Foundation is not an adoption
agency, it has helped 500 children navigate through the adoption process.
Phillip Hayden Foundation works with adoption agencies to help place children
with loving families in many different countries, including North America,
Europe, New Zealand and China.
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