Huang has continually sought support from neighboring communities, training volunteers in hospice techniques and nursing.

The local government has provided the land and infrastructure for the Rainbow Home for free. Each child in the hospice is entitled to a monthly subsidy of 2,020 yuan (about 300 U.S. dollars). It also receives donations.

"Five years ago, we only had three beds, now the number has increased to 38. For the past five years, about 70 abandoned children have been looked after by our staff. Some of them passed away, while some children had their lives prolonged because of our care," Huang said.

Every time a child is dying, the hospice staff play soothing music and hold the child in their arms or hold their hands.

"To avoid influencing the child's mood, the hospice staff is asked to control their own sad emotions. But sometimes it's really hard," Huang said.

Guo Zhanmin, a former member of the hospice staff at Rainbow Home since 2017, quit in 2017 when she became a preschool teacher.

"The first girl I cared for at Rainbow Home was very cute and clever. We got along so well. I still can't bear that she passed away," Guo said.

Miracle does happen at the hospice sometimes.

Xiao Yu is a five-year-old child suffering from a brain tumor. She did not get better after several rounds of craniotomies, and medical doctors said she is too young to sustain more surgeries. But to their astonishment, the girl's tumor has been getting smaller without medical intervention over the past few years at the hospice.

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