About The Author
The stark contrast of affluence in Hong Kong with the poverty in mainland China drove Phillips
to make a difference in the lives of these abandoned children.
Author
Lee Phillips was born in Kingston, Jamaica. At eight, she moved with her family to Nigeria, Africa for a year. Her father was then transferred to Nassau, Bahamas where she remained until high school graduation. She currently resides with her family on a farm in Florida. She is working on a fictional novel, Battle of the Heart.
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CHILD OF THE LAND
A personal journey to change the world one child at a time.
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Lee Phillips couldn’t ignore a headline in the South China Morning Post that read “Children Condemned to Die”. Much to her horror, the article detailed the conditions of Chinese orphanages where abandoned children often ended up in “dying rooms”. For Phillips, it was a call to action. She ventured to the Chinese city of Zhaoqing, where she climbed the stairs of a prison-like, cement building. On the fourth floor, she entered a world unlike any other. The orphanage smelled of urine and feces. The eyes of the abandoned children haunted Phillips.
But one child touched her heart more than the others – a girl name Yu Yan – Phillips was determined to adopt her. For Phillips – and the girls – the odyssey was just beginning.
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