In 2014, there was an orphan dying of liver failure.
Her name became Hope.
Her name became Hope.
Hope survived. She was adopted into our family, and today she is alive and thriving. In her story, Knowing Hope was born. Across Asia, children with chronic illness are relinquished to orphanages – not because they aren’t loved, but because their families have no other way to access the medical care necessary to survive. Knowing Hope exists to change that, one life at a time.
Every child deserves a family. Every family deserves a fighting chance. You can be the reason they get one.
Help give another child the chance to receive the medical care they need.
OUR STORY
“She had months to live. As miracles abounded, she quickly earned the name Hope.”
Cindy Morrison is a pediatric occupational therapist and single mother of five daughters adopted from China, several with serious medical diagnoses including congenital heart defect, transfusion dependent thalassemia, and end stage liver failure. Her connection to China began in 2002 with the adoption of her eldest daughter, and she returned in 2005 for the first volunteer trip to serve orphans. Over the years she watched children thrive when given access to care, and watched others go without it.
During a volunteer trip in 2014 she met a seven-month-old with biliary atresia in an orphanage. As an orphan there was no possibility of a liver transplant. Then, miraculously, there was. Cindy adopted her, got her to Boston Children’s Hospital for the liver transplant surgery she needed, and named her Hope.
Hope’s survival made one thing undeniable: there is always hope for every child, regardless of diagnosis or circumstance. Knowing Hope Inc. was established in 2015 to make that true for as many children as possible.
WHAT WE DO
When medical care is out of reach, families face an impossible choice.
Knowing Hope helps children get the medical care they need – and helps families stay together.
Every child we serve has a name, a story, and a life worth fighting for. This is how we fight.
Keeping Children With Their Families:
Helping parents afford the medical treatment their children need – so they don’t have to choose between their child’s care and keeping their family together.
Saving Children’s Lives:
Providing transfusions, medications, surgeries, and other lifesaving care for children whose families cannot afford it.
Helping Children Thrive:
Supporting children and caregivers with the knowledge, resources, and specialized guidance they need to navigate complex medical and developmental needs.
When families can’t afford treatment, children may face interrupted care or even relinquishment. Knowing Hope helps make sure a child’s care doesn’t end simply because their family can’t afford it.
Donor support can help provide the treatment, medication, and ongoing care a child needs when a family cannot afford it.
We believe no child should go without care because of circumstances.
Every child deserves access to the care they need. Your support helps Knowing Hope provide medical assistance to children whose families cannot afford treatment.
Giving Children with Life-Threatening Illnesses a Chance to Thrive
Knowing Hope provides life-saving medical assistance, family support, and hope to vulnerable children facing catastrophic and chronic illness.
200+
Children served since 2015
Helping over 200 vulnerable children access essential medical care since 2015.
105
Children currently supported in 2026
Providing medical assistance and support to 105 children across our programs in 2026.
20+
Years of commitment to children in Asia
More than two decades of volunteer work in Asia inspired the founding of Knowing Hope in 2015, so that children and families facing serious illness would not have to face it alone.
2
Countries in Asia
Supporting children and families in two countries through medical assistance and family support.
One Life at a Time
Making a difference and providing hope, one child, one life at a time.
Our Impact in Action
Every child has a story. Every child deserves hope.
Real children. Real families. Real moments when hope became possible.
Li Is Growing Up
How medical support helped one family stay together.
Eight years ago, Li’s mother wasn’t sure she could afford the treatment her daughter needed to survive. Today, Li is nine, goes to school, helps her mother on their family farm, and is growing up with the family who loves her.
Li age 3
A Second Life
How one grant helped a family finish their daughter’s leukemia treatment.
In 2016, Ping was an 11-year-old girl whose family was running out of money for her leukemia treatment. Knowing Hope provided a one-time grant that helped her complete her final round of inpatient chemotherapy.
Ping, age 11
A Reason To Smile
Sometimes hope begins with simply being seen.
In 2018, Knowing Hope met an eight-year-old girl living with transfusion-dependent thalassemia. She was quiet and deeply sad.
Knowing Hope began supporting her medical care.
When we returned several months later, she was smiling.
July 2018 → November 2018
One Child. Two Photographs. A Glimpse Of What Hope Can Look Like.
These Stories Are Just The Beginning
One child at a time, Knowing Hope is building a future where more children can receive the care they need and stay with the families who love them.
Where Hope is Headed: Our Vision for 2030
“Every child deserves someone fighting for them. In the next five years, we intend to fight for more of them – and in more places.”
For 10 years we focused on mission delivery and relationship building. We are now formalizing the strategic direction that has already been guiding our growth.
2030 Vision
Lead with Hope: Become Asia’s trusted voice in hope centered support for vulnerable children, bringing together healthcare partners, communities, and families across the region.
Grow with Purpose: Expand sustainable programs into 3 to 4 countries, rooted in deep local relationships and funded through diversified, long-term partnerships.
Measure What Matters: Ensure every child and family we reach has access to lifesaving care; tracking not just reach, but real, lasting change in real lives.
Our Founder
Cindy Morrison MS OTR/L
A registered occupational therapist with 31 years of experience in pediatrics, Cindy has spent her career at the intersection of childhood illness, trauma, and resilience. She is the mother of five daughters adopted from China. Alongside Ellen and Nate Lowe, she started Knowing Hope because she could not look away from the children who had no one fighting for them.
Be the Hope for a child who needs it. Help a child receive the care they need.
Your gift can help provide essential medical care. Depending on the child’s needs and the cost of treatment, your donation may help support blood transfusions, medication, chemotherapy, or lifesaving care for premature infants.
$50 helps to provide a blood transfusion for a child.
$75 helps to provide a blood transfusion and a month of chelation medicine.
$100 helps to provide chemotherapy for a child.
$125 helps to provide a dose of surfactant to a premature baby.
Knowing Hope is a registered 501(c)(3). Your donation is tax deductible and helps Knowing Hope be there for vulnerable children in Asia through medical care, supplies, and support.
Knowing Hope Inc.
PO Box 72, Andover, MA 01810
Tax ID 47-3315850
info@knowinghope.org
Knowing Hope, one life at a time.