Jenny Bowen

About the Author

Jenny Bowen is an acclaimed author and philanthropist whose life took a profound turn after adopting her daughter from China in 1997, igniting a passion for advocating the rights of orphaned children. As the founder of Half the Sky Foundation, she has dedicated over two decades to transforming institutional care into nurturing family-like environments for thousands of children in China. Drawing from her personal experiences and tireless advocacy, Bowen's writing illuminates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of compassionate action. Her memoir, Wish You Happy Forever: What China's Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains – A Memoir of Building a Foundation to Bring Nurturing Care to Forgotten Children, offers an inspiring account of overcoming bureaucratic and cultural barriers to foster lasting change for the world's forgotten children.