In Nha Trang, Vietnam, Tong Phuoc Phuc sits cross-legged on a straw mat in the middle of the living room, singing a soothing Vietnamese lullaby. Just for this brief window in time, this room is his world and his deep voice overcomes this world in magic, the small room filled with 13 little babies is still.

Phuc is not related to any of these little ones, but he giggles as if he were their proud father. If it weren't for Phuc, many of these children would have likely been aborted. To Catholic Phuc, this idea of abortion is unimaginable. The 41-year-old from Nha Trang, a town on the coast, has opened his home to many expecting but unwed mothers in Vietnam, a country which holds te record for the world's highest abortion rates. There were more than 114,000 abortions in 2006 alone in the different state hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City. The abortions outnumbered the births.

Majority of Vietnamese women have strained options, they have but very little choices and abortion is one that is welcome. Many cannot afford supporting and caring for a baby, and many are unwilling to put themselves in the risk of being disowned by their families. Premarital sex is considered a "social evil" in this communist government, though abortion is legal and is practiced at almost every hospital.

There are very few places where women who desire to keep their babies can find refuge. Phuc, promises these women food and shelter until their babies are due. He then cares for the children until the mothers are able to care for them on their own. OVer the course of the past four years. Phuc has taken in 60 kids, half of which still call Phuc's home their own.

At times there are 10 mothers living there at a single time, sleeping on the floor. Phuc, a thin man of weathered skin and brown-stained teeth from years of smoking, declares that the problem is that many young people live together and have sex but do no know about the consequences of pregnancy. When found pregnant, they just get abortions. According to Phuc, he made a deal with God seven years ago, during the time when his wife faced complications when in labor with their son. His vow was that if they were to be spared, he would do something to help others. While his wife lay recovering from the difficult birth and labor, Phuc remembers seeing many women enter the delivery room but leave by themselves. He wondered to himself about where the babies were. He soon realized that these women had abortions.

This building contractor began saving money to buy a craggy plot of land that lay outside of town. He then began collecting unwanted fetuses from various hospitals and clinics, burying these on his new property. In the beginning, doctors and neighbors thought that Phuc was going crazy; even his wife questioned why her husband spent their savings on a cemetary for aborted babies. Phuc continued his work and now there are around 7,000 little plots of land dotting that shady hillisded, many of which are marked by bright artificial roses. Phuc believes that these fetuses have souls and wouldn't want them to be wandering souls. Phuc has two children of his own.

News of his little cemetary began to spread and women who had gone through abortion began to visit and burn incense. Women who are pregnant move into Phuc's 904-square-foot house. This operation has become a full-time project, with the whole family getting involved. Even Phuc's older sister helps with the chaos of baby bottles, crying little ones and chasing the crawlers. Drying outside the house are bibs, booties, jumpers and spit rags. The cost for a month of caring for 33 babies and the women is a total of $1,800 dollars. Phuc receives donations from various people and organizations, includging Catholic and Buddhist groups. Even Vietnamese Presiden Nguyen Minh Triet praised Phuc in a letter for caring for women and children that have been scorned by society.

Because Phuc's orphanage is not a registered one, none of the children may be put up for adoption. Phuc's goal, however, is to reunite each baby with their mother or to raise the little ones as his own. To this day, 27 of these babies have gone home.

"I will continue this job until the last breath of my life, I will encourage my children to take over to help other people who are underpriveleged." -Phuc