CHINA: Abandoned and Orphaned Children
 Every year, there are around 17 million registered births in China. And every year, innumerable babies are abandoned unregistered by their parents, rejected for being either female or disabled. | |
| In 1979, in order to keep the population density down, the Chinese government instituted the infamous "One Child" Policy, which restricts married couples to bearing only one child. The "One Child" Policy ProblemIn traditional Chinese culture, females and disabled people are seen as inferior to healthy males. As couples are restricted to only one child, they want to have a strong, healthy boy, which leads to young girls and disabled children being abandoned on the streets. Providing a HomeAfter the shocking conditions of the Chinese state orphanages were revealed by the award-winning documentary "The Dying Rooms", we knew we had to act to rescue these abandoned and neglected children. We now work with the Luoyang Project in co-operation with the local government to provide up-to-date facilities for abandoned and orphaned children with disabilities. Our partners currently care for over 150 babies in 4 units in China. Together, we have built a new home which will provide expert medical care for such children. This home provides a special care unit for babies who have been given a terminal diagnosis and a long-term chronic care unit for children in need of constant care. There is also a surgical unit for infants with correctable confenital disabilities which will be used for anything from the simple casting of a club foot to complex heart surgery. A Brighter FutureGiven the best available medical care, many of these children who are not in need of permanent care will go on to be adopted into loving homes, where they have the opportunity to live their own lives with a hope for the future. .gif) We are very grateful to Virgin Atlantic, whose Change for Children on-board appeal raise around £57,500 for the Luoyang Project and helped to rescue these abandoned and orphaned children in China. Join our fight for justice... Donate now >> |
