Children

CCAFC agrees to return all the funds raised for Guizhou student who died

The “Wu Huayan Case”, the latest scandal affecting a charity to cause controversy on Chinese social media, appears to have reached a conclusion. The China Charities Aid Foundation for Children (CCAFC) officially announced on the 20th of January that it…

2020-01-23

The Ai You Foundation’s innovative child healthcare projects explained

Editor’s note This report is based on an article by the Charity Times, 超11亿投入爱佑儿童医疗三次创变探索救助之道, originally published on the 17th of June. The Charity Times’ article is loosely based on an interview with Gao Zifei, the assistant secretary-general of the…

2019-06-19

The Ford Foundation: 15 years of Educational Funding Projects in China

A review of the Ford Foundation's grant-making in education in China from 2001 to 2016.

2019-01-17

Why livestreaming classes won’t solve the problems of rural education

Editor’s Note This is a summary of an article that originally appeared in 网易数读 on the 22nd of December 2018, under the title ”3600万流动儿童，和消失的农村学生” (36 million migrant children and disappeared students from the countryside). It is a response to a…

2018-12-27

Goodlytrees: a New Approach to Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation

A look at the work done by Goodlytrees, an organization that helps to rehabilitate children with cerebral palsy, a condition especially prevalent in China's more remote rural areas.

2018-12-12

Ci’ai Garden, a special home for orphans

In the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan Province, due to low levels of education and family poverty, it is difficult for the elderly to shoulder the responsibility of educating orphaned grandsons and granddaughters. The prefecture has now…

2018-11-21

White paper on the psychological condition of China’s left-behind children in 2018 released

On the Road to School (上学路上), a Chinese NGO that focuses on children, and particularly their spiritual growth, held a press conference in Beijing on October 16 presenting the “White Paper on the Psychological State of China’s Left-behind Children in…

2018-10-22

Dew Drops Little Flower: Giving Disabled Orphans a Home

Dew Drop Little Flowers is an organization that provides a home for disabled orphans. CDB visited their children's home on the outskirts of Beijing.

2018-10-09

Haider Yaqub, Plan International: Supporting Children in Rural China

Haider Yaqub, country director for Plan International, talks to CDB about his organization's work in supporting children's development and fighting gender biases in China.

2018-09-14

China’s Minister of Education announces reforms to ensure migrant children’s access to education

On the 28th of August, the Minister of Education Chen Baosheng reported to the fifth session of the 13th NPC Standing Committee concerning the topics of educational equality and the integration of urban and rural compulsory education. The minister explained…

2018-08-30

Rehabilitation and relief system for disabled children to be launched nationwide

Currently there are 1,678,000 disabled children under six years old in China, and every year there are 200,000 new disabled children. It is important to diagnose illnesses and disabilities in children as early as possible in order to have better…

2018-08-29

Photos from Save the Children’s inclusive education program in Yunnan go on display

At the end of August, a selection of photography pieces were put on display in the lobby of a shopping mall in Yizhuang, Beijing. The photos contain people, animals and landscapes. The artists who took them are six children from…

2018-08-27

15 families with autistic children moving into new Shenzhen compound provokes protests

This is an abridged translation of the article written and published by 大米和小米 which can be found here. On the 18th July, a few families preparing to view their newly allocated public rental housing were sent alerts that due…

2018-07-26

Today is China’s Children’s Day – let’s take a look at the situation of Chinese children!

Editor’s Note This is CDB’s abridged translation of a WeChat post by UNICEF China, published on the first of June, China’s official Children’s Day. Please find the original here. The graphs are all taken from UNICEF’s report. This Children’s…

2018-06-01

Rehabilitation and aid systems for disabled children established by the State Council

It was announced yesterday that, in order to better safeguard the rights and interests of disabled children and promote the civilized evolution of society, the executive meeting of the State Council hosted by Li Keqiang decided to establish a system…

2018-05-31

Jack Ma donates $3M to Jordan’s Queen Rania’s Foundation for Education and Development

Editor’s note This report was originally published by Alizila. You can find the original here. The Jack Ma Foundation on Monday announced the first stage of a $3 million donation in support of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education…

2018-05-11

Education in Sight: an Interview with Andrew Shirman

An exclusive interview with Andrew Shirman, CEO and co-founder of Education in Sight, who talks to CDB about his efforts to bring eyeglasses to schoolchildren in rural China.

2018-04-23

Tong Lihua: the law on the protection of minors should be a “hard” law, not a “soft” one

The China Foundation of Culture and Art for Children and PhoenixNet Public Welfare recently hosted a forum on child protection in Beijing. The forum was attended by deputies of China’s “Two Sessions” to discuss the topic of chid protection, call…

2018-04-10

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