Children

China Youth Daily: what can NGOs do for China’s left-behind children?

The issue of China’s left-behind children issue has become the most discussed topic among Chinese NGOs. Most organizations agree that while material support for these children is important, mental and psychological needs are even more pressing.What kind of methods or…

2015-06-30

Over 60% believe Hukou system causes China’s left-behind children problem

What are the best solutions to solve the left-behind children problems? China Philanthropy Times asked people their opinion on the possible solutions.

2015-06-30

Road to School releases white paper on mental issues facing China’s left-behind children

A strikingly 10 million children in China can't meet their parents in a whole year.

2015-06-24

Growing Home: The Chinese NGO that Tells Bedtime Stories to Rural Boarding Students

CBD's Yang Jin profiles the NGO "Growing Home", which helps rural boarding school students by telling them bedtime stories

2015-06-22

Survey on the living conditions of China’s 61 million left-behind children

The Beijing News writes that the four children who committed suicide in Bijie are indicative of the mental state and living conditions of China’s “left-behind children”. The number of “left-behind children” in Chinese rural areas is always on the rise…

2015-06-19

Stay-behind or migrate? A sad childhood for 100 million Chinese children

Chinese newspaper Caixin writes that no country in the world has such a huge population of children that live away from their parents.They are the 60 million left-behind children in China’s rural areas and many are only able to meet…

2015-06-19

Solving the challenges facing ‘left-behind children’ requires efforts from everyone

On June 9th, four “left-behind children (留守儿童)” committed suicide in their home in Bijie, Guizhou. The tragic incident follows another three years ago, when five left-behind children died in Bijie after lighting a fire in a dustbin. The tragedy has…

2015-06-15

The One Foundation creates controversy with “笨小孩” (silly kids)

The One Foundation has created controversy after launching an initiative on Weibo for World Autism Awareness Day. The initiative was titled “人人都是笨小孩” [the official english translation is “Childish is with Everyone”]. The phrase “笨小孩” – meaning literally “silly kids” – …

2015-04-08

Thinking Strategically: An Interview with Liu Jingtao from the China Charities Aid Foundation for Children

An Interview with Liu Jingtao, Director of the Program Development Department at the China Charities Aid Foundation for Children, as part of the "Thinking Strategically about Civil Society Assistance in China" project

2015-04-03

Thinking Strategically: An Interview with Perrine Lhuillier of Save the Children

An interview with Perrine Lhuillier, Director of Communications and Donor Relations at Save the Children in China, as part of the "Thinking Strategically about Civil Society Assistance in China" project

2015-04-01

Liang Hui delegates give their opinions on public welfare issues

The opening of the annual meeting of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on March 3 kicked off this year’s Liang Hui (annual sessions of NPC & CPPCC ). Some delegates have voiced their opinions and submitted their proposals on…

2015-03-10

New reports on child protection released before the Liang Hui

Two reports on child protection were released at a pre-CPPCC seminar hosted by the China Social Assistance Foundation on March 2, 2015. The two reports were titled the Primary School Teaching Plan on Child Sexual Assault (防性侵教育小学标准教案) and the Training…

2015-03-06

China launches new plan for children development in impoverished areas

On January 15th, 2015, the State Council published the «Plan for the development of children in impoverished areas 2014 – 2020» that should benefit 40 million children. The plan aims at bringing the living conditions of these children up to national standards.

2015-01-16

The 10 Public Welfare Keywords of 2014

This article highlights 10 keywords from China Philanthropy Times’ reporting on the public welfare industry in 2014.

2015-01-05

What’s the relationship between migrant children and “left-behind children”?

This article explores the relationship between two phenomena in China, the children of migrants who have moved with their parents from rural areas to cities to find work (liudong ertong) and ‘left-behind children’ whose parents have moved to cities for work but have left them in rural areas (liushou ertong).

2014-12-11

Parents in Beijing, children in Hengshui: hukou issues make family reunions rare

This story is about the case of over a thousand students attending the Hengshui boarding school because they cannot sit the gaokao in Beijing for lack of appropriate hukou.

2014-12-02

Ma Zhengzhou: An AIDS Relief Practitioner on the Frontline

As part of her series on NGOs in Anhui, Guo Ting tells the bittersweet story of an AIDS relief practitioner’s ultimately successful efforts to set up a Chi Heng Foundation office in Anhui province, register it as a NGO and deliver financial assistance to HIV-infected families in the area.

2014-11-30

A Fresh Approach: Impressions of Beijing Sun Village

Dong Huijie interviews Mrs. Zhang Shuqin, founder of the Beijing Sun Vilage and explains how the organization has transformed in a social enterprise and become self-sustainable to continue providing services to children of prisoners.

2014-09-04

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