It is common knowledge that due to the 1-child
policy in China, for many years girls were abandoned
and put up for adoption because families wanted (needed..)
sons for different reasons.
It may not be common knowledge that one of the most
vulnerable groups in China, in the world….. the
disabled children, has been abandoned and sent to
orphanages. Children suffering from minor physical
disabilities and children with both physical and
mental disabilities. Children with no voice or other
means to speak out for themselves.
Since about 2000 there has been an increase of
abandoned disabled children. Today the majority of
children that go to an orphanage are disabled and
many of them have no chance of ever being adopted,
as they are too severely handicapped. Most of them
do not get sufficient medical treatment or therapy
due to a lack of money and because people still do
not realize that even the disabled have abilities.
Even though China is developing more and more, there
is still a lack of knowledge and awareness
concerning treatment of certain disabilities.
This is where we want to make a change; where we
want to stand up and speak out on behalf of the
disabled children and show both China and the rest
of the world that everyone has rights and abilities,
however insignificant they may seem.
What is our aim?
Our aim is to support disabled (orphaned) children
with a mental or physical disability or both, by
giving them a voice. We currently mainly focus on
children from the Yulin Social Welfare Institute (YSWI)
in Yulin, Shaanxi and their foster families. In
future we hope to extend our help to other
orphanages and foster families in other areas in
China.
How do we hope to achieve our aim?
1. Through training and informing the workers at the welfare
institute as well as the foster families
2. Through (financing) medical surgery
3. Through providing medical devices, such as: braces,
incontinence diapers, etc.
4. By raising awareness within the community; locally,
countywide and hopefully one day nationwide
All of this we want to achieve with the help of
local governments and China-based organizations and
institutions. Especially as our ultimate aim is to
give the children a better future with help from
within… from their own people, their own country… |