简介:OnOctober12,2008,atrain-ingschoolfororphanswasinauguratedatNanshanggangVillage,FangshanDistrict,BeijingMunicipality.'Oursisnotanordinaryorphanage,'saidschoolocialZhangMei.'Itaimstoproducemembersofthesocialelitebylettingorphansgrowinloveandwarmthcharacteristicofwholesomefamilies.'
简介:'Left-behindchildren'arechildrenwhohaveoneparentorbothparentsworkinginanothercitywhilethechildrenstayinthevillage.Thesechildrenusuallylivewitheitheroneoftheirparents,relativesorfamilyfriends.Researchshowsthatthereareover58millionleft-behindchildreninChina;57.2percentofthemhaveoneparentworkinginanothercity,42.8percentofthechildrenhavebothparentsworkinginanothercity,79.7percentareraisedbytheirgrandparents,13percentoftheleft-behindchildrenareraisedbyrelativesorfriends,7.3percentofthesechildrenareraisedwithoutaguardianorinformationaboutthemisuncertain.AstheChineseeconomyprospers,working-ageadultsfromvillagesincreasinglychoosetoworkincitieswithleft-behindchildrenaspecialpopulationthatrequiresspecialattentioninChinesevillageeducation.Socialresearcherswarnthatleft-behindchildrenarenotonlyaproblemforfamiliesbutasocialproblem.TheeducationprograminLinziElementarySchool,RugaoCity,JiangsuProvincehasraisedawarenessofleft-behindchildren'seducation.Theschool's'Left-behindChildren'33433'LinziModel'isnowpopularinthecountryandfollowedbymanyelementaryschools.ThisschoolisnowamajorexperimentalelementaryschoolundertheUnitedNationsInternationalChildren'sEmergencyFund(UNICEF)caringforleft-behindchildren.
简介:Separatedfromthewomen’sprisonbyonlyawallisabigcourtyard.Itisaworldofgreen.Weweretoldthatgrowinginthethreehectarecourtyardaremorethan3,000oftalltreesandbushesinmorethan100species,3,000potsofplants,4,000squaremetersofvegetativecoverandnearly10,000squaremetersofflowerbeds,andlawns.Thereisalsoarockeryandafallandmorethan700squaremetersofroofgarden.Noonecouldassociatetheplacewiththeword"prison."Butitisaprison-aprisonorreformschoolforeducatingandcorrectingjuveniledelinquents.
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简介:THISgroupof16people,theoldest47andtheyoungest37,includesaprofessor,anarmyman,anarteditor,andanartdirector.Itstartedwithjustafewpeoplegettingtogetherforpicnics,andperhapsagameoffootball,afterwhichtheywouldrelaxinanopen-airsettingandexchangepersonalviewsonart.Withthepassingoftime,thesegatheringsbecamemoreformalized.AcommonpassionforarteventuallypromptedthoseinthegrouptosetupMyWay-BeijingCultureandArtExchangeCenter,