Left-Behind Children Ministry

What is Left-Behind Children Ministry? 什麼是留守兒童事工?

We care about needy children in China – 我們關愛中國兒童!


In recent years, due to migrations of the workforce in Mainland China, a new social phenomenon has surfaced – one that was never seen in Chinese history – Tens of millions of children have become “orphans with parents”. They are the “Left-behind Children”.

 At present, there is an estimate of over sixty millions Left-behind Children in China. In order to make a living, their parents had left their hometowns for work, handing these children over to the care of grandparents or neighbours. On average, these parents would return home to see their children once a year, and in some cases, once in a few years.

Without proper supervision, Left-behind Children tend to form gangs and wander about. Disturbingly, on average, tens of thousands of them died in accidents each year, while countless girls between the ages of 10 to 15 were sexually assaulted. More commonly, especially during summer holidays, youths would indulge in online games, pick up bad habits, become addicted, and lose motivation for their studies. Not surprisingly, feeling being abandoned by their parents, numerous younger children may suffer from anxiety, insecurity issues and low self-esteem.

For thousands of years in the past in China, despite hardship and adversity, children would stay with their parents. Today, however, this has changed in China! The Left-behind Children, not having parental guidance and support, are gravely impacted in their development physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, academically and ethically. This would become a severe, impending crisis for the Chinese society! A Chinese proverb says, “Strong youths build a strong country; wise youths shape a wise nation.”  Whether this large group of Left-behind Children would become the burden or the hope of our country rests on how we actively participate to love and care for them.
Are you willing to go with us to care for them?

Children in China中國近年因勞動力的遷移,出現了數千年來未見過的社會現象,

數以千萬計的兒童變成「有父母的孤兒」,我們稱他們為「留守兒童」。

現今中國「留守兒童」的數字已達六千萬以上。他們的父母因為生計到外地工作,把子女都交給祖父母或鄰居照顧,父母平均一年,甚至數年才回鄉與孩子見面一次。

在沒人看管的情況下,他們都愛三五成群四處嬉戲。中國平均每年有過萬名這樣的孩子意外死亡,又有很多10至15歲少女遭受性侵犯;更普遍的便是大孩子在暑假沉迷打機(網絡遊戲),染上壞習慣,無心向學;小的孩子則恐懼害怕,缺乏安全感,他們都自憐自卑,因自覺被父母遺棄了……

在中國過去的數千年,無論環境是順是逆,又或生活多艱難,孩子們都一定跟隨父母。現在這大羣孩子的成長、學習、心志、品格、家庭觀念、生命意義,甚至愛的價值都被衝擊扭曲,這將成為社會上潛伏的大危機!所謂少年強,則國強,少年智,則國智,這大羣「留守兒童」到底將成為國家的負擔,或是成為國家真正的希望,命運「定在今朝」— 就靠我們這一代人所付出實際的「關愛行動」了!

你願意和我們一起去關愛他們嗎?