Operated by Chunhui Children in state-run welfare institutions, Chunhui Mama is a childcare and education program designed for orphaned and special needs children aged 0-18. This program embraces inclusive education, follows the “life-long management of the whole child” philosophy, designs courses based on the children’s ages and developmental needs, and creates appropriate learning opportunities for each child so as to promote their holistic development. The program also trains almost a thousand front-line Chunhui Mamas to provide responsive care for orphaned children, help them develop secure attachment and pay consistent attention to their needs. Its goal is to help the children thrive in family-like love and care. Chunhui Mama is not only a name for one of our programs but also the title for the women working with our programs in welfare institutions. They serve both as mamas and as teachers of the children.
The 2016 Social Service Development Communique indicates that by the end of 2016, orphaned children in China totaled 460,000, of which 88,000 spent their days under centralized care. “Chunhui Mama” is a program model designed for orphaned children in China’s state-run child welfare institutions. We aim to, with our consistent efforts and support from multiple stakeholders, ultimately reach all of these most vulnerable children.
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The program provides early education and intervention for 0-6-year-old orphaned children in welfare institutions. It recruits and trains front-line Chunhui Mamas who offer these children family-like responsive care and help them establish secure attachment. Regular professional child evaluations, individualized education plans, emergent curricula and nurturing learning environment will be delivered to develop the children’s love and capacity for learning, unlock their fullest potentials, and prepare them for elementary or special education schools and beyond.
Chunhui Youth is designed to serve 7-18-year-old children with two sub-programs. The Youth Tutoring & Support Sub Program is tailored for school-aged children. Well-trained loving mentors spend time with the children after school, learn about their needs, personalities, and interests, provide for them necessary emotional support, make individualized teaching and support plans, and help them develop self-awareness, build self-confidence and self-esteem. The Youth Integration Education Sub Program serves orphanage children attending special education schools and children who cannot participate in any forms of learning due to their physical impairment. This sub program provides child-centered sports and rehabilitation & special education integrated courses for these children based on their ability levels, needs and age groups. The goal is to promote their all-round development.
Families have always been the best way we have to raise our young children. The Chunhui Family Program recruits married couples from the local community who receive our professional training and then set up loving foster homes for children with special needs who for the first time have the opportunity to grow up with familial love. Each family includes a trained full-time mom and a working dad who take care of 3-5 children who are unlikely to be adopted. The families live in apartments provided by the welfare institutions.
To meet the pressing needs of welfare institutions for quality child care and to ultimately reach more orphaned children in need, Chunhui Children delivers both on-site and online training for institution administrators, caregivers, teachers and foster parents in children’s welfare institutions.