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Event Summary

In an unnamed rural village, a lonely child sits at home, left behind, by the parents who, because of economic necessity, went to work at a factory in an unknown distant city.

Every year in China rural parents leave their homes to find work in the cities. What systems are in place to help make the burden of supporting a family and the loneliness of being away easier?

Join us this Friday, March 16, as we invite Rose Martin, consultant at Collective Responsibility to talk about the project she is currently working on, which aims to improve the lives of 3 million migrant-parent factory workers with left-behind children. She will also discuss how it fits into the wider context of social sustainability in supply chains in China.

The issue of “Left-behind” children is problematic in China, and according to the All China Women’s Foundation (ACWF) there are over 60 million left-behind children remaining in rural towns. That is about 38 percent of all children in the country, and 43 percent of them come from five provinces: Sichuan, Henan, Anhui, Hunan, and Guangdong

While there is an increasing awareness and a number of programs in place to help these children, there are few that focus on what it is like from the parents’ perspective, who need to leave their homes to find work in the city so they can support their family. Sometimes they will return home only once every two years.

Rose and her colleagues seek to remedy the parents' difficulties, and she will share her experience of doing so this Friday.

FreshStart warmly welcomes all to attend, listen, and ask questions.


Mar 16, 2018

7:45 AM - 9:00 AM (GMT+8)

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泰兴路89号5楼, 近南京西路
Shanghai, China

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Speakers

  • Rose Martin (Consultant at Collective Responsibility)

    Rose Martin

    Consultant at Collective Responsibility

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RMB 100
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