As a non-governmental charitable organisation, Sun Village has been dedicated to providing foster care and education for the children of convicts for over ten years. Sun Village is committed to bring these minors together in a stable and warm family. This environment enables them to grow-up both happily and healthily, just as other children would. Our charitable services include tailored educational programmes, psychological counselling, rights protection and vocational training.
As the Sun Village children are neither orphans nor physically disabled, they are ineligible for government subsidies. At the same time they can receive unfavourable treatment in society due to their family background. On their own, the children would be left without shelter: Some would work as shepherds, some would beg for money and food, and many would be abandoned and possibly abused by their relatives. Given this situation it may not be surprising that some children turn to crime, just as their parents may have done.
Over the last decade, Sun Village has provided valuable assistance for more than 800 of these children. Currently, 200 children reside at Children’s Villages in Beijing, Xi’an, Xinxiang (Henan Province) and Long County (Shaanxi Province).