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The Morning Sun Center of Hope : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Morning Sun Center of Hope
The Morning Sun Center of Hope (MSCH) is a non-profit organization located in the Henan Province (China), and is focused on meeting the needs of at-risk children in China. Founded by Bart and Deirdre Daniel in January 2007, MSCH targets institutionalized orphans and indigent special-needs children. Due to Funding Issues, The Morning Sun Center of Hope has been closed. ==History and Background== China is going through rapid economic development. With one of the world’s fastest growing economies, urban China is experiencing an amazing transformation into a modern society. However, rural China, with a population of almost 1 billion, lives in poverty and access to primary healthcare is limited. Healthcare is limited by financial issues, geography and a lack of providers. While the limitations of the healthcare system are experienced by many, children are perhaps the most vulnerable population and are placed at risk. As a result, many indigent parents are forced to abandon their children in the hope that the State Run Social Welfare System will bring them within its fold and provide adequate medical care. The Morning Sun Center of Hope was started to address these issues. China has a significant orphan population, and even though the number of orphans is not officially published, according to a 2004 UNAID’s estimate, China has 20.8 million orphans. Orphanages have a high disproportionate share of special needs children. Vitamin deficiencies, such as folic acid, cause a higher than average rate of neural tube defects. With the average rural income less than $1,200 per year, the cost of obtaining healthcare places a tremendous financial burden on families. Because of this, parents are sometimes forced to abandon the child with the hope that the state-run orphanages will support them and provide adequate healthcare. While there are 60,000 domestic and international adoptions annually, this represents only 0.75% of the institutionalized orphans. Despite the best efforts of the Chinese government to deal with this issue, there is still a large orphan population that goes underserved.
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