Orphan with club feet & born with spina bifida

“State Parties recognize that every child has the inherent right to life…”
U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (ratified by China in 1991)

Human Rights Watch has reported overall annual mortality among institutionalized orphans in China to range from 60 percent to 72.5 percent. This means that most infants who enter into Chinese state run orphanages do not make it into childhood. They pass away in the most squalid of conditions in dying rooms for unwanted, and often disabled children. Some say China's orphan problem is one of the many side effects of the One Child Policy.

In 2006, UNICEF statistics showed that there are over 20 million orphans in China.

China Care Foundation, a US based non-profit provides specialized care for the smallest and weakest infants who are orphaned, life saving medical treatments and surgeries, foster care in loving families as well as encourage and promote adoptions of special needs children.

The majority of the children under the care of China Care fall under the category of 'economic orphans' because as much as these children may be loved, their parents simply cannot afford the medical treatment needed for their child.

China Care Foundation
China Little Flower