“If in the past, charity/nonprofit work was a dream of mine; in the future, it will be a career.”
– Han Hong
If you follow celebrities, on weibo (Chinese tweeter, but better), then you’ve probably seen at least half of the celebs retweeting images of child beggars. The project, asking weibo users to upload pictures and location of any begging children they see, has been so far the most widespread weibo campaign recently, and has brought on the attention of artists from Faye Wong to Han Hong.
In the annual Two Meetings to be held in March, singer Han Hong, who has been on the front lines of aid in many recent natural disasters and has shown a fierce dedication to nonprofit work in the past years, is currently in the process of planning a law against child kidnapping at the meetings. Working with a group of lawyers and activists, Han Hong hopes the new law will tighten punishment for kidnapping children, to increase rescue efforts for kidnapped children, and to allow for a great number of and quality of orphanages.
In China, it is illegal for children to beg as a way to prevent child kidnapping for the purpose. The weibo campaign, which begun on January the 25th, hopes to both raise awareness for the problem and help parents rediscover their kidnapped children. Since the campaign has begun on the 25th, over 2000 photos of child beggars have been posted by weibo users and half a million weibo’s on it. One family was able to reunite with their kidnapped son after finding a photo of him on weibo.
Han Hong also released her newest song promoting nonprofit work, Seeking for you amongst the crowds:
