In China roughly 25 years ago, a 7- year- old child was found lost in the streets and kidnapped by a woman who was claiming to help her. This past November, that same child, who is now a 32 –year- old woman, was reunited with her family after many years of separation.
Soon after her kidnapping, the child was sold to a family who anticipated her to be the future wife of one of their sons. Still considered vanished by her home village, the family of the 7-year-old child had been actively seeking their missing loved one for the last 25 years.
Through the efforts of The Jenzabar Foundation, Women’s Rights in China, Children’s Rights in China, the Rescue Network, Chinese local government and media, and many volunteers, the family was reconnected in the village where she was born. These organizations and individual volunteers worked together in researching her family and broadcasting her story – reuniting them after more than two decades apart.
The Chinese government’s family planning policy limits the number of children a couple can have, causing many acts of crime throughout the country. Human trafficking still remains widespread in China with kidnapped children being bought by childless couples and abducted women being sold for marriage or prostitution.
Earlier this year, Chairman of the Board of Advisors for The Jenzabar Foundation, Ling Chai, announced a $1 million humanitarian effort to support human rights and a peaceful democratic China over the next five years. As part of this initiative, The Jenzabar Foundation is starting a campaign to help the many victims of the One Child Policy and raise awareness of human trafficking, kidnapping, and forced abortion.
We are bringing to your attention the case of Wujian. Although she begged the nurse to let her baby live, she was forcibly aborted in the sixth month of her pregnancy. The nurse told Wujian that she was one of more than 10,000 forced abortions in that county, just for that year.
Wujian’s experience represents the experiences of countless millions of women who have been forcibly aborted in the 30 years since China implemented the One Child Policy. To help some of the suffering women of China, we are hoping to gather 100,000 signatures for Wujian’s petition. By showing your support, you can play a part in the next success story!
