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China's hebei shangyi zhangjiakou taiping street mingde primary school (2014 CyberFair Project ID 7773)
China, China ShangYi zhangjiakou
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 2. Community Groups and Special Populations

We estimate 5 student(s) from 11 to 12 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Our county is located at the southern edge of Inner Mongolian Plateau as well as in the northwest of Hebei Province. It is a national-level poverty-stricken county with a population of 194,300, of which 148,300 are engaged in agriculture while 155,400 are permanent residents. In recent years, the number of migrant rural labor went out to work, many village in my county become into "migrant village". More than 3.8 people go out to work in county each year. While they are devoting themselves entirely for our city, family income is also increasing. But behind this phenomenon, a large group -- Empty Nester is derived. At present, the county for population of more than 60 years of age in rural is 25100, including 1534 five guarantees, the population of Empty Nester is 15200, whose children are working outside and have no time to take care of them

Project Description: As the aging of population is deepening in China and the number of migrant workers are growing every single year, the aged from rural empty nest families become more and more. They should taste the good life with their children in a ripe old age, but nowadays, they have to work the fields and they feel lonely with no children around them. So, we decided to care about those strange and familiar grandpa and grandma over us. Do everything in our modest to help them, to show love to poor lonely old people, let them lead a comfortable life.

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