On 8 June Morning Tears, a well-known Belgian NGO gave an update on their operations in China. Location: Hilton Hotel (also their sponsor).
Morning Tears was born in China. From 1998 it has been working for children whose parents are in prison or have been executed. It now has operations in other countries such as Cambodia.
Children are innocent to the crimes of their parents but often lose everything when their parents are sent to prison. From one day to another they can lose their home and school. In many developing countries the streets become their only option to survive. The risk to become a victim of physical, sexual, mental abuse or forced labor increases substantially. In the own community they often no longer find acceptance and their friends don’t want to play with them. Family is often no longer family because the children remind them of what happened, give the family a bad reputation or are considered to bring bad luck.
Their website: http://morningtears.org/
Koen Sevenants gave an overview of what was achieved in the past ten years and introduced the setup of Morning Tears China (in Zhengzhou), the new independent Chinese entity that will carry out the ideas of and spirit of Morning Tears.
Morning Tears China gave an overview on how they will continue their important work, as explained in some of their slides shown here.
Our Rotaractor Gau (Rotaract Beijing West Club) presented her plans to work with Moring Tears for their Summer Camp.
The Beijing Rotary Club has been working with Morning Tears in the past.
Thierry of Beer Mania handed over the proceeds he collected for Morning Tears, through an event he did in his well-known Belgian Café.
