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a. Target 1: Working / Migrant Parents
China’ s migrant population reached 247 million in 2015, accounting for 18 % of China’ s total population or the equivalent to one in six persons migrating.
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61 million children have been left-behind by parents due to this mass migration. According to a 2013 CCR CSR study, over 40 % of working parents have left work due to concerns related to their children, and almost 40 % admit to making errors at work due to worries about their children. Many parents only get to see their children once a year for a short period.
A large number of parents would like to find work closer to their children but struggle to find factories that provide facilities and / or support provisions for the family.
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Apart from the regular tip articles and comics posted on CCR CSR’ s WeSupport platform each week, CCR CSR developed ten special lessons based on tried-and-tested training materials that aim to provide migrant parent workers with a range of important support mechanisms and tools for improving and maintaining relationships with their children.
Lesson Topics:
• Life is full of choices
• Being a working parent and balancing demands
• Wellbeing
• Children’ s rights
• The needs of your child
• Child resilience
• Creating a care plan
• Effective communication from a distance
• Recognizing the signs of distress
• Making the most of your time together
In addition to our own unique content, CCR CSR and UNICEF joined forces to respond to a strong demand by migrant parents for basic information about early childhood development( ECD). Lessons covered the topics of nutrition, child safety and disease prevention. A total of 48 posts were adapted from UNICEF’ s ECD content, including lesson articles, videos and quizzes.
7. National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’ s Republic of China 2016 Report on China’ s Migrant Population Development http:// www. nhfpc. gov. cn / zhuzhan / xwfbh / 201610 / 58881fa502e5481082eb- 9b34331e3eb2. shtml
8. CCR CSR( 2013) They Are Also Parents: CCR CSR Study On Migrant Workers With Left-Behind Children In China http:// ccrcsr. com / resource / 225
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