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CCR CSR | A Study on Migrant Workers with Left-behind Children in China | August 2013
loves me a lot. Every time he comes back, he buys me a lot of presents. I
want to work in Chongqing in the future, because I want to be reunited with
my father. My biggest wish now is to spend every day with him. I want to tell
my dad, ‘Dad I love you! I really want to be with you a lot.’ I haven’t said this The Center for Child Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility (CCR CSR) in
to him in the past. China has been a pioneer in advising businesses on Child Right's since 2009.
We provide businesses with expertise and services to facilitate change in their
But if I tell him this, it could disturb his already tough life. I feel that he
work to make permanent improvements in children's lives.
misses me as well, and when I asked him in the past, he said, ‘Of course I
miss you.’ I felt very happy hearing this, but I didn’t follow up on it. I don’t CCR CSR is a social enterprise that sells its competence, experience and
always ask him whether he misses me or not. I don’t know what he does knowledge to help companies improve and implement child-rights related
when he misses me, but I guess he would call. So every time he calls, I guess CSR-strategies, programs and projects. We will be judged successful when all
he must be calling because he misses me. Our regular phone calls last for companies actively work to make sure their businesses are aligned with the
three or four minutes. If I want to speak longer, I tell him about how great Children's Rights and Business Principles (CRBP).
school is going to make him happy. I ask if work is good in Chongqing, and he
says he’s happy, working there to support my education. I have made plans In order to provide the most up to date information in this field and to share
about going to be with him in the future, and I don’t mind if this means I will best practices with our clients, we are constantly monitoring developments
earn less money. I want to ask his opinion about this plan, but I haven’t done and conducting research projects to ensure our clients not only have the most
that yet. I guess I could do it during the school break.” up to date information, but that they have baselines from which to determine
the success of their own initiatives.
[A postscript from the interviewer]: I interviewed eight children, six of them
from single-parent families. Reasons vary from the passing away of one
CCR CSR is engaging with companies through:
parent, to divorce, to examples such as Wangyuan, who was abandoned by
his mother. This must be a terrible thing and they must wonder whether their • Knowledge Provision mother loves them? For left-behind children such as this one, a lot is missing • Advisory Service Frontline Managers
from their lives. • Project Development Senior Management
• Program Management Young Workers
• Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation Purposeful Parenting
Pseudonyms have been used.
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