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Article: China starts adoption process for 88 earthquake orphans
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 23, 2008
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China starts adoption process for 88 earthquake orphans
CHENGDU, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Civil affairs authorities in China's
quake-hit Sichuan Province on Saturday issued the first list of 88
children orphaned in the May 12 earthquake for adoption.
The process is restricted to qualified Chinese mainland families
in line with guidelines jointly instituted by the Ministry of Civil
Affairs and the provincial government of Sichuan after the
earthquake.
"Of 532 children who lost both parents in the earthquake, 240
were under the age of 14. Most of them had their grandparents or
other relatives as guardians. Only 88 orphans currently need care,"
said Chen Kefu, deputy head of the provincial Civil ...
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