1. As a pioneering work, Zaozhuang Women's Federation launched the "surrogate mother" activity on 1988. In order to achieve practical results, they clearly put forward that people from all walks of life with good ideological and moral character, high political quality, love and responsibility, and certain economic ability can participate in the "surrogate mother" activity. "Surrogate mother" can be female or male; It can be an individual or a group; You can represent one child or several children.
Zaozhuang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government attached great importance to the activity of "surrogate mother", and held several meetings to conduct special research to guide the in-depth development of the activity. Comrade Ma Jinzhong, secretary of Zaozhuang Municipal Party Committee, listened to the report many times and gave important instructions, support and encouragement to do a good job of being a mother. I personally became the "surrogate mother" of Wang Jifang, a widowed child in Wulin Street, Yicheng District. Last year alone, I went to Xiao Jifang's house twice and sent money and warmth. The leaders of the Municipal People's Congress, the Municipal Government, the CPPCC and the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection went to the grassroots level many times to visit and sympathize with the children who lost their independence and guide the "surrogate mother" activities. In combination with the educational activities to maintain the advanced nature of * * *, the Municipal Party Committee has deployed "caring for children who have lost their parents and striving to be surrogate mothers" as one of the practical things for the masses. Carrying out "surrogate mother" activities and building a harmonious society were written into the resolution of the municipal party Committee, and special documents were issued. Zaozhuang has received strong response from all levels, departments and all walks of life, and more than 300 leading cadres at or above the county level have acted as "surrogate mothers". Party member cadres from all districts (cities) and municipal departments have also joined the ranks. All the staff of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee and the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee acted as "surrogate mothers" and represented 84 children. The activity of "surrogate mother" was rated as one of the ten major events in the construction of spiritual civilization in the city in 2004.
In carrying out the "surrogate mother" activity, cadres of women's federations at all levels in Zaozhuang went deep into the towns and schools where bereaved children were located, carefully understood the situation, and registered, filed and established cards for bereaved children. Zaozhuang established a database of bereaved children's files, registered bereaved children and enthusiastic people who volunteered to be surrogate mothers, and improved the work network at all levels. Many times, we organized "recognizing relatives" activities for children who lost their loved ones, and held "meeting relatives" activities for "surrogate mothers" to meet and communicate with children who lost their loved ones. In June 2003, the Municipal Women's Federation, the Municipal Working Committee for Women and Children, and the Municipal Communication Company jointly established the first website dedicated to helping minors who have lost their independence-the "surrogate mother" website. In May, 2008, the Municipal Women's Federation and the Municipal Higher Education Office coordinated Zaozhuang Post Office to provide 20,000 postage envelopes specially designed for minors issued by the State Post Bureau, which facilitated the parent-child interaction and family communication between surrogate children and surrogate mothers.
The hard work of women and children workers has won the respect and understanding of the whole society. The team of "surrogate mothers" is growing. Among them, there are both national civil servants and industrial workers; There are both big bosses and individual industrial and commercial households; Not only residents of this city, but also friends from other cities and even overseas. At the same time, the city and all districts (cities) have set up love funds to provide some financial support for caring for children who have lost their parents.
Second, thank the surrogate mother for bringing sunshine to the bereaved children.
Li Qin, a pupil in Dahua Shantou Village, Xuzhuang Town, Shanting, just turned two, and his father left more than 30,000 yuan in debt and died of illness. Her mother remarried, which made her taste the hardships of life prematurely. Just as Xiao Liqin longed for affection, Dong Yifeng, the mayor of shanting, became her "surrogate mother". Dong Yifeng not only pays her tuition, but also often visits her and brings her school and daily necessities. Li Qin strengthened his confidence in life, grew up healthily and happily, and became a good student with excellent academic performance. Last year, he was rated as an outstanding class cadre at the district level and an outstanding student at the municipal level.
Qin Li is not the only child who feels the warmth of surrogate mother's sunshine. There are more than 20,000 "surrogate mothers" in the city, and almost all of them have touching stories; More than 10,000 children who lost their loved ones have almost unspeakable gratitude. There is an orphan named Xiaohui in Yicheng District who has been living alone with a single adoptive father who is over half a year old. Four years ago, female prosecutor Wang Aihua became Xiaohui's "surrogate mother". From then on, she took Xiaohui home every winter and summer vacation, and took her daughter to visit her "daughter" in the countryside on holidays. Love and love communication have changed Xiaohui's inferiority and introversion. She is now a small monitor who is popular with her classmates.
Children who have lost their loved ones are unfortunate; However, they were lucky to meet the love messenger-"surrogate mother". In the past eight years, this "surrogate mother" in Zaozhuang City has provided more than 9 million yuan for the children she represents. Under the care of "surrogate mothers", more than 1000 of these 10,000 bereaved children entered high schools, technical secondary schools and junior colleges, and some were admitted to graduate schools and doctors.
The child grows up day by day, and the employment problem is inevitably placed in front of the "surrogate mother". Therefore, Zaozhuang Women's Federation regards employment training as the focus of deepening the "motherhood" activities, and implements the "caring and helping employment training" activities to mobilize all sectors of society to subsidize children to receive training and help them master employment and livelihood skills on the basis of subsidizing their children to complete compulsory education. Their Fucai Caring for the Employment Training Course for Surrogate Girls enabled more than 50 girls to receive sewing skills training free of charge and introduced their jobs, which gave them new development opportunities.
3. A social worker put it well: "Surrogate mother" activity is an organic combination of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and the spirit of the times, and it is a concrete embodiment of the basic socialist moral norms and social customs. "Surrogate mother" is a model of practicing the socialist concept of honor and disgrace. The kinship between the surrogate mother and the entrusted child is not greater than blood, which will have a far-reaching impact on the child's life.
The growth of Han Weiwei is an example. Han Weiwei lives in Yanhu Village, shagou town, Xuecheng District. After he was admitted to high school, his family encountered many difficulties because of his father's death. Xu, the former discipline inspection secretary of Xuecheng District Environmental Protection Bureau, served as Han Weiwei's "acting mother". She not only gave Han Weiwei financial support and paid her tuition fees, but also showed meticulous concern for her thoughts and studies. She often called and wrote letters and silently cared for Han Weiwei, which made her successfully admitted to the Department of Mathematics of Shandong Normal University. With the encouragement and care of Xu's mother, in 2003, Han Weiwei was admitted to the Graduate School of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou with excellent results, and now she has taught in Guangdong University of Commerce. Han Weiwei took out 300 yuan money from her first month's salary to help Li Chong, a orphaned child in No.2 Middle School in Zouwu Town, Xuecheng District, become a glorious messenger of love inheritance in the "surrogate mother" activity.
The seed of love sprouted in the child's heart. In a sense, every surrogate mother is spreading the seeds of love. Wang Shuquan, a cadre of Tengzhou Administration for Industry and Commerce, has been a surrogate mother of Min Xu Jr. who lost his parents since 1999. Every Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, I take her to the bookstore to buy school supplies. On one occasion, Min Xu accidentally hurt his left leg. Regardless of the muddy country road after the snow, Wang Shuquan rushed to Xu Min's house and took her to the hospital. On the day Min Xu was discharged from the hospital, she hugged Wang Shuquan's neck and cried and said, "Mom, I want to be a caring person like you when I grow up."
"Surrogate mother" sows love, and children inherit love. The good social effect of "surrogate mother" activity is far more than helping a child who has lost his loved one. As a woman and child worker in Zaozhuang said, the "surrogate mother" activity has established a carrier of spreading love for the construction of "harmonious Zaozhuang" and effectively promoted the construction of spiritual civilization. In the contact with surrogate children, the surrogate mother's mind has been purified, her ideological realm has been sublimated, and the moral standards of both parties, organizers and all walks of life have been improved, thus further promoting the traditional virtues of helping the poor and selfless dedication of the Chinese nation.
The love of "surrogate mother" is like spring breeze, such as rain, which helps a group of orphans, saves some families, benefits a generation of children and grandchildren and harmonizes a society.
Let's cheer for the surrogate mother!