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“What animals should a zoo have？” Chen Kun， famous Chinese actor and newly appointed United Nations Children’s Fund（UNICEF） ambassador for China， asked a classroom full of children.
“Stegosauruses！” one boy shouted， with his arms carefully folded on his desk.
“Anything else？” Chen continued.
“Elephants！” “Oxen！” declared other students as various animal names echoed through the classroom.
“Any other animal？”
“Stegosauruses！” repeated the first boy even louder， evoking laughter from his classmates.
That day in December 2012， Chen drew a zoo on the blackboard in Nayong County of southwestern China’s Guizhou Province， something none of the students had ever seen in person.
Nayong is recognized as one of China’s national-level povertystricken counties， and the school is among 50 participants in the“Child-Friendly School” program jointly sponsored by UNICEF and the Chinese Ministry of Education. Parents of a third of the students work in cities far from their hometown.
The Child-Friendly School program promotes equal schooling opportunity for both boys and girls while aiming to create a pleasant， safe， and friendly scholastic environment where students can learn to tackle problems in daily life and share their feelings about the absence of their parents. The program also inspires curiosity and critical thinking by encouraging students to ask questions and solve problems.
In addition to Nayong County， Child-Friendly Schools can also be found in Guangxi’s Sanjiang County， Chongqing’s Zhongxian County， Yunnan’s Jianzhou County， and Xinjiang’s Shule County. Many children in those areas live with their less-educated grandparents who are unable to help them with homework. Some children bounce from relative to relative living in a variety of places， so they frequently switch schools. Against this backdrop， the Child-Friendly School program also endeavors to help such students achieve better academic performance while offering supplementary psychological support for the so-called “left-behind children.”
“As a research project， we chose 22 students affected by population flow， and allocated a tutor to each to help them study，”illustrates a headmaster of a Child-Friendly School in Sanjiang County. “The tutor keeps records to track the performance of the student under his or her care. We’ve seen some students progress tremendously.” Children affected by population flow are given special concern when UNICEF plans and promotes child protection programs. Nowadays， a tremendous number of rural laborers have migrated to cities， leaving nearly 100 million children unable to live up to their potentials. Of them， 60 million staying in rural areas lack adequate care and protection and face risks both physically and mentally. Compared to their urban peers， left-behind children suffer considerably higher accidental injury and death rates.
Since its entry into China in 1947， UNICEF has developed a long-term cooperative relationship with the country. Because their elderly rural guardians lack modern knowledge about safety and hygiene， left-behind children lead riskier lives. For this reason， UNICEF has taken action to comprehensively protect left-behind children in terms of health， nutrition， education， HIV prevention， water， and hygiene， as well as emergency response and disaster preparedness. For example， the international body collaborated with media organizations to investigate the current situations of left-behind children， work with educational departments to establish guardian training schools， and support local disease control departments with vaccinations.
“Stegosauruses！” one boy shouted， with his arms carefully folded on his desk.
“Anything else？” Chen continued.
“Elephants！” “Oxen！” declared other students as various animal names echoed through the classroom.
“Any other animal？”
“Stegosauruses！” repeated the first boy even louder， evoking laughter from his classmates.
That day in December 2012， Chen drew a zoo on the blackboard in Nayong County of southwestern China’s Guizhou Province， something none of the students had ever seen in person.
Nayong is recognized as one of China’s national-level povertystricken counties， and the school is among 50 participants in the“Child-Friendly School” program jointly sponsored by UNICEF and the Chinese Ministry of Education. Parents of a third of the students work in cities far from their hometown.
The Child-Friendly School program promotes equal schooling opportunity for both boys and girls while aiming to create a pleasant， safe， and friendly scholastic environment where students can learn to tackle problems in daily life and share their feelings about the absence of their parents. The program also inspires curiosity and critical thinking by encouraging students to ask questions and solve problems.
In addition to Nayong County， Child-Friendly Schools can also be found in Guangxi’s Sanjiang County， Chongqing’s Zhongxian County， Yunnan’s Jianzhou County， and Xinjiang’s Shule County. Many children in those areas live with their less-educated grandparents who are unable to help them with homework. Some children bounce from relative to relative living in a variety of places， so they frequently switch schools. Against this backdrop， the Child-Friendly School program also endeavors to help such students achieve better academic performance while offering supplementary psychological support for the so-called “left-behind children.”
“As a research project， we chose 22 students affected by population flow， and allocated a tutor to each to help them study，”illustrates a headmaster of a Child-Friendly School in Sanjiang County. “The tutor keeps records to track the performance of the student under his or her care. We’ve seen some students progress tremendously.” Children affected by population flow are given special concern when UNICEF plans and promotes child protection programs. Nowadays， a tremendous number of rural laborers have migrated to cities， leaving nearly 100 million children unable to live up to their potentials. Of them， 60 million staying in rural areas lack adequate care and protection and face risks both physically and mentally. Compared to their urban peers， left-behind children suffer considerably higher accidental injury and death rates.
Since its entry into China in 1947， UNICEF has developed a long-term cooperative relationship with the country. Because their elderly rural guardians lack modern knowledge about safety and hygiene， left-behind children lead riskier lives. For this reason， UNICEF has taken action to comprehensively protect left-behind children in terms of health， nutrition， education， HIV prevention， water， and hygiene， as well as emergency response and disaster preparedness. For example， the international body collaborated with media organizations to investigate the current situations of left-behind children， work with educational departments to establish guardian training schools， and support local disease control departments with vaccinations.