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Chinese NGO to Hire 'Substitute Mothers' to Care for Millions of Abandoned Children

Desiree Sison   |

Nov 30, 2015 06:36 AM EST

Due to the high number of left-behind children in China, a non-governmental organization has launched a pilot project to hire and train more than 100 local women to serve as 'substitute mothers' for the kids while their parents go on to make a living and take on jobs elsewhere.