A disability service center in Jinan, Shandong launched a charity fundraising project to support the middle-aged with mental disorders.
The project named “Support Families With Mental Disabilities Who Are Hidden in Society” was released by the Faith & Hope & Love Disability Service Center on the Alipay platform on December 2, one day just before the 30th International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
According to the publicity page of the project, it aims to find middle-aged families with mental disabilities who are hidden in society and to build a community support network for these families in which the disabled are cared for by old relatives, to help them cope with the care difficulties caused by ageing.
People with mental disabilities include mental retardation, cerebral palsy coupled with mental retardation, Down syndrome, autism, and other types of illness. By 2010, the China Disabled Persons' Federation calculated, according to the data of the sixth national census and the second national sample survey of disabled people, that there were approximately 12 million people with mental disabilities in China.
The service period of the project lasts from December 1, 2021, to October 31, 2022, and the first month is to assess the demand. The recipients are 15 persons with mental disabilities aged over 30 in Jinan, Shandong province as well as their families. At that time, the donation will be used to provide subsidies for those families to realize the first 10-months of care service, daycare or outreach activities respectively.
On the day when the project was launched, the teachers and students at the center also went to the streets and communities to spread the donation campaign. After a day of effort, many people and merchants in the community spontaneously joined the queue of giving.
Currently, this charity project has raised about 20,000 yuan, reaching 9% of the donation target.
- Translated by Stephen Huang
12月2日，在第30个国际残疾人日到来之际，山东省济南市信望爱残疾人服务中心在支付宝平台发起了“支持隐蔽的心智家庭”公益募捐项目。
据项目宣传页面介绍，该项目旨在寻找隐藏于社会之中的中年心智障碍者家庭，为“双老”心智障碍者家庭构建社区支持网络，以助抵御老龄化所带来的照护困境。
心智障碍者群体包括智力发育迟缓、脑瘫伴有智力障碍、唐氏综合症人群、自闭症谱系人群等不同类型人群。截至2010年，中国残联根据第六次全国人口普查数据及第二次全国残疾人抽样调查数据推算得出，保守估计，我国的心智障碍人群有1200万人。
该项目的服务时间为2021年12月1日—2022年10月31日，其中第一个月为评估需求。帮扶地区为山东省济南市。受助对象为15位年龄在30岁以上的心智障碍人士及其家庭。届时，善款将用于为上述家庭提供补贴，分别实现第一期10个月的托养服务，或日间照料，或外展活动。
项目上线当日，信望爱残疾人服务中心的师生也走上街头、深入社区，共同进行爱心接力。经过一天的努力，社区不少人士以及商户自发加入到奉献爱心的行列中。
截至发稿前，该公益项目已筹得善款约两万元，达到捐款目标的9%。
山东济南信望爱残疾人服务中心发起关爱大龄心智障碍者公益募捐项目
A disability service center in Jinan, Shandong launched a charity fundraising project to support the middle-aged with mental disorders.
The project named “Support Families With Mental Disabilities Who Are Hidden in Society” was released by the Faith & Hope & Love Disability Service Center on the Alipay platform on December 2, one day just before the 30th International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
According to the publicity page of the project, it aims to find middle-aged families with mental disabilities who are hidden in society and to build a community support network for these families in which the disabled are cared for by old relatives, to help them cope with the care difficulties caused by ageing.
People with mental disabilities include mental retardation, cerebral palsy coupled with mental retardation, Down syndrome, autism, and other types of illness. By 2010, the China Disabled Persons' Federation calculated, according to the data of the sixth national census and the second national sample survey of disabled people, that there were approximately 12 million people with mental disabilities in China.
The service period of the project lasts from December 1, 2021, to October 31, 2022, and the first month is to assess the demand. The recipients are 15 persons with mental disabilities aged over 30 in Jinan, Shandong province as well as their families. At that time, the donation will be used to provide subsidies for those families to realize the first 10-months of care service, daycare or outreach activities respectively.
On the day when the project was launched, the teachers and students at the center also went to the streets and communities to spread the donation campaign. After a day of effort, many people and merchants in the community spontaneously joined the queue of giving.
Currently, this charity project has raised about 20,000 yuan, reaching 9% of the donation target.
- Translated by Stephen Huang
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