The local government of Anyuan County in Jiangxi
Province is encouraging citizens to spend the Spring Festival with migrant
workers' children.
China National Radio reports that separated by age, hobbies and personality
by their schools, people can sign up to add some joy to the life of a child left
home alone this holiday season.
Sun Tingting, one such child, is not lonely, since her Spring Festival mom
celebrated Lunar New Year's eve together with her. With the sound of
firecrackers and the smell of boiled meat, the festive atmosphere has surrounded
her this holiday season. Greeting her parents in Guangdong via phone, she
expressed her thanks to her Spring Festival mom for including her in her
family's celebration.
It is said that in Anyuan as many as fifty thousand migrant workers work in
other places. A number of them can't return home to spend Spring Festival with
their children. The local government organized Spring Festival Moms to ensure
these children have a joyous holiday. A total of 329 children spent the festival
with their special moms.
