Red Cross China initiates special fund to help deaf kids

Chinanews, Beijing, July 27 - Nowadays, there are 800 thousand deaf kids in China, with 30,000 newborns joining the group every year. Thus the Red Cross Society of China initiated a special fund called the “Echo of Angels”, to help deaf kids, particularly those from poor families.
At the initiation ceremony, six organizations donated 2.3 million yuan to the fund. Several artists also joined in the ceremony as volunteers.
The fund will help 30 deaf kids from poor families. It will take 1.1 million yuan to pay for their treatment. Wang Rupeng, the secretary-general of Red Cross China, calls for more enterprises to make donations to this charitable cause, to enable the fund to cover more kids.