October
11 is the International Day of the Girl Child. As we celebrate the
beloved women and girls in our lives, let us also remember the 200
million girls worldwide who have been the victims of sex-selective
abortion -- girls like “Lian,” who was almost aborted, but whose life
was saved by our “Save a Girl” campaign.
Lian’s
family lives in a remote village in rural China, where life is hard.
Life for Lian’s mother is especially hard. Her grandfather on her
mother’s side suffers from paralysis. His condition has caused financial
hardship because the family has no insurance, so they have spent all
their money on his medical care. They have even taken loans from
relatives, though they do not know how they will be able to pay these
off.
Lian’s
mother was already very stressed when she found out that she was
pregnant. Her family told her it was not a good time to have a baby, but
they were willing to support the pregnancy if the child were a boy.
When the doctor told them that she was pregnant with a girl, Lian’s
grandmother on her father’s side began to pressure her mother to have an
abortion.
This
poor mother did not want to abort her daughter, but she did not know
what to do. Then, she heard about our “Save a Girl” Campaign and reached
out to us for help to save her daughter’s life. A fieldworker traveled
to Lian’s village, knocked on the door of their humble home and offered
hope. She told Lian’s mother that girls are just as precious as boys.
She offered Lian’s mother a monthly stipend for a year to empower her to
keep her daughter.
Lian’s
mother gratefully accepted our offer of help. She gave birth to Lian, a
beautiful and healthy baby girl, and she is delighted with her new
daughter. Lian’s mother told our fieldworker that, without our help, she
“would have no chance to see her daughter, who now makes her so
happy.”
Will you help us save women and girls in China? Become a “GirlSaver”!
In
honor of the International Day of the Girl Child, won’t you help us
save more girls like Lian? So far, we have saved more than 200 girls,
and yet there are millions more who are being aborted and abandoned just
because they are girls. Each one of these girls is infinitely precious.
Please help us save them by donating to our “Save a Girl” Campaign.
Learn more about how you can help to save girls here:
http://womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=give
For
$25 per month, or $300 per year, our GirlSavers have helped WRWF save
at-risk babies in China, babies like Lian, who may not be alive if one
of our undercover fieldworkers had not met her mother and assured her
that little girls are as special as boys. We put our money where our
mouth is, offering practical assistance to empower these mothers to keep
their daughters.
