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Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers wishes you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving! \u00a0As you gather with your family to give thanks, is there a woman or girl in your life you\u2019d like to thank \u2013 for just being herself? If so, here is a creative way to let her know you care!<\/p>\n
For Thanksgiving, you can thank a girl by helping \u201cSave a Girl\u201d \u2013 more info below!<\/p>\n
Meet \u201cBaozhai.\u201d Isn\u2019t she just precious?<\/p>\n
Her eyes are so full of life. A mother couldn\u2019t help but want to show off a beautiful daughter like this . . .<\/p>\n
Unless she was born in China and is a despised \u201csecond daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Loved as she is by her mother, Baozhai was hated by her grandmother on her father\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
Little Baozhai was just three months old when we learned of her desperate situation. With a sister who is two years old, Baozhai is a second daughter. Even under the new Two Child Policy, millions of couples who already have a daughter will abort or abandon (\u201cgive up\u201d) a second daughter, because they want to try again for a son.<\/p>\n
Baozhai\u2019s parents have lived in a remote village in rural China for generations. Her grandmother on her father\u2019s side has long suffered with epilepsy. Her condition worsened after Baozhai was born. The doctor told Baozhai\u2019s grandmother that one reason for her deteriorating health was that she was unhappy. Baozhai\u2019s mother said when the grandmother found out that the second baby was another girl, she cried like her heart would break. So instead of being celebrated, Baozhai was being blamed for her grandmother\u2019s deteriorating health!<\/p>\n
Baozhai\u2019s grandmother pressured Baozhai\u2019s mother to give up this second daughter (either give her away to a childless couple, or leave her in a field to die) so that she could have a third child sooner \u2013 hopefully, a boy. But Baozhai\u2019s mother loves her. She has bravely refused to give up Baozhai, even though she is a second daughter.<\/p>\n
But how? She had no money or means of support! The situation was desperate.<\/p>\n
When Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers found out about Baozhai\u2019s situation, our undercover fieldworker knocked on the door of Baozhai\u2019s home and gave her mother a message of hope. She told her, \u201cGirls are as good as boys. Both of your daughters are precious and you have the right to keep your second daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Our fieldworker told Baozhai\u2019s mother about our \u201cSave a Girl\u201d campaign. She told them we provide a monthly cash stipend for a full year to mothers to empower them to keep their daughters, especially second daughters. Baozhai\u2019s mother is very grateful to receive this life-saving help when she did not have anywhere else to turn!<\/p>\n
This Thanksgiving, will you give thanks for the Girl (or woman) in your life by helping \u201cSave a Girl\u201d in China?<\/p>\n
What better way of expressing gratitude for the woman or girl in your life than by rescuing a woman and a girl in China?<\/p>\n
Step 1: Donate $25 or more \u2013 the amount of money it takes to help support a girl saved in China for one month<\/p>\n
Step 2: Indicate in the notes section of your donation the woman or girl you wish to honor, and her email address. We will send her a message to let her know you have given a donation in her honor to our \u201cSave a Girl\u201d Campaign.<\/p>\n
Will you help us\u00a0save\u00a0women and\u00a0girls\u00a0in China? Become a \u201cGirlSaver!\u201d<\/p>\n
Won\u2019t you help us save more girls like Baozhai?\u00a0\u00a0 We have\u00a0saved\u00a0hundreds of girls, and yet there are millions more like her who are being aborted or abandoned just because they are\u00a0girls. Each one of these\u00a0girls\u00a0is infinitely precious. Please help us\u00a0save\u00a0them by donating to our \u201cSave\u00a0a\u00a0Girl\u201d Campaign.<\/p>\n
For $25 per month, or $300 per year, our GirlSavers have helped WRWF\u00a0save\u00a0at-risk babies in China, babies like Baozhai, who may have died or who may have been separated from their mothers if one of our undercover fieldworkers had not met her mother and assured her that little\u00a0girls\u00a0are as special as boys. We put our money where our mouth is, offering practical assistance to empower these mothers to keep their daughters.<\/p>\n
YES, I WANT TO HELP END GENDERCIDE AND FORCED ABORTION IN CHINA!<\/p>\n
Your donation enables Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers to continue to be a voice for the voiceless women and children of China. This huge effort comes at a cost. We need your support. Please give as generously as you can. Every donation makes a difference!<\/p>\n
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