Developing educational and vocational aspirations through international child sponsorship: Evidence from Kenya, Indonesia, and Mexico

World Development ◽

10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105336 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 140 ◽

pp. 105336

Author(s):

Phillip H. Ross ◽

Paul Glewwe ◽

Daniel Prudencio ◽

Bruce Wydick

Keyword(s):

International Child ◽

Vocational Aspirations ◽

Child Sponsorship

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Does International Child Sponsorship Work? A Six-Country Study of Impacts on Adult Life Outcomes

Journal of Political Economy ◽

10.1086/670138 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 121 (2) ◽

pp. 393-436 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Bruce Wydick ◽

Paul Glewwe ◽

Laine Rutledge

Keyword(s):

Adult Life ◽

Life Outcomes ◽

International Child ◽

Country Study ◽

Child Sponsorship

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Adopting Revolution: The Chinese Communist Revolution and the Politics of Global Humanitarianism

Modern China ◽

10.1177/0097700420937990 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 009770042093799

Author(s):

Jack Neubauer

Keyword(s):

Foster Parents ◽

Chinese Children ◽

Personal Relationships ◽

Child Welfare Workers ◽

International Child ◽

Private Citizens ◽

Communist Revolution ◽

Welfare Workers ◽

Child Sponsorship

During the tumultuous period surrounding the Chinese Communist revolution of 1949, Chinese children wrote thousands of letters to foreign “foster parents” as part of a humanitarian fundraising program called the “adoption plan” for international child sponsorship. Under the adoption plan, private citizens around the world “adopted” Chinese children by funding their lives at orphanages in China while building personal relationships through the exchange of photographs, gifts, and translated letters. This article uses the case study of the Foster Parents Plan for War Children China Branch to examine how Chinese child welfare workers mobilized the sentimental ties between children and foster parents to secure international support for the revolution. Based on 490 extant letters sent by Chinese children to their foreign foster parents, it analyzes how the adoption plan became a centerpiece of efforts to transform inherited humanitarian practices to meet the new ideological and material needs of the Chinese Communist revolution.

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