宋美龄与战时儿童保育会

Song Mayling and the Wartime Child Care Association

抗战初期,中国儿童大量流离失所,不少沦陷区儿童被日军施以奴化教育,甚至被杀害或劫到日本。儿童是国家民族的未来,抢救和保护流离失所的儿童成为战时中国的一个重要任务。为此,宋美龄领导的中国妇女界于1938年3月成立了战时儿童保育会,并在各省设立分会,筹建保育院,积极抢救难童,对难童进行保护和教育。宋美龄领导的战时儿童保育会在抗战期间共抢救和保育难童近3万名,成为战时中国儿童救济事业的重要部分。

In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, a great number of Chinese children became destitute and homeless. And many children in the enemy-occupied areas were forced to receive enslavement education, even killed or kidnapped to Japan. Children are the future of a state or a nation, so it was a great task to rescue and protect the destitute and homeless children during the war period. Thus, Chinese woman circle led by Song Mayling set up wartime child care association in March, 1938, and also its branches in some provinces. They also prepared to set up nursery schools in order to actively rescue, protect and educate the refugee children. During the War against Japanese, the wartime child care association led by Song Mayling rescued, protected and educated nearly 30,000 refugee children, which became an important part of Chinese wartime children relief cause.