A Study Of Relief And Cultivation Refugee Children In Jiangxi During The Anti-Japanese War Period

At the period of Anti-Japanese War, natural disasters made a great number of refugee children. Especially in the period of the warfare the problem became especially grievous which attract special attention of the government and society. The government not only relief the refugee children but also teach and breed them, making them grow up healthy in an all-round way. This thesis is specializes in the social relief and educational activity to the children refugee in Jiangxi province from 1937 to 1945, drawing information from various archives, periodicals, books, and relevant raw materials and using theories in social assistance, child psychology, child welfare. From this thesis readers can see the social background, institutions and concrete activities of social relief and education to the children refugees of this period. It also includes objective evaluation to those activities. With the hope of this make more recognition about the relive work of the refugee children at this period of Jiangxi can be obtained.The first part introduces the background of the relieve activities to the refugee children. And I probe the root cause of the refugee children, also describe the attitudes of the government and society to this issue. It indicates that the war is the root cause of refugee children, natural disaster is also one important factor, and feudal ideological aggravates the formation of this problem. The government and the society paid close attention to this problem, they formed close cooperation for the refugee children, made the relive of the refugee children's work more quickly and efficiently.The second part is about the general situation of the refugee children organization. In this part, I elaborate the composition and management of organization, financing sources and training. It shows that this period witnessed numerous organizations, widely sources of funds, science internal management, much attention to breeding talents training.The third part is specific content of breeding children. This part describes the specific content of refugee children foster, and points out that the refugee children upbringing is not only concerned parenting, but also education. Contents of education work were abundant, including refugee children foster, education, community service, entering a higher school and marriage.The fourth part is an evaluation of the relief work done to refugee children. This part summarizes the characteristics and influence of the relief of refugee children at this period in Jiangxi, and points out the problems existing in the work.In a word, the work was done under governmental domination, with extensive social participation and the emergence of a new relief way and concept. Although the relief mechanism was perfect, but it could not be denied that the work was a historical contribution. The relief and cultivation work not only helped to cultivate the national talents and extend national lifeline, but also benefited children's welfare in Jiangxi, produced far-reaching influence to the women's liberation movement, and strongly supported Anti-Japanese War.