The China Foundation for the Welfare of Handicapped People has
raised 3.34 billion yuan (about US$321 million) for assistance to
people with physical disabilities since it was founded in 1984.
Over the past 22 years, the foundation has helped improve the
situation of a large number of handicapped people.
Those who have received aid from the foundation include 4,652
poor and deaf children who have regained their hearing ability with
an acoustic on; 3,580 handicapped school dropouts; and a large
number of others who are either blind or unable to walk.
Business people including those from Hong Kong and Taiwan have
donated enormously to the foundation.
A foundation spokesman said 95 percent of the donation that is
received in a year is used for assistance to the handicapped.
(Xinhua News Agency March 12, 2006)