Visit to Beijing Children\'s Welfare Institute (BCWI) by Smt. Salma Ansari News / Events

Visit to Beijing Children\'s Welfare Institute (BCWI) by Smt. Salma Ansari

 

Smt. Salma Ansari who is accompanying the Hon'ble Vice President Shri. M. Hamid Ansari during his official visit to People's Republic of China, visited the Beijing Children's Welfare Institute. She was warmly received by Mr. Zhang the Director of BCWI, who said he that was deeply touched by Smt. Ansari's keen interest to visit the children and it demonstrated that love for children knows no borders. Smt. Ansari noted that deep love was the primary requirement to care for the children with special physical, mental and social needs. She appreciated the care and affection the staff and the institute were able to provide to the special children and wished them well in all their endeavors.

Smt. Ansari is actively involved in education, especially special education for over three decades. She has started four schools for underprivileged children in Aligarh and Delhi, India which currently benefit over 2000 children.

BCWI is a social welfare institution in Qinghe, Beijing for orphans and disabled children under the Beijing municipal government founded in 1984. BCWI has a total capacity of 500 beds and current occupancy of 450 children in the age group 0-14.