By APP,
Beijing : Although local governments have not yet verified identity of all unclaimed children, the China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs has said that children orphaned by the Sichuan massive earthquake would be under 2,000.
“We have not yet successfully contacted some mountainous villages after the quake,” Zhang Shifeng of the ministry of Civil Affairs has said.
He said the ministry will do what it can to facilitate the adoption of the quake orphans, though the work has to wait until the exact number of orphans is worked out.
Zhang also said the Sichuan Provincial Civil Affairs Bureau will take the major responsibility in handling adoption cases.
Shortly after the May 12 quake struck, people from both home and abroad showed intention of adopting quake orphans, while making huge donations to the quake-hit areas.