Social workers bring hope to children in need

Entrepreneur finds a more fulfilling path in timely intervention and finding solutions for trauma victims, Zhou Jin reports.

Huang Aiqun clearly remembers the first time she saw the scar on the girl's wrist. Huang, a social worker, had been notified by the local women's federation that the girl needed her attention. She visited 12-year-old Zhenzhen (a pseudonym) at her home in southern China, in May 2018. Huang immediately saw the pink slash on the wrist, the result of a self-inflicted knife wound.

Zhenzhen's desperation and anguish was obvious. She had been repeatedly sexually abused by her mother's lover, who was a married man. He was found guilty of sexual abuse and sentenced to 10 years in jail in 2018. Her mother was given a three-year sentence.