600 children raised by China monk, known as ‘Papa Wu’, who helps desperate single mothers, turns temple into loving home
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A monk in China has rescued 600 abandoned children over a 12-year period, turning his temple into a sanctuary of love.
Since 2012, Wu Bing, 49, from Jiangsu province in eastern China, also known as Monk Daolu, has been providing shelter and assistance to pregnant women and abandoned children who are unable to be cared for.
The children he adopted used to live in the temple but were relocated to a small house in Zhejiang province, also in eastern China, due to the demolition of the place of worship.
The house, known as “Protective Abode”, accommodates more than 50 children ranging from newborns to 10-year-olds, with Wu being their collective “Papa Wu”.
Their mothers are all single women who accidentally became pregnant and are unable to care for their children.
Wu remembered rescuing a woman who had lost both parents and was seven months pregnant. Her boyfriend vanished after deceiving her out of all her money.
