Through online research, I found several ways:
- Call on caring companies to recycle idle plush toys to children in poverty-stricken areas in China.
“A left-behind child in a remote mountainous area once described the story between him and the plush toy recycling: Due to the fact that his parents go out to work all the year round, the little boy sleeps alone every night. The dark room makes him afraid. He missed his parents very much. Later, through the project of plush toy recycling, he received a plush doll. Every night when he went to bed, he would talk to the little guy whenever he was afraid. Over time, he revealed that he is no longer afraid of sleeping alone, because he is finally not alone, and the idle toys of the children in the city have become his best friends.”
From a conversation with the initiator Duan
http://www.d1kc.com/post-256.html
- The Teddy Trust
The Teddy Trust collects teddies and soft cuddly toys from children around the UK and sends them to children who are suffering the traumas of war, starvation or abuse.
http://theteddytrust.wixsite.com/home
- Loved Before
A business organization that finds adopters for second-hand soft toys.
https://www.lovedbefore.london/
I messaged them to invite their founder to join my personal interview.
“A few years ago, whilst volunteering in a charity shop, I noticed the amount of soft toys that they were receiving. These items which often held great memories and sentimental value, were being thrown onto a pile and often sold as dog toys (or even worse, into the bin!). I witnessed how the love, and the life and the stories were lost and forgotten, just like that.”
The story I quoted from Charlotte, the lovely founder of Loved Before.
“Loved Before was born in an attempt to change the way we think about, and use soft toys forever. By challenging our perceptions of pre-owned objects, we can show that instead of losing value, a toy once loved is made even more valuable by the love and life it has already experienced.”
I deeply agree with her idea and discuss with her whether it is possible to help more people through second-hand soft toys, such as those who are traumatized and need to be healed. She was intrigued and encouraged me to use the Loved Before platform to find adopters for these little ones who needed to be healed by them.