Companies and volunteers have donated necessities to Tianjin's Sun Village, a charity that shelters children of convicts, after the village suffered losses caused by theft, Metro Express reported on Wednesday.

The report said a large number of companies and individuals have donated things to the Sun Village, helping it recover from the theft. The Lao Bai Xing Drugstores and China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical Co Ltd have given a variety of supplies to the charity center, including a washing machine, a water heater, food, medicinal kits and thirty hand-held heaters.

Wang Aili, the founder of the shelter, said among the things stolen were recently harvested corn and children's cookies.

The companies also promised to help the Sun Village by donating part of their revenues.