Liu Jingui is 61. His parents passed away. He has no family and lives alone in the village. He receives minimum living allowances from the government. He has 2 rooms: one is living room and the other is kitchen. He is nice and he is willing to help his neighbors.

Life was hard. A month ago, a villager with mental disabilities ignited his kitchen. All living necessities were burned to ashes. He has not been able to cook for a month.
  
The visiting volunteers proposed helping proposal.

1) Repair the kitchen. Floor and windows can be changed.
2) Help to buy kitchen necessities.
3) Check him in care program.

In the afternoon of April 7, 2016, plan on helping him was fixed. Volunteers went to do survey for his room and necessary materials were calculated. Liu JIngui has no family, but he has 2 brothers who live in another city. His niece and nephew relief him. He had worked in a mushroom farm with 400RMB a month.
  
He was very grateful to see Henan helps to build the house. He assisted building work actively. We saw his optimistic and active altitude. Fixing roof and windows costed 2860RMB, and volunteers donated daily necessities.

In the afternoon of April 11, the construction team began to fix and install roof and windows. In the morning of April 12, 2016, 7 volunteers moved cabinet, chairs and other necessities to the kitchen. They also brought fireworks to celebrate. Federation provided rice, flour, food oil, soaps and towels. He had all daily necessities donated by another family and village clinic. He also received 200RMB donated by a bed mattress company. 

Original article written by Chunli Liu , translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang

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​On April 12, 2016, I tried to make a phone call to Xiao Song. However his father had turned off his cell phone. Turning off the cell phone is a way these people who live in the mountains save money on their phone and electricity bills.

I waited until the afternoon, and Xiao Song's father called me back. His words  were filled with happiness. He told me that after the post-surgery examination the doctor said Xiao Song's surgery was a successful one and his son had recovered very well. He is once again healthy and playful.

When I asked him about his family situation, he hesitated, then happily said, "As long as my child is in good health, nothing is too difficult." After I asked him some more, I realized their lives have been very challenging.

Both Xiao Song's mother and grandmother had suffered from arthritis as a result of long-term physical labor and needed to rely on pain medication in order to maintain their daily lives. His grandmother also has hypertension that requires long-term use of medication.

A few years ago, they could get loans from local credit unions because they cultivated tobacco. However, now the family can't take out more loans because they're unable to pay back the approximately 40,000-50,000 RMB ($6,000-$7,600 USD) worth of loans. The family also owes their family and friends about 10,000 RMB ($1,500 USD).

​Chao Foundation and Transparent Fish Fund collectively donated $112,908 to Orphan Impact in March 2016, which will enable their computer training programs to expand from Vietnam into China this year. $64,908 of the grant will go toward the pilot program for migrant children in China.
 
Orphan Impact equips disadvantaged students with the critical thinking and technology skills they need to succeed in the future. Orphan Impact has already trained over 600 Vietnamese children in 20 different orphanages. $48,000 of this year’s grant will go toward expanding the program in Vietnam to 10 more orphanages, bringing the total to 30.
 
The international expansion of the program will enable Orphan Impact to establish computer classes in 2 Chinese migrant schools. The pilot program will be started in Shanghai in partnership with Stepping Stones. Stepping Stones is a nonprofit charitable organization with a mission to improve the education and welfare of underprivileged children in China.

All of the current project clients are happy with their cows. Many people who have not yet received project cows are waiting for a female calf to be handed to their families. Local people acknowledge the benefits they actually received from raising the cows. More new clients are becoming beneficiaries of the project, which makes the revolving loan cycle sustainable and increases the impact.