Mingda School pays attention to rural education in northwest of China, in particular English education. The School provides a relaxing and healthy education environment for the left-behind children living in rural areas.
April 12th was a sunny day. I went to Yaobazhuang Primary School as a math teacher. There are 6 teachers in the school and one of them is a substitute teacher, but there were only 3 of them on duty that day. I did not know one of them. I was told later that he was a temp teacher and responsible for Chinese and math of Grade 4. He had not even graduated from Grade 8 himself. I was thinking if he was qualified to be a teacher. It was difficult for the child to understand the math problem. I have explained for several times, but he could not work out. I turned the text book to the contents learned before, and explain them to him again. Over and over, he finally understood the points of the day. After the class, I left the school with a heavy heart. Anyway, I would stick to my original dream—to motive the children’s desire for knowledge with my enthusiasm, so that they would have less confusion and more confidence in the process of development. Original article written by Fangding Zhang, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang One Heart World-Wide works to decrease maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity in remote rural areas around the world.
-- Ms. Zhou focuses on mental and psychological counseling for women in rural areas.
I got to know Huang Xiuhe in a training held for rural women 5 years ago. She had serious psychological problem then, but it had not impacted her normal life. I thought, the impairment in her heart would be healed as time went by. I did not expect such result when I met her again 5 years later. Appointment call was made by her husband. The problem was they are going through the divorce. I went to the counseling room and I almost could not recognize Huang Xiuhe, who was standing before me. She was below 50, but her hairs were almost white and her face looked swollen and lifeless, just like an old women. Her husband, a face of vicissitudes, was gray at the temples. They had brought oil, soy source, vinegar and salt from home for me to test, because Huang Xiuhe suspected her husband had poisoned the food and water, and she became ill by eating them. She wanted divorce. “Teacher Zhou, you are the last one to poison me in the world. The happiest time in my life was spent with you. I will not live with him. He kept poisoning me and all of my internal organs got serious ill”. She showed hypochondrasis , persecution paranoia and schizophrene. She became a mental patient. Her husband did not want divorce, “Two children are at school and they will be sad. Her illness will become more serious. I cannot give up my duty to be a man. She concerned us a lot when she was young. She always kept talking about you. The only person she trusts is you. Please cure her……” Her husband told me that he had taken her to check in many hospitals. He had spent a lot of money, but there had not a hospital could diagnose what was wrong with her, apart from being offered shots and medicines. I wondered even normal people could see she suffered from mental problem, not the physical problem. Why there’s no doctor or specialist suggested him to see a psychiatrist. After they had left, I called many specialized hospitals around the city and made a list of the hospitals. I called Huang Xiuhe’s husband and suggested him to seek treatment, because their children are still young and they have a long way to go. Ark Welfare is a non-profit established in Hechi City, Guangxi. The organization encourages people to get involved in public service and respond to the needs of their communities.
From March 18 to 19, 2013, 5 counties (Bama, Fengshan, Du’an, Dahua and Donglan) and 19 towns were hit by heavy rains and hail storm. By the afternoon of the 19th, 62,934 people were impacted and 3 were injured. 2,689 people were evacuated urgently. The disaster covered 3450 hectares crops, of which 687 were left to completely suffer from crop failure. 13,950 rooms for 8,903 households collapsed. The direct economic loss was 35.85 million Yuan and 12,771 persons need to be rescued. On March 22, I visited 2 towns in Dahua county. According to the investigation, 639 rooms in 249 households were damaged by the hail storm in Banlan and Nonguan villages. Original article written by Xiaogang Fang, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang. Nanjing Foster Service Center for Disabled People is a service organization for mentally retarded adults.
Today is the birthday of Zhao Xiaorui, a student of the Center. He was born in 1995 and it’s his 18th birthday. He likes running and shouting, which do not reduce our likes for him. He is always lively and interesting. Volunteers from Nanjing IT Vocational School came to the Center and celebrated birthday for Xiaorui. They were eating cakes with the birthday song. Xiaorui likes running around and cannot control his emotion. Every time when he made mistakes, we would ask him to do squats so as to distract his attention. On his 18th birthday, he made a wish: not to do squats again. His wishes made us not to know whether to laugh or cry. What a lovely big boy. Original article written by Fu Xin, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang The Jingjieniao Home provides services for the mentally handicapped from poverty-stricken families. The organization is dedicated to improving their spirit and living standards and advocating for every disabled individual to have adequate access to social resources
The operation fund is tight, and we still keep most of worn-out articles. The teachers of the Home found tools to fix chairs. Look, the repaired chairs, desks, beds can be used again. There are more and more children, and the existing desks, chairs, beds and mobile boards, computers, etc. could not meet the needs. The Home could not afford more articles and we hope someone could help. Each item is valuable for the Home and everyone cherish each piece article of the Home. Teacher Zhang, a new teacher, is a skillful craftsman, who repaired most of the articles. Our teachers, apart from teaching students, they also take care of our children’s lives. Look, our teacher is trimming the child’s nails and sewing their clothes. Original article written by Zhaohao Feng, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang Chengdu University Public Welfare Association is dedicated to the development of better education for students in rural China. We spent half a month at LuZhou MaoShan primary school in HeJiang county, in SiChuan province to provide teaching support. It was for a short period of time but we were deeply touched by this unique experience. School conditions are very poor, and the majority of school supplies, equipment, etc. are reliant on donations. When it rains, the school playground gets quite muddy. It doesn’t have enough teachers. Students walk 2 to 3 hours in the mountains to school and need to go back home before dark: Original article written by Lan-ping Deng, translated by Joe Hsu and edited by Yanyan Zhang
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