BackgroundTong Tong is a three year old boy. He was diagnosed with congenital heart disease while visiting a doctor for a common flu symptom three months after his birth. LRS helped give him a healthy heart.
BackgroundMiao Miao underwent congenital heart surgery in 2011, thanks to funding from Little Red Scarf. However, she developed skin disease six months after the surgery and her skin still is not fully healed. Her mother is disabled with her right leg.
BackgroundWithout the love and care from Qiqi’s adoptive parents, Qiqi would not be who she is today. She is the treasure of the family, and everyone loves her. She is a very lucky girl growing up in a family like this, especially since her birth parents abandoned her.
BackgroundMimi was diagnosed with congenital heart disease at the age of five. When she was 13 she had heart surgery funded by Little Red Scarf. Mimi has suffered from scoliosis since childhood and has never been treated.
BackgroundJu Hua was diagnosed with congenital heart disease at the age of 41 years old. With the help from Little Red Scarf, a successful surgery was completed in 2012. In 2013, her oldest son was also diagnosed with congenital heart disease. His surgery was funded by a serious illness relief project.
BackgroundDa Shou was diagnosed with congenital heart disease at the age of 13 when he had surgery for a hernia in 2011. His heart surgery was completed in 2012 with help from Little Red Scarf. That same year his sister had bladder suspension surgery done. Half a year after her surgery, the doctor found out that she is suffering from kidney failure.
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Little Red Scarf is in Lanzhou, Gansu province and provides financial support and encouragement to children suffering from congenital heart disease. In addition, they provide families with post-operative care and help the children sustain a healthy lifestyle. Dear Little Red Scarf, How are you doing? I had been thinking of writing to you long ago, but I did not send out any words. For I wanted to describe my living situation as more as possible to you. Today is September 6, 2015 and I still remember I was sent to operations on September 5 last year. 367 days have been passed so far. I was recalling things last night when I laid in the bed. Apart from gratitude, there’s still gratitude. I started to work on March 17 this year. I recovered well half year after the operation. I didn’t want to stay at home and started my accountant intern work. I learned new things every day and made new friends. Work is not busy and I just work 5 days a work. Sometimes, I went for work trips, but they were not long distance travels. I felt full of energy and I spent every day in happiness. On September 11, I would go to Beijing for a week for a work trip. I changed a lot physically and mentally. I do exercises every day which could make me recover better. I go to work by battery bike every day. I am in good health. My attitude became positive. I started to learn to communicate with more persons. I was not as shy as before. I started to learn make-up and E-business. I learned many things that I had not known before. It is a whole new world before me. I enjoy to be living inside very much. During the year, I felt uncomfortable sometimes, but they were very small influences. I was adopting to live with my heart valve which had not been quite familiar with me, I guess. I will take care of it carefully and we will be good partners. I am very grateful for the help from Mr. and Mrs. Zhao’s Foundation, which gave me an opportunity to be reborn. Whenever I thought of it, my eyes would be filled with tears. I also thank Yunyun who encouraged and comforted me when I was lying in the ward. I want to be a person as gentle and loving as you. During the year, I want to thank all of you. Xiao Qin Original article translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang Little Red Scarf is in Lanzhou, Gansu province and provides financial support and encouragement to children suffering from congenital heart disease. In addition, they provide families with post-operative care and help the children sustain a healthy lifestyle. On September 7, it’s the beginning day of Vocational Institute of Xi’an Technology University. We transferred 2000RMB donated by loving people to Xiao Wen. Here’s Xiao Wen’s thank-you letter: Dear staff from LRS and loving people, I am Xiao Wen whom you have supported. I am from a poverty-stricken family and I got congenital heart disease. Thanks to LRS, I did operation. It was fuel delivered to me during snowing days. I was admitted by Vocational Institute of Xi’an Technology University this year. The tuition is over 7000RMB. My parents could not afford it and education loans could not cover it. Thanks to loving people from LRS again, my problem had been solved again. I will cherish what I have and try my best to complete my study and find a good job in the future. By then, I will help other people just as the loving people helped me. Thank you for what you have done for me. Hope all of you good health and everything goes well! Regards, Xiao Wen Original article written by Ying Guan, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang With the support of TFish, the project aims to support with micro loans to housewives from a poverty-stricken village in Huining county, Gansu province. It will promote income and provide development opportunities to women in the villages.
1) On August 3, registration work for Gansu Qinyuan Social Service Center has been going on. Most of paper work has been done. We are waiting for the evaluation in September. 2) During August 1 to 10, staff visited 13 households in Lucha village for micro loans. They did supervision for their current livestock farming. The situation is fine. 3) On August 8, we held a workshop on Community Building for rural areas in Tianshui city with Oxfam and several partners. We hope to improve organizations’ awareness on community that they are serving for, keep and develop village culture and promote the overall development of rural areas. 4) During August 19 to 26, over 90 sets of desks and chairs were donated to Shigou Primary School by 2 companies. The interaction activity would be held on 31st of this month. 5) On August 10, toilet building work supported by Oxfam was ongoing in Lucha village. The project would promote 83 households to build their own toilet. 6) On August 28, we will participate in training held by Gansu Social Foundation. The training aims to promote personal capacity building for staff working for development organizations. The contents include relief, fund-raising, personal relationship, etc. The training also aims to promote development and cooperation between organizations. Original article written by Manting Wang, translated by Maggie Li, and edited by Yanyan Zhang |
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