Lanzhou Jingcheng Public Service Center is located in the Gansu Province and mainly serves the disadvantaged groups in society, helping them renew their confidence in life and build up their self-reliance. Services include: 1) Care for the rural children left behind 2) care for children after surgery. 3) concern about the old public service areas. 4) carrying out a variety of public training, consulting, and advocacy activities.
Back in May 2016, Lanzhou JingCheng Public Service workers visited Zhengjia Elementary school in DaShu Xiang DongXiang County with Gansu Xingbangbai teachers. The school is located in the mountain area, half of the 2.5 hr drive was spent driving on the dirt road between mountains, which is narrow and steep. Because of the year long lack of water, the main crops are potato and corn. Although you can still drive to the school, there are about 20 kilometers of drive that are narrow and windy. Those parts of the road are very dangerous. Even experienced drivers need to drive over 35 minutes. The school is a Type 4 6 grades elementary school, which serves 7 communities in the area. There are total of 137 families and 700 residents in the area. There is the total of 64 active students currently study at the school including 25 1st graders, 7 2nd graders, 6 3rd graders, 15 4th graders, 6 5th graders, 5 6th graders, with 4 teachers (1 female teacher). Among the students, there are 33 girls. Half of the students cannot go back to home for lunch due to distance, with the furthest distance at 5 kilometers from school. Due to the small class size, 5th and 6th grade students share the same class. The existing well can only hold some water, which is about 2 week coverage for the teachers and students. It is even worse during summer time.The school has a plan to build a new well, which can hold 20m³ of water and serve the school for 3-4 months. Lanzhou Jingcheng Public Service Center is located in the Gansu Province and mainly serves the disadvantaged groups in society, helping them renew their confidence in life and build up their self-reliance. Services include: 1) Care for the rural children left behind 2) care for children after surgery. 3) concern about the old public service areas. 4) carrying out a variety of public training, consulting, and advocacy activities.
To solve the drinking problem of Zhengjia primary school, we came to the village again on October 11, 2016. We visited a few households. The first household we visited is Zheng Waixi’s family who is 10 kilometers away from the school. Teacher Chen gave us a motorbike ride. We asked a few questions on the way, but Waixi kept silent. I have thought she was afraid of her teacher, but I learned later that she is too sky. Thanks to Teacher Chen’s motorbike, we arrived at Waixi’s home 10 minutes later. There piles of millets outside of the family’s yard. Teacher Chen said these are their all harvest this year. Grounded on core values of respect, love, and service to the elderly, the Xinyue Senior Center of Chongqing, China, promotes social work services for senior citizens and builds a harmonious living environment for them. To better understands the needs of senior citizens and provide personal services, we visited senior citizens newly checked in and established personal files for them. With survey, we found many senior citizens had not got used to the new environment. They would feel lonely. On November 20, we held tea party for senior citizens. There were 14 participants.
During the activity, the social workers started with a game to break ice. The senior citizens took turns to introduce themselves, which enhanced them to know each other. The social workers used PPT and video to introduce the services. The video made by Grandpa Yang was popular, which is about his life in the Center. Grandpa Yang checked in a year ago. The nice environment and nature views of the Center were included into the video, which also presented rich activities to the other senior citizens. The social workers also introduced the history and services contents of the Senior Center. The senior citizens were interested in hearing the introduction. They hope they would participate in more activities in the future. When the activity was completed, the social workers organized the senior citizens’ needs and made daily service plans. We will keep following up the needs of senior citizens and make personal and individual services for their actual needs. Original article written by Ling Feng, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang According to their motto - “Love, truth, and service to community” - Xingyang Volunteer Federation works to enhance people’s sense of social responsibility through providing them various volunteer opportunities.The office is in Xingyang, Henan province It is the 5th week that the smiling face program has been done. There’s a birthday celebration for a child—Fu Lixia this week. She attends grade 11 in Henan. We have been planning on how to celebrate her birthday for a few days. I woke up my daughter early in the morning and asked her to go with me. We celebrated birthday for Fu Lixia’s brother last week. The brother and sister were cleaning their room when we arrived on 9:00am. They were expecting us.
We had known the family for 3 years. The volunteers received information provided by village health worker and visited the family immediately. I participated in the visit and knew the family. At that time, her father had been suffering from stomach cancer and was about to die. Her mother was handicapped and mentally ill. Fu Lixia just completed her grade 8 and her younger brother was in primary school. It was hard to imagine what the family would become if her father was dead. The village committee also reported the family to the relevant sectors of the government. The family received minimum allowances soon. Her father’s medical expenses were covered. Finally, her father was dead a few months after we had visited. After visiting and discussing with my family, I wanted to adopt Fu Haiyang, the younger brother, for Fu Lixia was 15 and she could take care of herself as well as her mother. Fu Haiyang was still young and needed care. Their relatives did not agree, so I had to give up. The connections between the children and I were built. Little Red Scarf is in Lanzhou, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces. We provide financial support and encouragement to children suffering from congenital heart disease. In addition, we provide families with post-operative care and help the children sustain a healthy lifestyle. Yumei's First Surgery: May 2015Yumei was admitted to the hospital on May 11, 2015 with a complex heart disease. One week after admission, she had a fever that turned out to be chickenpox. She was transferred to the Department of Infectious Diseases for 11 days. The doctor told Yumei’s father, "The child's condition is very serious. She needs two operations, and even with that, we might not be able to completely cure the disease. In combination with the surgical risk, the operation cost is high." On June 1, 2015, which was Children's Day, we wanted Yumei to be happy, so we sent her a toy. In order to allow family members to take care of Yumei while they waited for the surgery, we also gave 2,000 RMB to her father. Yumei’s surgery was on June 11, after she had been hospitalized for one month. The family was in a high state of tension. Seven hours after she was in the surgical room, her family received news that night: “The situation is not very optimistic.” Her father, outside the intensive care room, kept telling Yumei to stay strong. On June 16, she was transferred to the ventilator, and two days later, she was transferred to the general ward. On June 25, 44 days of hospitalization later, Yumei was discharged. The family agreed to stay in touch with us and contact us when she undergoes her second surgery. Little Red Scarf is in Lanzhou, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces. We provide financial support and encouragement to children suffering from congenital heart disease. In addition, we provide families with post-operative care and help the children sustain a healthy lifestyle.
Qiqi underwent a heart surgery in 2011 with support from LRS. In December 2015, while Qiqi’s brother was on holiday break, we delivered 5,000 RMB of donations into his hands personally. Physical Status Qiqi is already a big girl. She is in second grade. She is tall and can participate in many sports. Her mother says that her overall fitness is good this year; Qiqi has less colds. Little Red Scarf is in Lanzhou, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces. We provide financial support and encouragement to children suffering from congenital heart disease. In addition, we provide families with post-operative care and help the children sustain a healthy lifestyle. Family Situation Ruijing’s family has six people in it. Her grandmother suffers from multiple health issues, including gallstones, kidney inflammation, hepatitis, mild Alzheimer's, and edema. She spends every day in bed, and the family spends nearly a few hundred dollars every month on medicine for her. Ruijing's grandfather has poor eyesight; anything within 3 meters is blurry. Her mother has always had a weak stomach, and her dad has a herniated lumbar disc and cannot do heavy physical activity. Her father did not go out to work this year. The family planted some oats and beans. However, for some reason all the bean seedlings died (nearly half of the villages experienced this as well) so there is no income at home this year. In August 2015, a Little Red Scarf staff visited Ruijing’s home to give her family 1,000 RMB. Because Ruijing’s grandmother is chronically sick, Ruijing and sister need someone to take care of them. As a result, her mother is unable to go out and work. We will donate 1,000 RMB to help them buy three Juemu pigs and to help with usual living expenses. Juema pigs are local commodities and yield good profit. In 2016, Little Red Scarf will be donating the remaining 1,000 RMB to Ruijing's family in hopes that it can help with some of their expenses. Since 2009 Orphan Impact has been delivering valuable computer training to orphans throughout Vietnam. In 2016 we helped expand the EdTech program to China. Underprivileged children learn to use computers and the Internet to design, create, store, share, consume, and communicate information. Students gain self-confidence, motivation, and important job skill training. Timeline of Growth in Vietnam
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