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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. Maimai is a congenital heart disease child and in April 2011, with the help of Little Red Scarf, successfully completed the operation. Unfortunately, her mother also suffers from congenital heart disease. Because they missed the best timing of surgery it caused severe Pulmonary hypertension, leading to heart failure. This led to a serious problem in walking and hemoptysis. Medicine for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension is costly. Local doctors know that buyers are poor and can only afford cheap medicine. The doctor said: "The medicine is too expensive to treat this disease, so you can not afford it." In 2015, Mother's Day, Little Red Scarf’s US team raised money to help the family: Ellen Yuan $ 500, Henry & Lisa $ 800, Grandma Chu Fund $ 1050, RY $ 50, total $ 2,400 , Equivalent to 15,000 RMB. In 2016, DC donated $ 480 dollars, equivalent to 3,120 RMB, which continued to cover the cost of Maimai's mother's treatment.
We donated the money in three parts. In April 2015, we visited their family. The mother often needs to be hospitalized due to the serious illness. She cannot move or work. She thinks that she’s better dead than alive. We encouraged the mother to continue fighting. Her children are small and still need her. We must let them feel the warmth of home, and we also sent the 2,000 RMB subsidy to buy the cost of the hospitalization for the mother. In August 2015, Mai’s mother heard about the recent rapid development in medicine and perhaps even their own surgical opportunities. On August 12, we got Mai’s mother a free review with Dr. Tang and the University of Cardiology. When Dr. Tang saw the results of the final ultrasound, he regretfully said, “your body has not allowed you to surgery” and recommends “ to ease the symptoms of chest tightness and shortness of breath and, of course, to always see if there will be a change so she can do surgery. She should not give up just because of the results.” She replied, “I have to remain strong for my two children.”
Little Red Scarf bought Mai’s mother a portable oxygen machine and the treatment of pulmonary hypertension medicine, costed 3015.5 RMB.
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.   Thank you for your contribution: $ 220; Anonymous JW $ 70; James Ko $ 90; En-Yong Foundation $ 100 Total $ 480
Family Collection Voucher $480 equivalent to RMB 3,000. I hope the family can give Dongsheng a teeth checkup; the remaining money for the old couple themselves to see the disease. The dad often has headaches and severe dizziness symptoms; the mother has gallstones, but because the problem of medical expenses, she has not had surgery. We gave the donation in two parts. The first: On May 2015, the staff visited Dongsheng’s home to understand the actual situation of the family. The cash was in the form of 2,000 RMB to the family. The family, in order to express gratitude, got a brush to write a "thank you!" The second time: In early 2011, we gave the family 1000 RMB and hoped the family can have a good year. Physical condition: Dongsheng is 6 years old; the body is very good and can run or jump. He is in a large class. His kindergarten is only 3 km away from home; his father picks him up and takes in every morning and evening with a car. His teeth are now all black; his father took Dongsheng to the dental department to do a checkup. The doctor told them to pay more attention to oral hygiene. The teeth are fine for now since he is still a child. 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.
 Yi Hong had a lot of fun at LRS Summer Camp. Special thanks to the loving people who donated $320 USD (about 2,000 RMB), which will be used for buying medicine for Yi Hong’s grandmother. The grandmother takes care of Yi Hong and his younger sister. She is 66 and in poor health.
LRS staff visited Yi Hong in September 2015, the year after he had his heart surgery. When we learned about the family's situation, we sent 2,000 RMB to them. In 2015 Yi Hong was 10 and was recovering well. The scar was also healing well. Yi Hong seldom caught colds anymore. He attended the summer camp held by LRS with his sister. The new semester began in September, and Yi Hong and his sister went to grade 2. This is their family's situation. Yi Hong’s father works in the city in order to pay off the debt as soon as possible. After a year of hard work, they paid 20,000 RMB. The house was paved, and they also built a new kitchen and walls. In the second half of the year, his father came to the construction site in Lanzhou. The harvest was not good, so his father hoped to earn more money in the city. Yi Hong and his sister lived with their grandmother, who had to take medicine all the time. His father hopes everyone in the family will be fine and that life will be better. When Yi Hong and his sister came back from summer camp, they could speak Mandarin to their father and grandmother. They had fun when the grandmother could not understand Mandarin. His father said the children changed a lot and became more obedient. His father said it is worth the hard work to see the two happy and healthy children. Thanks again for the care and donations for Yi Hong. Original article written by Aiju Chang, translated by Maggie Li, edited by Yanyan Zhang and Carolyn D. 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.
Special thanks to PC who donated $160 USD to Bao Ping’s family in 2015 and to DC who donated $300 USD in 2016. The money will enable Bao Ping’s mother to take the medicine she needs for the year.
Bao Ping underwent heart surgery in 2011 with support from LRS. A year after the operation, he went to school when he was 16. In the autumn of 2015, LRS staff visited Bao Ping’s family. The villagers were busy with the harvest. We later learned that the elevation is not good for the crops. The locals can only grow barley and beans. The transportation is not convenient, so the villagers rarely travel to purchase agricultural products. Since 2011, the local government has launched a project that would move the villagers to a convenient place and solve the problems of healthcare, communication, education, and income generation. In 2012, the villagers began to move away. By 2015, there were more than 10 households still left. Bao Ping’s parents were in bad health and needed to take medicine. Life was still hard for them. We sent 1,000 RMB to help the parents buy medicine. Lanzhou Jingcheng Public Service Center is located in 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 for the old public service areas 4) Carrying out a variety of public training, consulting, and advocacy activities.  209 Students at 5 Elementary Schools Receive Winter CoatsIn September 2016, we cooperated with a nonprofit organization called Yue Shi Tuan and asked them to help us select five elementary schools in the poor county of Qin An. (Yue Shi Tuan is a nonprofit organization in the county of Qin An. They work together with the local people and businesses to help poor children get into school, to take care of seniors, to provide severe illness aids, etc.) Recommended by our partner Yue Shi Tuan, we finally selected the following 5 schools to give away winter clothes: Yang Po Wan Elementary School and Gao Wan Elementary School in Wang Pu Township, Wu Zhuang Elementary School and He Li Elementary School in Ye Bao Township, and Song Gou Elementary School in Guo Jia Town, totaling 209 people.
Lanzhou Jingcheng Public Service Center is located in 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 for the old public service areas 4) Carrying out a variety of public training, consulting, and advocacy activities. Juanjuan's Family Background Our second home visit was to Juanjuan’s home. Juanjuan's family has 5 people in it, but right now only 4 of them are living in the house. They have 10 mu (about 1.5 acres) of land on which to plant crops. There are three mu of alfalfa to feed the sheep, three mu of corn, three mu of potatoes, and one mu of millet. Wheat is not drought-resistant and generally has a low yield, so many families, including Juanjuan’s, choose not to plant it now. Juanjuan’s mother is 40 years old. She has never attended school or worked anywhere other than her home town. She doesn’t understand much Mandarin and regularly speaks the Dongxiang language.  Lanzhou Jingcheng Public Service Center is located in 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 for the old public service areas 4) Carrying out a variety of public training, consulting, and advocacy activities. Spontaneous Trip to Visit the Uncle's House We weren't originally planning to visit Maria's uncle's house. But since we visited Maria's home, Juanjuan's home, the school, and the villagers' water sources, Maria's uncle was very enthusiastic about us visiting his home. He was very warm and kept inviting us to his house again and again. Since his passion was very rare, I decided to visit his house as well. Can I Get One Too? Maria's uncle may have seen the water reservoirs we were planning to give to the schools. He had his own ideas and asked me in a friendly way, "Are you still building reservoirs? Can I apply for one?"
I replied that this was our Transparent Fish Fund project, and that our organizations worked worked together to implement the project for the school. So this project was not able to give his family a reservoir. The uncle, who is very proficient in the world, said, "It’s up to you to determine your permission within the project scope." I said, "We currently do not have such a project, and I do not have this permission." Although I said it very directly, the uncle was still very persistent. Lanzhou Jingcheng Public Service Center is located in 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 for the old public service areas 4) Carrying out a variety of public training, consulting, and advocacy activities.  Getting to Know the Locals' Living ConditionsOn October 11, 2016, Gansu Care officially launched the beginning of the water reservoir project at Zhengjia Elementary School. (Zhengjia is located in Dongxiang County.) While we were there, we took the opportunity to visit four families in the area. From them, we learned a lot about their living conditions, including their drinking water, family health status, students' schooling, and crop harvest. Through the understanding of these situations, we could have a general understanding of the present situation and future difficulties. This was all done for the preparation of our future new projects. Maria's FamilyMaria's family is the first family we visited. Maria's father said that he and his wife had never taken a picture together in their lifetime. So, during this exploratory trip, I took the opportunity to take family photos for them, hoping that these photos could help them retain some memories. Currently, four people live in the household: the parents, brother, and Maria. Her two older sisters had already gotten married about ten years ago, so they did not live in the house with them. The father is 63 years old and the mother is 57 years old. Both of their bodies are very healthy without any major pains or illnesses. In the village, if they can still walk up and down the mountain, they are in good shape. However, the decay of the father’s teeth is very serious. Just from speaking with him, one can tell that he is missing his front row of teeth. Two years ago, the mother broke her right arm and has been disabled since then. Although there are no present problems with it, she does not have any strength in that arm. She is unable to do simple tasks. When they are cooking and there is a task that requires some strength, the father will be the one to do it. Since the mother can only do simple tasks, she is unable to help with any farm work.  Lanzhou Jingcheng Public Service Center is located in 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 for the old public service areas 4) Carrying out a variety of public training, consulting, and advocacy activities.  May 11, 2016: Field Visit to Evaluate the Water SituationDongxiang County is considered a poor region at the national level. The water supply is very limited all season long here, so the locals rely on wells to store water.
On May 11, 2016, representatives from the Hong Kong Growth Hope foundation and the Gansu community service center visited the three elementary schools at Dashuxiang. They observed that the residents and schools needed to rely on water transported from the county center. The Zhengjia Elementary School had an old well that leaked constantly and only held about 2-3 cubic meters of water, which was not sufficient to cover a 2 week supply, especially during summer time. We wanted to build a well that could hold 20 cubic meters to cover 3-4 month’s water supply for the school, which would significantly improve the situation.
Lanzhou Jingcheng Public Service Center is located in 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 for the old public service areas 4) Carrying out a variety of public training, consulting, and advocacy activities.
 Wu Village’s He Li Elementary School is on the other side of the mountain. To reach the school from the village, we had to climb the mountain and then descend it. He Li Elementary School is a complete small village model school, with students also coming from neighboring villages. The combined teaching is a special aspect of this school, helping to inegragte these students.
The winter coats have been efficiently distributed for two days now, and everything is in order. He Li Elementary was the last leg of our trip. At every location, when we were doing the preparatory work, the Yueshi volunteers taught the students the art of paper cutting. Volunteers taught carefully, and the children diligently learned. He Li Elementary has 36 students in total, and the clothing was distributed in three different sizes. We disbtributed one size small, 14 size mediums, and 21 size larges. Looking at the students' precious naivety really makes one’s heart melt. At this moment, we are just as joyful as the kids are. Original article translated by Yunyun Jie, translated by Emma Cockerell and edited by Yanyan Zhang and Carolyn D. |
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