TFish NGO Photo Updates: October

Each week, we select and highlight the best photos from our partners out on the field. Check out more detailed updates from each NGO by clicking on its name below "Category" on the right of this page. Enjoy these photos from the month of October!

Strategic Partner: Little Red Scarf CARE. This young boy is enjoying his plentiful treats after his surgery funded by Little Red Scarf. Think if he’ll be able to eat it all??

Associate Member: Xingzhi Migrant Art School. There was no school beyond middle school for Liuying because she is a migrant from Hebei. Professor Gu took her in and taught her how to draw. Now, she is an art teacher at an elementary school. In one of her beautiful paintings, Liuying captures daily life in her home town.

Strategic Partner: Little Red Scarf Alliance. After his preoperative examination, Yong-xia wears a cute grin and throws up two peace signs. He is ready for his heart surgery!

Associate Member: Lanzhou Greenbelt Volunteer Center. Just look at those smiles! Holding a stuffed ivory elephant in one hand and raising the other, students at Fulongping Primary School volunteer for an activity during the 2012 International Animal Action Week.

Associate Member: Panda Care. An elderly man receives a sweater from NGO Panda Care to keep him warm for the winter.

Strategic Partners: Helping Orphans Worldwide. Family and friends gather around Huy, a 14-year-old who suffers from a rare skin disease called Epidermolysis Bullosa. For the EB Awareness week (10/25-31), Huy got to go outside and visit a zoo for the first time.

TFish Community: LongWan Love Home. Bright colors on a gray day - children walk to their newly-built school in one of the poorest provinces in China.

TFish Community: LongWan Love Home. A little boy works hard to carry a bundle of sticks home so that his family can cook and have a meal.

Associate Member: Mulan Community Activities Center. A young girl in Mulan’s painting group looks up at the camera and gives a wide smile - she’s proud of her colorful painted rock!

TFish Friend: Tie Our Love. The other side - living conditions of some elderly in rural China.

TFish Friend: Quartzite Student. Time for a class photo! Schoolchildren and their parents pose with new volunteer teachers in southwest China.

Strategic Partner: Little Red Scarf Surgery. Doudou finally recovered from his recent sickness and didn’t even cry when he got his shot today. He is a big boy now, and he is ready for his congenital heart surgery scheduled for next week!

Associate Member: Dreamers Volunteer Team. Rui-Xiang Hu comes from a very modest background. His father died suddenly when he was young, leaving his mother with 4 children and no way to provide for them. But when asked what his dream was, even his difficulties could not keep him from his sincere answer: to be an artist.

Strategic Partner: Shalmon Leprosy Compassion Ministry. A doctor shows a leprosy patient how to protect his eyes.

Associate Member: Rainbow Village. A child walks barefoot on mountain roads.

Strategic Partner: Ms. Zhou’s Counseling Center. Ms. Zhou provides counseling for rural women and their children. “We read to know that we’re not alone” - William Nicholson

Strategic Partner: Wild Lily. A beautiful smile on a beautiful face - a little egg can bring a better and healthier future. Wild Lily provides one egg a day for poor elementary school students in Guangxi

TFish Friend: Shenzhen Care Association. “Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” - Neil Postman

Associate Member: Lanzhou Greenland Volunteer Center. School children in Lanzhou are eagerly putting the used batteries to recycle bin. Sept. 2012.

Associate Member: Ganla. Children were very happy for the gift of school supplies at Ganla Meiduo in China

Strategic Partner: Wild Lily. Children at Tiane County are receiving free meals during school from Wild Lily last month.

Associate Member: Rainbow Village. Art enables our mind to explore the world's beauties.

Strategic Partner: Shalom Leprosy. Volunteers from Shalom Leprosy help harvest corn in preparation for the mid-autumn festival.

Associate Member: Ark Mutual Help Center. Free photo shooting for local farmers in Guang Xi.