Yao School Story
Children helping children
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School supplies given to Lin Wang
Primary School 林旺学
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Our Blessing Hands college intern hiked two hours to this school in 2010. This group of volunteers found Wei Senbao韦森宝 with a deformed lymphatic mass on the side of his neck from a birth defect. Lin Wang School 林旺 was isolatedthen. Four years later the school has a new road, school building, and a nutrition program that pays for their lunches. These are all government improvements.
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Before picture of Wei. Senbao
韦森宝
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Wei Senbao 韦森宝 after his operations |
During these same years Blessing Hands raised the money for Wei Senbao's 韦森宝 operations to correct his birth defect sending him to Shanghai for medical treatment. He is now doing very well, but he will have another operation when he is older. We also began to find sponsors for Wei's four orphaned cousins and his family in general. Money was raised by Vacation Bible Schools and coin jars in Chinese restaurants to fund school supplies for the whole school.
Now a Nanning City primary school, Minle Primary School, with 1200 students has become involved with Lin Wang 林旺学 and another Yao minority school in Du'an County The assistant principal of Minle, Xiaoling Mai 麦晓玲, has lead a campaign to help Chong Ye 崇业小学 and Lin Wang Primary School.
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Xiaoling Mai gave shoes and clothes to the Lin Wang kids. |
Xiaoling 麦晓玲 and her sister Xiaojuan Mai 麦小娟 visited Lin Wang with us this winter to measure the kids for shoes and clothes. She was so touched by their need that she gathered her friends and relatives to come back within a week to give the kids socks, shoes, coats, and other items.
She also arranged for her school to adopt Chong Ye Primary School 崇业小学. The two schools will be cooperating with teacher training, school supplies and other projects. You can see a video of Minle students visiting their sister school at this link from Chinese TV.
Xiaojuan Mai 麦 小娟 is a doctor and is arranging for a dental clinic in Du'an on July 2nd. Volunteers will check the student's teeth and teach dental hygiene. They are asking for donations of tooth brushes and paste. Contact us if you want to donate items. I am delighted by the changes in these Yao schools and the rise of volunteers and donations from Chinese people.
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