Blessing Hands: Happy Spring

The Guo family is having a happy spring.

Guo Family

Mr. Guo is getting much better. He really wants to go back to work as soon as possible. He is the pillar of the family now since his wife's death in the fire that nearly killed him also. He is trying his very best to recover both physically and emotionally.

His biggest concern is for his oldest daughter, Ronghua, who will enter higher middle school next fall. Her grades are good and her teachers are pleased with her, so he hopes she will test well. She had been concerned about the new school expenses causing more debts for her family, but we assured her and her father that she has a good family sponsoring her that will help her with her educational expenses all the way through school. She can also get some government tuition help since the situation of the family has changed dramatically.

We have started the Guo family's monthly payments of $175(1,000 RMB). The monthly support is only until he is able to work again. People really stepped up to help this family that were victims of an arsonist who later killed himself. Nothing can replace their mother who died of burns days after the fire, but we can help the family members that remain.

If you are willing to give toward their monthly family support until Mr. Guo can work again, please email us.

Education Department Meeting

Blessing Hands was invited to a meeting with the Education Department of Guangxi. The four foreign non-governmental organizations registered in Guangxi attended. Tian Muling and Matthew Liu represented Blessing Hands. Two FNGOs were from the USA and there was one each from Hong Kong and France. The meeting was to meet one another and relate our progress and problems to the Education Department. The meeting went well and our charity compared well with others.

In the future, we will need to notify the local Education Departments when we want to go to a school in their area. We already needed to tell the local security police when we were coming. Our NGO did not have any issues, but the French organization was having trouble communicating with schools and visiting their children. It was a cordial meeting.

Pictures of our students at the National Special Education School in Du'an County came recently. I want to feature these three blind students especially. These three students need sponsors to give $295 a year for their school needs. We hope to connect them with volunteer English tutors from the USA. Pick one and message us.

Quanyin is a 14-year-old male, He is blind and takes part in distance learning in computer training. His older sisters are in college. He wants to be able to support himself someday. His father is disabled and his mother is sick. He has participated in the disabled swimming championships inside and outside the province and won several swimming competition medals.

Yijian

Yijian is blind but very interested in learning English and computers. She lives in Du'an County. There are 6 people in the family - grandfather, father, mother, sister, and brother. Her grandfather is old and weak, and his spirit is out of order. The younger brother is studying in primary school. The family is large, but the labor force is thin and the fields are small. The mother takes care of the sick grandparents while farming and the father goes out to work part-time to maintain their livelihood. Their family life is very difficult. She is learning computers through distance learning from a charity for the blind in Shanghai.

Fengzhu

Fengzhu is a 12-year-old boy. There are 5 people in his family (Dad, Mother, Fengzhu and two younger brothers). Two of the younger brothers are still very young.

Fengzhu is a sensible, diligent child who loves to learn. Now he is studying in the sixth grade of the blind class of the National Special Education School in Du'an County, Guangxi Province. He is a boarder at the school, and the basic cost of living in the school and the tolls for returning home on weekends are difficult to solve.