"The best wish we have is to see children grow up well." The healthy growth and all-round development of children and adolescents have always been the most tender concern of General Secretary Xi Jinping. From May 31 to June 5, the Gansu Duoshi Love Foundation, in collaboration with Yijiahe Technology Co., Ltd., launched a series of public welfare activities themed "Love Gathers, Guard the Blooming" for caring for girls in Tibetan Areas. Setting out with love, the initiative calls on everyone to pay attention to vulnerable children around them, enabling these children to have a carefree and joyful childhood.
Before Children’s Day, Leng Man told Teacher Li from the Gansu Duoshi Love Foundation that she wanted a Barbie doll. Upon learning this, Yijiahe immediately purchased Barbie dolls in Nanjing and mailed them to Teacher Li, who then gave one doll to each girl.
Ge Mancao is an 8-year-old Tibetan girl. She is a student in Class 1, Grade 1 of Duo'er School in Diebu County and lives in Zairi'ao Village, Duo'er Township. When the volunteers first met her during a home visit, they saw her busy helping her mother with housework as soon as they entered the house. Compared with other 8-year-olds of the same age, she showed far more thoughtfulness and consideration. During a chat with the volunteers, she said that when she grows up, she wants to be a teacher, so that children in the mountains can get out of the mountains and see the world outside. The village Party secretary told the volunteers that Ge Mancao’s father is in prison, and her mother is the only one at home taking care of three children. Ge Mancao is an extremely sensible child—she helps her mother with housework every day after returning home. This couldn’t help but make the volunteers feel an extra sense of compassion for this 8-year-old girl.
Difficult living conditions have not crushed these children living in the plateau farming and pastoral areas. It is hoped that love will make the children in Tibetan Areas feel full warmth, encourage them to hold firm to their ideals and beliefs, study hard, and move towards farther and higher horizons. Let love illuminate the innocent hearts of countless children.
