Report from several members
Speaker: Yuan Ying
Contact: 13778544329
I have always believed that, although the family of these children may not be rich, but they will be a happy and loving family, but, after having a deep talk with one of the girls, I discovered that this fact is not as beautiful as I imagined.
This little girl is very lonely, but also very proud. In the eyes of the rest of the children of her class, she is not very "sociable" and lovable. She always has "they hate me" hanging from her mouth. Once, after class, the rest of the students went out to play, but she stayed in her seat quietly without speaking or even moving. I went to her place and did the same as her. Afterwards, I look at her. Then, she began to cry and also began to talk to me about her family situation. She told me that her father beats her mother often at home, that her mother took pesticide to commit suicide, that her father also very often beats her and her brother because they want to come to school to study and not to the mountains to look after the cattle. She was very calmly telling me these things, without any sadness or melancholy in her eyes, calm as if this story was not her own.
Gradually, I came to understand that her character and her family situation are very closely related. She is very stubborn and arrogant because she wants to be strong to protect herself and her mother. She has closed herself in her own circle, because she has low self-esteem, she doesn't want to communicate with the other children, afraid of been pained by these sad past. In fact, in this school, every student is part of his/her own story. They want to share their story with other people so much, but, at the same time, they are so afraid of doing so. We are so fortunate, because in the short time spam of two weeks, we have become such close friends. They trust us, they share their stories with us, they calm their inner pain with us, and they can finally experience some warmth and love.
Speaker: Yan Zicheng
Contact: 17764516869
It was only the second day of the "Support Education" activity, but it felt like it was after a lot of days, because in just one day so many things happened. Early in the morning today, I sat in a car to go down the mountain, together with Sha Yin and Yu Zhou. We needed to buy food and some daily necessities. Here, the weather is really unpredictable. It was still cloudy early in the morning, but, when we came out of the department store, the sun was shining, shinning in a way that was making people uncomfortable. The car to go up the mountain is at 1:00 pm. We had bought enough food for about 3 days, and outside it was so hot, so we decided to wait inside the car until 1:00 pm. All the way up, I was still feeling ok, but, after teaching the children a music lesson, my whole body started feeling uncomfortable, and then it became even more serious, feeling dizziness in my head, numbness in my limbs. In other words, I was feeling pretty bad. After dinner, I did not want to move. My body was aching all over and I thought I had caught a cold. After calling my mother by phone, I went with some of my friends for a little walk. I was feeling somewhat better. I hope tomorrow I can be well again. Today, I felt many fewer students came to school. I hope these students are not that kind that is only interested for a brief period of time and the last day not even one will be coming. I really hope we can touch them, but I also feel that the environment in the classroom is somewhat out of control, so I have decided to put today a severe face at the classroom. I just hope I do not scare them too much. Well, I am really tired today, we can never catch up with our work, and we have playing until very late. After dinner, we still went to the house of Yang Tianchun for a long chat, and afterwards, my companions still went to do some home visits, but they left me in the school alone. I am happy and hope tomorrow will be even a better day.