"Hello brother and sister, thank you very much for your care and help. In the future, my brother and I will definitely change our health and do our best to improve our academic performance. We know that only learning can change our destiny. Brothers and sisters, and others who have helped us, thank you for passing on our strength when we are in difficulty. We will pass this strength on to more people. In the future, we will know how to be polite, respect the elders, and learn to be independent. , Love yourself and others more."

This text comes from "A Letter to Brother and Sister" by a pair of siblings. It is on clean lined paper with square and square handwriting without any alteration. They are two of the tens of thousands of left-behind children. These simple words express the aspirations of the left-behind children, just like throwing a stone, which will surely arouse layers of ripples; open doors and windows, and there will be sunlight coming in. 

"A Letter to Brother and Sister" written by sisters Huang Kairong and Huang Kaifu to volunteers

On July 16, "Protect Children's Safety. Work Together to Grow Together"-The 2020 summer child care service activity was launched through CCTV and Tencent Cloud. The "hundred counties and thousands of villages" across the country were synchronized and linked in accordance with the requirements for normalized epidemic prevention and control. Online and offline voluntary care services.

The event is co-sponsored by the All-China Women’s Federation, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the National Health Commission, the State Sports General Administration, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the 11 departments of the China National Commission for Children and Teenagers. Co-organized by CCTV, CCTV, and Tencent, through extensive mobilization of social forces and linking resources from all parties, it is aimed at caring for children, especially left-behind and difficult children in rural areas, to carry out voluntary service activities for nearby college students in the context of epidemic prevention and control.

In order to implement the overall deployment of the activities, the China Children and Teenagers' Fund and Beijing Yuanwang Charity Foundation recruited college student volunteers online. 14,623 college students from 1,289 colleges and universities across the country registered online, and finally 2,000 outstanding college students were selected. A caring bag is distributed to each college student through logistics, containing more than 30 love gifts, including football, basketball, badminton equipment, skipping rope, tone organ, paint brush, picture book, emergency care kit, disposable hand sanitizer, etc. Daily necessities are brought to the children by college student volunteers. The event will benefit 6,000 left-behind and difficult children.

Silent promise

Huang Kairong, who lives in Lixiang Village, Luqiao Town, Dingyuan County, Anhui Province, is the author of "A Letter to Brother and Sister". His father died young, and his mother suffered from mental illness and incontinence. He had difficulty taking care of himself. There were only two brothers and sisters. Live with mother. Due to family reasons, 15-year-old Kairong and 13-year-old brother Kaifu are both in the first grade of Qingluo Junior High School. Although "late" education provides learning opportunities, they lag far behind their peers in daily life, character shaping, interpersonal communication and academic performance.

Liu Dayong, who lives in Youai Village, Dingyuan County, Anhui Province, is currently studying at the School of Economics and Technology of Anhui Agricultural University. He is also a member of the Dingyuan County University Student Volunteer Service Team. He has participated in the public transportation companies, communities, epidemic prevention and control One condolences and other voluntary service activities.

After registering on the online platform, Liu Dayong and his classmates were successfully selected to become volunteers for the "Protect Children's Safety-Grow Together" activity. They received love bags and gifts, and carried out a volunteer caring for children with the support and assistance of the local village branch. For service activities, Huang Kairong and Huang Kaifu sisters and brothers are their caring objects.

Liu Dayong and his classmates helped Huang Kairong's house clean up weeds and garbage

Volunteers help Huang Kairong and brother make the bed

In order to ensure the quality of the activities, volunteers will take Kairong and Kaifu to the county seat, take them to visit and understand the ancient city of Dingyuan, broaden their horizons and enhance their confidence. He also came to the home of Huang Kairong and his brothers to talk and communicate, and helped them carry out circuit repairs, wall painting, weed removal in front of the house, and sanitary cleaning. During the labor process, the volunteers patiently explained common sense of life to the brothers and sisters, taught them learning experiences, and persuaded them to cultivate good hygiene habits, study hard, and truly achieve self-esteem, self-confidence and self-reliance. After everyone's enthusiasm and hard work, the living environment and mental outlook of the siblings have been greatly improved.

Similar to Liu Dayong, Zhu Guodong "is not fighting alone."

Zhu Guodong, who is studying mechanical design and manufacturing and automation of Wuhan University in 2018, lives in Yangping Village, Xinji Town, Linxia County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province. After learning about the content of the "Protect Children's Safety and Grow Together" activity, he felt that this meaningful thing should be made bigger.

So I acted immediately, first contacting college students I knew, and then recruiting from the school’s summer practice group. After several days of hard work, more than 50 college student volunteers were gathered, and these volunteers were connected with the primary school students in the village one-to-one, and the primary school students and their parents were taught to use the Internet to take classes online. With the assistance of three local university students, they visited the homes of primary school students offline, and basically completed the docking of all children in one day.

Matchmaking table for volunteers and left-behind children (partial)

In the manuscript entitled "Supporting Rural Primary School Education Practice Team" provided by Zhu Guodong, there is a statement under the subtitle "Significance": A certain percentage of rural students drop out of middle and high schools, and the reason is not the children’s fault. Limited to the environment. With a deeper understanding of the world and society, college students should help these children not only to improve their schoolwork, but more importantly, to have a positive impact on the children's lives at the ideological and cognitive level. Under the sub-heading "Notes for Volunteer Teachers", volunteers are encouraged to continue online teaching voluntarily after the summer activities, or to become long-term pen pals with the primary school students, and sincerely help the children.

Zhu Guodong teaches children to use Tencent conference software in class

Zhu Guodong interacted with the children he docked

Each volunteer teacher will teach online twice a week for at least one hour each time since docking with the children. The length or frequency of teaching can be increased according to their own time and children's needs, and there is no upper limit. Leave a screenshot with time before the end of each class, complete the class record according to the template after each class, and send the summary of the class, including class plan, class effect, self-expression, problem improvement, etc. to the teacher's WeChat group.

Zhu Guodong team volunteers' activity suggestions and teaching feedback

"This is the first time I have organized a public welfare practice. On the one hand, I discovered a lot of my own shortcomings and problems in the process, and on the other hand, I also felt what kind of mentality should be maintained when doing public welfare." Zhu Guodong said with emotion that public welfare does treat people Have a big impact. When encountering difficulties, I would think why I did this without real benefit, but this idea will soon be put out. I think of the look in the eyes of the children during the home visit and the words of gratitude from the parents. Give the children newer ideas and greater incentives to pursue further ideals, so they will rekindle their fighting spirit and continue to do it firmly.

Where the light comes in

Due to logistics reasons, Zhu Guodong’s love bag arrived a little later. When he happily walked on the way to visit the children with a bag full of gifts, the touching story began to unfold, and how many college student volunteers like him On the way to my hometown...

Fu Banlu, majoring in computer science and technology at the Central University for Nationalities, came from Daozang Village, Sangba Township, Diebu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, a Tibetan village deep in the forest. The children in the village are still walking along the road to school like she did when she was a child. Sometimes they will race to see who gets home first. This is a great honor, once a week. "I know that when someone talks to you about something with your heart, when you hear a world you have never met, some good changes will happen in your life. I look forward to and prepare to talk to them about this The world, a world that makes people yearn for."

Hao Benzhi, a 2018 student of New Energy Vehicle Technology from the Automotive Technology College of Wuxi Vocational College of Commerce, lives in Yangji Village, Dashahe Town, Feng County, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. “When I walked into the home of the left-behind children with my caring bag on my back, I couldn’t help but evoke the memories of my childhood. When my parents went out to work and live with my grandparents, it also became the childhood of these children,” he said with emotion, “with Little Li Quan skipped rope, watched Hao Junru and Li Chan draw pictures, and played badminton with them... During the game with the children, they brought them joy and gained something in their hearts. We will grow together this holiday season."

Hao Benzhi accompanied the children to play badminton and paint

 

Liu Sheng, a student of Computer Science and Technology in Suihua University, lives in Niujiaoba Village, Shijiatian Township, Lingqiu County, Datong City, Shanxi Province. The object of his visit was Liu Yonglan, a girl in the second grade of elementary school. Since her mother ran away from home, there has been no news. His father has been working outside all the year round. His grandpa, who is over seventy years old, has an arm injury and cannot do heavy work. His grandmother suffers from a heart attack. When he brought a gift of love to the child's house, the child ran towards him as soon as he walked to the door. The humble room was sad. When asked about Xiao Yonglan’s ideals, "being a doctor." "Why?" "Treat grandma..." "At that time, my throat was sore, but I didn't cry because I was going to take it. To be happy, you can't shed tears!" Li Sheng said.

Pan Yang Runyi gave a gift of love to Zheng Shirui

 

Zheng Shirui helps grandma with housework

Pan Yangrunyi, who is studying geophysics at the China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) in 2018, joins hands with Zheng Shirui from Hongdou Village, Tuzhu Town, Shizhong District, Leshan City, Sichuan Province. 8-year-old Shi Rui is in the second grade of elementary school. She suffers from congenital heart disease. His parents are divorced. His father works outside for a long time. Shi Rui lives with her grandmother who is suffering from chronic diseases. However, she has a cheerful, lively and positive personality. From the curiosity and shyness when she first met, to the naughty and naughty and eloquent, Shi Rui kept asking about the outside world, which deeply infected Pan Yang Runyi. "Shi Rui's hometown is less than 20 kilometers away from the central area of the city. Although the poverty alleviation is accurate to the households, the mountain roads are crooked, the medical conditions are poor, there are schools only in the town, and the network is not smooth. This may be the distance. "She said, "I hope that I can work hard to learn professional knowledge and contribute to the prosperity of the country."

There are many sincere and moving stories happening...

Volunteers walking on the way to visit children

A volunteer convened by Zhu Guodong wrote in the experience of the event: The essence of education means that one tree shakes another tree, one cloud pushes another cloud, and one soul awakens another soul. The few short lectures are very limited. I hope to bring them some learning habits, thinking methods, and even confidence and belief, so that they can move forward firmly in the future.

After the visit, Zhu Guodong said: “Perhaps a certain child will think of this summer vacation in the future. An older brother gave a gift and a college student teacher communicated deeply one-on-one. All this will not be meaningless. It’s a relief for someone who is committed to it. Must do it, change, and commit!"

After a month of visits and visits, as of August 5, Liu Dayong and his classmates have visited 22 administrative villages and communities, helping more than 100 left-behind children in distress, establishing various support groups, and being active Connect with the local government.

"...Let us use our sincere companionship to leave a warm time for the children. Let us use careful care to build a safe harbor for the children...", the vows in the proposal still linger.

Liu Dayong and his classmates swear an oath before the "Protect Children Safety-Grow Together" event

Just like the slogan of the event, "Love is everywhere." A volunteer said that the event is very grounded and warm to those children who need help. He quoted a lyric-"Everything has cracks, that is the place where light penetrates", hoping that the children will firmly believe that there is always unexpected warmth and endless hope.