These are the children whose lives have been devastated by AIDS or extreme poverty. They must quit school to become breadwinners or caregivers for their families. You can make the difference between hope and despair in the life of one of these children. You can change the world one child at a time. Please become a sponsor today, so GCI can use its limited funds to save other children just like these.
Lii Yuhan
Lii Yuhan ("A Very Cold Rain") is an 11-year-old fifth-grader who lives with her grandparents and her mother. Her mother, a burn victim, has lost her fingers, and her face is badly disfigured.
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Zhang Ming Yin
Zhang Ming Yin ("Bright Sunshine") is an 11-year-old boy from a farm family. The family, poor but able to survive, was hit by hard times about nine years ago when the grandfather developed cancer. Because most people in the countryside have no medical insurance, the family borrowed money to care for the grandfather.
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Liu Yan Meng
Yan Meng is an 11-year-old only child of a hardworking but disabled father and a severely ill mother. Her father was born with one dysfunctional leg, and her thin and frail mother, who was diagnosed seven years ago with type two diabetes, requires daily insulin and other medications.
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Yan Yue Hang
In the early 1990s, Yan Yue Hang's parents sold their blood to pay the bills. Her mother later died of "a very strange illness" (almost certainly AIDS). Her illness made the debts mount up. Yue Hang's father refused to get tested for AIDS.
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Wu Yue Xue
Wu Yue Xue, ("Maize") is only eight years old, but she leads her family with the help of a cousin. Her grandfather, a 72-year-old stroke survivor, is unable to work. Her grandmother does what she can to care for the home and family.
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