Without a School, 300 Children Dream of an Education | Tencent
Che Yicen—Tencent Charity
In rural Sichuan province, near Xiaoliangshan, 2,500 members of the Yi minority group live in an abandoned labor camp where they are able to earn a meager living growing tea. Many of the children there were born in violation of China’s now defunct One-Child Policy, which means that many don’t have a hukou (household registration ID) and so cannot attend school. Even for those who do have IDs, the nearest school is about a two-hour trek through the mountains. Tencent Charity, a channel Tencent uses to raise funds to help the subjects of their photo stories, is fundraising to build new schools so all of these children can go to school, regardless of their hukou status.
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In rural Sichuan province, near Xiaoliangshan, 2,500 members of the Yi minority group live in an abandoned labor camp where they are able to earn a meager living growing tea. Many of the children there were born in violation of China’s now defunct One-Child Policy, which means that many don’t have a hukou (household registration ID) and so cannot attend school. Even for those who do have IDs, the nearest school is about a two-hour trek through the mountains. Tencent Charity, a channel Tencent uses to raise funds to help the subjects of their photo stories, is fundraising to build new schools so all of these children can go to school, regardless of their hukou status.