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A Human Story - Big Family
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Li Dayuan 44, public servant,
China
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A woman uses the 30,000 yuan that she had
saved up over many years to purchase a house and farm. She lives there
with 18 elderly people, all of whom are poor farmers. Their families
have turned their backs on them, considering them as unwanted
intruders in their own homes who are good for nothing. Some have even
been subjected to violence. Now, thanks to their benefactor they can
lead a life of dignity, helping each other. This refuge for the elderly
receives absolutely no financial assistance from the government.
Everything is done on a true volunteer basis. The woman's own family
and members of the community find it impossible to understand her
zeal to help strangers. Still, she never flags in her earnest efforts to
help these elderly people.
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This is a truly beautiful tale of a woman
who, although hardly wealthy herself, dedicates her financial resources
and time to helping the unwanted older people with whom she lives. It
is a valuable social document that shows us what the situation of the
elderly in China is really like. Even as this dedicated woman lives her
life courageously, she is the object of envy in her community, and must
surmount many problems and roadblocks thrown in her path. This work
offers a penetrating look at problems in Chinese society through cool
appraisal of various characters and paints a moving portrait of this
extraordinary woman.
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