Photo Stories – Spring Semester 2013 – Jingxi County, Guangxi Province 家徒四壁-这个家没有四面墙壁，挂一张草席当墙壁
No walls in this family house, hanging a straw mat as the wall
 长年的重活导致爷爷腰背变形
Years of hard work led to the deformation of this Grandpa’s back
 好高兴又见面了
So happy to see each other again
 志愿者与靖西一中高中生谈话
Conversation between the volunteer and the students of Jingxi High School
 靖西一中的孩子们
Students of the Jingxi High School
 学校饭菜还好吗？
How’s the food in school?
 南坡中学孩子很开心见到我们
The students of Nanpo Middle School are happy to see us
 家访
Home visit
 志愿者和学生奶奶
Volunteers and the student’s Grandma
 学生的家
Home of a student
 父亲去世，母亲出外打工养家，奶奶哭着谢谢我们
Student’s father passed away, mother has to work to support the family, touching Grandma thanks us
 南坡家访途中顺路去平孟口岸，背后的建筑是越南海关
Going to Ping Meng Port on the way to Nanpo, the building in the background is Vietnam custom
 中考开始倒数计时，南坡中学校长为学生加油
The principal of Nanpo High School encouraging students to prepared for the mid-term exam starting to count down
 四位志愿者和学生个别面谈
4 volunteers talking to students individually
 果乐乡没有餐馆，老师做菜请我们吃
No restaurants in Guo Luk village, teachers prepare meals for us
 与学生交流
Interactive with students
 去四位女孩的家做家访，都是孤儿、单亲或从小被丢弃的孩子
Home visit these 4 girls, they are either an orphan, an abandoned child or has single parent
 女孩从小被丢弃，与领养家庭的奶奶、弟弟合影
This girls was abandoned since very young age, photo with foster Grandma and brother.
 奶奶是孤儿唯一的亲人
Grandma is the only family member of this girl
 学生的家已成危房，住在叔叔家
A student lives with his uncle because his house is damaged
 请生病的奶奶放心，我们会帮助孩子的
Telling this ill Grandma not to worry, we will help the children
 认真听志愿者教课
Listen very carefully to the volunteer’s lecture
 教英文
Teaching English
 给孩子们补习数学、物理和化学
Tutoring Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
 打篮球时把塑料凉鞋脱在一边，光脚打球
Playing basketball in bare feet
 母亲7年前去世，父亲患有肺结核不能做重活。虽然已是危房，却是父子两人相依为命的家
This student’s mother passed away 7 years ago, father has tuberculosis can’t work much. Although this house is dangerous to live in, but it is their home to support each other
 看着这个家，我无需问家庭经济情况，心里非常沉重
I felt very sad to see this home that I do not have to check their family financial situations
 家在山那边
Their home is on the other side of the mountain
 在石漠化土地上和老天争地耕种
On this rocky desertification land, struggling in this environment to cultivate
 大哥哥教英语
Big brother teaching English
 志愿者帮忙发放助学金
Volunteer helping in giving out sponsorship funds
 孩子舍不得我们离开
Children saying good bye to us reluctantly
 专注
Concentrate
 如何记英语单词
Showing students how to memorize a simple English word
 大哥哥的叮咛
Big brother’s advice
 依依不舍
Unwilling to say good bye
 相约下学期再见
Making a point to see each other in the next semester
 简阿姨，照顾好身体哦
Aunty Jane, please take good care of yourself!
 没有什么比孩子的笑容更能温暖我们的心
Nothing is better than their smiling faces to warm our hearts
 大哥哥在“传授武功”
Big brother is teaching his expertise in mathematics
 学好历史的秘诀
The secret of learning history
 邻居说学生已住到亲戚家
This neighbor said, the student who lived here had moved to live with his relatives
 学生家已倒塌，志愿者在瓦砾堆前合影
Photo of the volunteers in front of the ruins of a students home
 我们每天晚上很晚才从乡下学校回到县城宾馆，志愿者都累趴了
We came back to the county hotel from the village’s school very late each night, the volunteers were very tired
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