初中生学会点名时站起来大声说“到”并微微鞠躬以示礼貌
Roll call in the junior high class. The students stand up and say "present" emphatically, also bow slightly to be courteous.

来自北京的林阿姨给初中生们说故事
Aunty Lin from Beijing telling stories to the junior high students.

安德初中的孩子们
Ande junior high students.

座谈由晚自习时间改为下午进行，这样志愿者们就不用摸黑返回县城的宾馆了
Our discussion session was changed from the evening’s self-study time to the afternoon, so that the volunteers do not have to return to the county in the dark of night.

历经一年重建，刚落成的靖西中学新校门很有民族特色
The newly built Jingxi High School experienced a year of reconstruction, its front entrance has an ethnic characteristic.

暂时抛开高中巨大的功课压力，一起开心地共度这个美好的夜晚
The students dismiss thoughts of the burden of the senior high exam, enjoying a happy and amicable night together.

靖西中学的高中生人数众多，老师和志愿者引导孩子们领完助学金后在签收表上签字
There are many students at Jingxi Senior High School, the teacher and volunteer are instructing them to sign for the receipt of the sponsorship money.

发放这学期的助学金并请学生签收
Presenting this semester’s sponsorship money and asking them to sign for receipt.

爱的传递：高三的她家庭特困，另一位“真爱明天”同学征求我们的同意后让出助学金给她，双份助学金加上国家补助应该可以让她安心渡过高三的这一年
Passing on Love; this senior 3rd level student is very poor, another "Tomorrow Program" student sought our consent to donate her grant to her. She will have two grants plus the State Grant, this should be able to make her feel at ease through this year’s senior 3rd level.

她说：简阿姨，这是我第11次见你了...时间过得真快，当初的初一小女孩即将高三毕业了
She said, "Aunty Jane, this is the 11th time I’ve seen you, time passes by very quickly"; she was in junior 1st level before and she will be graduating from senior 3rd level soon.

林阿姨跟高中生们分享自己的人生经验和感悟
Aunty Lin share her personal life experience & insights with the senior high students.

今年靖西中学的“真爱明天”高三毕业生高考成绩很好，学校老师们都引以为傲
The teachers are very proud of the good exam results from the “Tomorrow Program” students from Jingxi High School.

我们5所乡下初中考上位于县城的靖西中学的高中生们全部聚集在这超大的视听教室，人数过百
Our junior students from the five villages who were admitted into Jingxi County’s Senior High School all gathered in this large audiovisual room, it has more than a hundred students.

能为这学期设定的目标一天一天地坚持下去直到学期结束吗？
Can you all keep working towards the set goals day by day until the end of the semester?

简阿姨，我一定会坚持的！
Aunty Jane, I will stick to it.

座谈结束后几个学生过来请简阿姨和她们共度中秋
After the discussion meeting, several students invited Aunty Jane to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with them.

林阿姨鼓励孩子们
Aunty Lin encouraging the students.

南坡初中的初三女孩利用暑假和同学一起到县城短期打工贴补家用
This Nampo 3rd level junior high student used her summer vacation by going together with her classmates to the county to work part time in order to supplement their family.

爸爸早逝，读高中的孩子和体弱的奶奶、妈妈相依为命；在政府危房改造的补助下，家里的瓦房砌上了砖墙和水泥地
The senior high student’s father passed away very early, living with his frail grandmother and mother in this tile house with a brick wall and cement floor, it was funded by the government’s renovation grant.

学生的父亲已去世多年，老奶奶和体弱多病的妈妈无劳动能力，家境特困
The student’s father passed away many years ago, the old grandmother and sickly mother could not work, their family is particularly impoverished.

南坡初中学生家
The home of a Nampo junior high student.

学生与奶奶相依为命，虽住破旧瓦房奶奶仍笑口常开
The student lives with his grandmother, although they live in this old dilapidated tile house, the grandmother keeps up her smile all the time.

南坡初中学生家门口外的石漠化山坡地：没有耕地只能在石头夹缝中种些果树
The view in front of the Nanpo Junior High School student’s home; it sits on a rocky mountain slope, there’s no plowable farmland, they can only plant fruit trees in between the narrow crevices of the boulders.

相似的瓦房相似的故事，不同的学生不同的奶奶
Similar tile houses, similar stories, different student, different grandmother.

爸爸腿残疾，妈妈负担起家里的全部重活，仅能维持全家温饱
The father’s leg is disabled, the mother has to assume all the responsibilities of the household and all of the hard work, in order to maintain the whole family’s basic necessities of living.

走进魁圩学生家第一眼所见到的景象：左边墙壁已全部垮塌只剩下几根柱子支撑着瓦房，用几片木板钉成栏杆围起来以防人跌落：这不是阳台，是生活起居的所有空间
The first impression of a student’s home in KuiXu; the left wall has completely collapsed, leaving only several wooden poles to support the tile house, with a few pieces of planks nailed onto a railing to prevent people from falling; it’s not a balcony but all their living space.

坚强乐观的奶奶会说普通话，这在当地很少见
The strong and optimistic grandmother can also speak Mandarin, which is very rare locally.

这个家除了一小间睡房之外其余皆暴露在外，不知如何渡过即将来临的寒冬
This home has only one bed room inside, the rest of the spaces are exposed, don’t know how they will survive the coming cold winter.

南坡初中韦副校长开车戴我们下乡家访，返回途中右后轮爆胎，临时换上备胎后我们才得以安全回校
The Vice Principal of Nampo Junior High School drove us to the countryside for the home visits, we got a flat rear tire on our way back, he changed it with a temporary spare tire, it allowed us to return to the school safely.

南坡初中的初三女孩和大家分享她为这学期制定的学习目标以及达成这些目标的方法
A Nampo Junior High 3rd level girl sharing her set goal for this term and how to achieve her goal.

魁圩初中的“真爱明天”孩子们
The "Tomorrow Program" students in Kuixu Junior High School.

魁圩初中一位男孩子的家
A student’s home from Kuixu Junior High School.

学生带着我们去家访，一走进家门就先帮年迈的爷爷把炉火烧旺
A student took us for the home visit, as soon as he entered his house, he helped his old grandmother start the fire on the stove .

聪明乖巧的孙子是爷爷唯一的希望
This smart cute grandson is the grandfather’s only hope.

简阿姨，这里不好走，小心哦！
Aunty Jane, be careful, this route is not easy to walk!

魁圩初中一个女孩的妈妈多年前跑了，爸爸在外地做苦力，她和两位弟妹由在座的伯父伯母接济度日
The mother of one of the girls at Kuixu Junior High School left home many years ago, her father is doing difficult work outside of the village, she and her brother and sister are supported by their aunt and uncle seated on her right.

房梁只有约1.5米高，大人必须弯腰才能通过，几块木板掩住门窗，瓦房式的木地板已腐朽不堪，铺着薄板以防孩子掉落，地上两张蚊帐两床被是三个孩子的床
The ceiling of this house is only 1.5 meters high, an adult has to crouch to go through, with a few pieces of wood covering the door and window, the wooden floor had collapsed, and they used a piece of wood to cover the floor to protect the children from falling through, the two mosquito nets and the two beds on the floor are for the three children.

给家庭特困的女孩双份助学金以缓解姐弟妹三人无钱读书的困境
Presenting the double sponsorship funds to this especially poor girl, to ease their difficulties on having no money for the three of them to go to school.

果乐初中没有多余教室，我们和学生在会议室座谈
There are no spare rooms at Guole Junior High School, we held our discussion meeting in the school’s board room.

中秋节晚上靖西县城的民众聚集在河边空地上放天灯（孔明灯）
The evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jingxi County, a large crowd of people gathered by the river to fly the sky lanterns (Kong Ming lantern).

将心里的愿望写在灯罩上，点燃火焰，天灯负载着每个人的愿望点亮中秋的夜空
They wrote their wishes on the lanterns, lite up the lanterns, and hope the lanterns will bring everyone’s wishes will come true to brighten the Mid-Autumn night.

爷爷以编制竹篓为生供孙女上初中
Her grandfather makes bamboo baskets for a living and support her to go to school.

八十多岁的爷爷编竹篓贴补家用
The over eighty year old grandfather makes the bamboo baskets to help contribute to the family household finances.