Grandma on a mission
Many girls from families living in poverty are returning to schools in Ningxia, thanks to the efforts of an elderly woman, Hu Dongmei and Zhang Xiaomin report in Yinchuan.
Jiang Lijuan sits in her chair and slowly goes through a photo album, page by page. The 88-year-old knows the stories behind the pictures - stories of several thousand girls from remote areas of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region whom she once helped to return to school after they had dropped out because they couldn't afford the 80 yuan ($11) tuition fee.
Over the past 25 years, Jiang has raised 5 million yuan to help girls from poor families, but she doesn't focus on the money. She's more interested in the people.
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