22 December 2010

Chinese AIDS Orphan Update


J. Fairbank, "Don't ever under-estimate the power of the Internet and its Netizens to effect change."
from China Daily


AIDS orphan finds a port in the storm


A 6-year-old AIDS orphan who lived alone in a remote mountain village in Liuzhou, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, has found a new home in a charity organization.
A Long, an HIV-positive child, received widespread media coverage when his plight was publicized last month.


Offers of assistance have since flooded in from across the country, including those from netizens who wanted to buy toys and decorate his room for him to make his life more comfortable.
The local government intervened on his behalf and arranged for him to live at a home run by an unnamed charity.


His grandmother, who lived nearby, was also relocated and the two were awarded a monthly stipend of 1,200 yuan ($180) to help meet their needs.
(Xinhua News Agency)

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