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Shaanxi provides lifeline to most vulnerable group

By Zhao Xinying, Xin Wen and Sun Ruonan in Ankang, Shaanxi | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-07-26 11:40
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Wu Xingsheng tells his story about getting care and help from Pushuang Care Center and the civil affairs bureau of Hanyin county, Shaanxi province. [Photos by Zhao Xinying for chinadaily.com.cn.]

While trying to lift people out of poverty, the government of Hanyin county in Shaanxi did not leave a group behind that might be the most disadvantaged in society: those struggling in extreme poverty because of disability or old age.

Wu Xingsheng lost the ability to move or work because of an accident in 2003. The 40-year-old Hanyin resident has only one family member - his mother, who suffers from mental disorder and is also unable to take care of herself.

A turning point for Wu's life came in 2017, when he moved into a newly built care center for disabled and senior residents under the arrangement of officials from the bureau of civil affairs in Hanyin.

"Before coming to the Pushuang Care Center, I lived on my own and often had only one meal every two or three days and washed my clothes once a month because of my disability," Wu said.

"Now with the care of the workers at the center, I have three meals a day and my clothes are clean. I feel very happy about my life," he said.

What made Wu even much happier was that his mother was relocated to the care center, too.

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