Orphans donate pocket money

More than 300 children orphaned in the Lijiang earthquake of 1996 have donated a year's pocket money to victims of the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan.

The total of 15,174 yuan ($2,200) is a significant sacrifice for the orphans from Yunnan province, who pledged their meager incomes from planting and selling vegetables and collecting waste for recycling.

"We hope the orphaned children in the earthquake can have a warm Children's Day on June 1," 16-year-old schoolgirl Xiao Yun, who together with her schoolmates was orphaned by the 7.0-strength quake that devastated Lijiang in 1996, said.