Lijiang school offers orphans bright future
By Wang Ying | China Daily | Updated: 2008-05-28 07:42
LIJIANG, Yunnan: Forty-one children orphaned by the Sichuan earthquake began rebuilding their lives yesterday at the Lijiang Orphan School.
The youngsters, aged 7 to 14, are all from Shifang, one of the worst-hit areas.
About 200 pupils and 40 teaching staff lined up at the school gate to greet the new arrivals with a large banner that read "Welcome Home". A musical welcome was provided by the school's 70-strong brass band dressed in green-and-white uniforms.
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