Thanks to all who helped me clothe the needy children

My trips to Qinghai province in Northwest China led me to the Tongren Lancai School 4,000 meters above sea level. All its 270 students come from Tibetan herdsmen families. When I learned that the school did not have any heating for the winter, I couldn't sleep thinking of the children wearing plastic sandals and sleeping at the school when it falls to minus 30 C at night.

I wrote to China Daily and called for help. On Sept 23, before the story had even been published, I had received 18 e-mails from strangers who wanted to help. So far, donations from across China, Canada, France and Australia have reached my Chinese and Canadian bank accounts, while other generous-minded folk have mailed clothes and other things to the school direct.

One person asked me the link to the site of my "organization"; some asked for an official receipt. These are all legitimate requests, but I'm only acting as an individual. Things went so fast and I hadn't even opened a special bank account for my campaign, so I was touched seeing people trusted me just the same.