A dramatic difference
By Carissa Welton | China Daily | Updated: 2009-06-03 08:12
Zhang Wei, a Hua Dan volunteer, leading students to have a performance at Gexianshan Middle School, Pengzhou in Sichuan province. |
When Liu Hong first joined an after-school theater workshop with his classmates, the 14-year-old was quiet, sad, lacked confidence and was picked on easily by others. "His classmates laughed at him because he was slow," recalls Gao Yan, a project manager with Hua Dan, a China-based non-profit organization geared toward social empowerment through involvement in the arts.
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