Charity serves cycle of hope

Charity has many forms. It could be glamorous celebrities crammed in a cocktail party to "Save the Earth" or a billionaire's private foundation.

It could also be a mother of four from Scotland managing a charity shop in suburban Beijing that collects and distributes donations to children in impoverished rural areas across China.

Leslie Simpson, a 48-year-old from Aberdeen, begins her busy day at 9 am when she opens her four-room shop named Roundabout in northeast Beijing's Shunyi district.