'Family' Help

Tien Ching founded Educating Girls of Rural China in the belief that educating women is the key to a better society. Xing Wen reports.

Studying abroad was a long-standing dream of Ma Feng, but it seemed unattainable to a girl born in a remote village in Yuzhong county, Northwest China's Gansu province.

However, in 2008, after taking her college entrance exam, Ma was recommended to the organization Educating Girls of Rural China by her teacher and received 5,000 yuan ($760) annually from the organization for the next four years, enabling her to attend college and get a degree.