The finishing school

Mother, teacher and 'sister' to the charity she set up in 2005, Liu Faying has helped thousands of poor students to complete their education, Wang Ru and Liu Kun report.

In 2015, Liu Faying, a Chinese teacher and organizer of a charity project she started in Hubei province, received a message through her website from a man offering to help impoverished students to complete their education.

The sender asked for information about the students and said he was interested in offering financial support, and Liu guided him to the information he required on her website.