New charity initiative for poor region
By Meng Fanbin | China Daily | Updated: 2012-04-23 07:59
Two students playing in a field after school in Darui village, Yuexi county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture. The remote area in Southwest China has 1.71 million people living under the State's poverty line. Li Jianqiang / For China Daily |
Charity Liangshan, a national public joint initiative, was launched by more than 20 public organizations and enterprises, including the Red Cross Society of China, the China Charity Federation, and China Children and Teenagers' Fund, on April 9 in Beijing.
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