Retired teacher in China helps build 30 schools in impoverished areas
CCTV Retired teacher Zhou Xiufang, 72, has spared no effort in raising funds to build 30 primary schools in poverty-stricken areas of Hunan and Guizhou provinces over the past five years. In 2014, Zhou, from Ningbo, Zhejiang province, had just retired and heard on a news report that a school in Huishui county, Guizhou, was recruiting teachers. She immediately applied for a post and was accepted. As a result of her childhood experiences she said she hoped to help children from impoverished families receive an education. "My family was poor when I was young," she said. "One of my teachers paid ...
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