the beijing childrens welfare home, set up soon after new china was founded in 1949, has at present more than 400 children.
a leading official of the welfare institution said that the children live a happy life and that the agency(机构) spends 400500 yuan a month for an average orphan. an average chinese workers earned 440 yuan a month during the first quarter this year.
gu xiaojin, deputy secretary-general of the china youth development foundation(cydf), said people from all walks of life have contributed to the welfare of the chinese children.
she said that cydf set up the project hope in 1989, which calls on people across the country to donate money to help poor children to continue their schooling.
by the end of last year, she said, cydf had collected nearly 700 million yuan in donations, which has helped the establishment(建立) of 2, 074 hope primary schools and enabled more than 1. 25 million dropouts to return to school classrooms.
three hope stars also attended the party. they were model teenagers chosen among students who are economically supported by the project hope to further their nine-year compulsory(义务) studies in the poverty-stricken regions. they will be torchbearers(火炬接力者) for the chinese team for the up coming atlanta olympic games this year.
1. children can grow healthily and happily as long as _______.
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