Leprosy village women to support education in Taiw

- People Zhangping Yi women, born in Taiwan and Yunlin County, the former Taiwan 11 years, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, more western counties, Zhang Pingyi a school for children of leprosy village teaching point, a little bit to improve the formal school built in 2005, has been training hundreds of graduates.
1999, the Taiwan reporters Zhangping Yi to Sichuan, Yunnan and other places in the leprosy village interviews, no water or electricity, the dilapidated look of isolated closed shocked her, but even more heartbreaking is the leprosy village of her children - - lepers still identity and benefits, their children have nothing.
As a mother of two, Zhang Pingyi determined to live in those born to the children to do something desperate. This done, is 11 years. February 23, the story by the
11 years, she has done? Changed? Yesterday, the newspaper dialogue
lepers have identity, there are subsidies, but their second and third-generation, no accounts, no identity, only with their parents and sheep farming, food aid is the point of parents.
Beijing Times: You are the people of Taiwan, and mainland China to end the edge of the village of leprosy?
Zhang Pingyi: I have been a reporter for 12 years, since 1991, After 1980, a breakthrough treatment for leprosy, many countries will be removed from an infectious disease, the patient no longer be isolated, and allowed to return to society for treatment. Treatment of leprosy was isolated in Taiwan facing the demolition of public nursing homes, it is in this context, in 1999 I met with a leprosy charity to the mainland village of survey interview, the first time into the group.
Beijing Times: The first experience the leprosy village, made you have a
Zhang Pingyi: because there is shocking. I thought that leprosy village in order to focus on treating patients in the form of hospitals, their children will be brought out of custody. But the 12 days through the Sichuan and Yunnan six leprosy villages, let me see my life forget the scene.
the village is very remote and isolated use of natural terrain, still stuck in the water no electricity, slash and burn of the original community. Lao homeless patients were disease invasion, was blind, nose residues, a serious distortion of facial features, hands-off foot was missing, only creeping crawling on the ground, including the wounds are rotten cloth, surrounded by flies, and take the places are bloodstains.
hurts me the most is the children there, they did not wear decent clothes, a lot of people ##########, dirty body can only see two eyeball, eyes hollow. They are the children of lepers, leprosy was born in the village, long in the leprosy village, in addition to the collective account, they no individual identity. Burdened with the fate of lepers, leprosy, they get out of the village. No way to study, individuals had to conceal her identity to the field to go to school.
Beijing Times: So what is the reason, you return again and again leprosy village, has also not fit?
Zhang Pingyi: Yes, the children there. First time, I was already a mother of two children, youngest son just turned 3 months, may be the mother because of the nature of the body bar.
leprosy situation of the village children, even more than not, such as leprosy. Lepers are identity, there are subsidies, but their second and third-generation, no accounts, no identity, no nothing, only with their parents and sheep farming, food aid is the point of parents. If the registration of a village of 100 people, the real population may have more than 500, rescue was not enough to eat.
city kids have time to eat McDonald's, the car can not even look like they do not know. They are like a group of abandoned children, down from birth, there is no hope. Especially want to protect people, not the heart to leave.
Beijing Times: What is a group of lepers who?
Zhang Pingyi: leprosy have long been neglected, is a popular topic, the community they have a stereotype that is dirty, because the various forms of leprosy on the outside, and looking very scary, some patients live to 90 years old , like a cocoon, like a rotten limb.
back after I read many related books,nike 6.0 shoes, they have deep sympathy. Because of the transmission do not understand the long-term, community leprosy and prejudices deep-rooted fears, lepers alienation, discrimination, stigma and moral judgment, living in the bottom of society, many people rely on begging.
then I think, leprosy villages have been difficult to change the fate of the elderly, can only watch them naturally die, but their descendants should carry original sin, being treated unfairly. I'm looking for a way to have hope,timberland boat shoes, give them a chance to live again.
Beijing Times: village transmitted disease children of lepers it?
Zhang Pingyi: Leprosy is not a genetic disease, and 95% of people naturally immune to this disease, but some still will be immune-compromised children infected with the disease.
students each year we will do a medical examination, diagnosis of the disease immediately reported. Drug treatment can not be bought out, need to apply to the United Nations, the week in medicine have 99% of the bacteria can be eliminated and cut off the infectious, continued to take medicine for two years, the condition can basically cured. In recent years the incidence rate was only 0.1% of the school, the sick child side treatment side insisted school, now in good condition.
since its establishment in 1986, the school graduates do not have a decade because of teacher education can only teach the fourth grade. I went to, this is about the only teacher to bicycles.
Beijing Times: Do you want children through education to change the fate of the village of leprosy?
Zhang Pingyi: Yes. Father's illness, the child's life is not a leprosy village. I think that age should children go to school, this is a common sense. I also firmly believe that through education they can out of the leprosy village, to live a normal life.
a very real local problem is, after dead lepers, leprosy villages will eventually become history, how do these children? Isolated for so long, they are out of the mountains has been difficult. I think that the only way is to study, and efforts to integrate into society, self-reliant.
Beijing Times: Why Big Camp leprosy village?
Zhangping Yi: I've never heard of this place before, and it had nothing to do, but somewhere in life there will be many accidents. In the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, leprosy has been called the So I have been asking, and finally in 2000, Camp that has a large local primary schools, set up for children of leprosy villages.
first glance I was surprised the school, two classrooms built in the pond, the house of 10 square meters of them the dozen or so old desks, blackboard are holes, more than 70 school students, only one teacher.
since its establishment in 1986, the school without a graduate education because the teachers can only teach to the fourth grade. I went to when the teacher is also about to sell fruit, the children face out of school. I do everything possible to persuade teachers to stay, thinking that any case can not allow schools to close, immediately return to Taiwan to raise money.
Beijing Times: ways in which to raise money? Use of public funds it?
Zhang Pingyi: all can think of ways to the path I have to try, like charity candle, a dream plan to participate in competitions, photography contest, a book, lectures and so on.
2000 I was basically left from the newspaper, but still a contributing reporter. But then I need to do this thing wholeheartedly, resigned in 2003, established the Chinese Association Wings of Hope, gathered from a number of long-term contributions of caring people. Special thanks to Taiwan, a private preschool educational institutions to do a few years to contribute a total of more than 300 million (RMB), and several entrepreneurs, is a friend through thick and thin, was I
nearly ten years we have been put into thousands of leprosy villages to do the education and construction, which cost millions to do diversion works, land school, another school year the cost of the operation and management of 25 million. We in Taiwan was formally incorporated association, and of course the use of funds must be open in each of the external reporting, which is responsible for the donors.
Beijing Times: construction of schools which have faced difficulties in the process?
Zhang Pingyi: to communicate with government officials to change the traditional concepts, which are very difficult. Fundraising in Taiwan, I often was asked, I told them that relief, regardless of geography, I see people, to help human beings.
for the construction of school buildings, many times I went to the local government, few officials were willing to sit down and listen to me about 5 minutes. Sometimes I bring enthusiasm in the past, they were playing mahjong, I sat next to the waiting, so repeated several times, angry and disappointed, and vowed never go, but for children, or one can not help but go ask them, because their decisions about the future of the school.
a secondary water, to electricity, to earth, to the teacher, to reap these things 10 years of my life Sometimes I feel that strength is used up, go elsewhere, and I'll close ourselves In the leprosy village, as long as the children together, very happy, all the sad and tortured all the way through. This process is bitter, but worth it.
reading is a kind of talent, not everyone is fit, but everyone should enjoy the compulsory education, have basic literacy, which learned 9 years,cheap air max 90, allowing the child more than 30 years after dignity.
Beijing Times: Ten years in the school of what happened? Does your initial vision realized?
Zhang Pingyi: We introduce water, 25 acres of land built teaching building, dormitory and toilet, beautiful garden in the school building, to convince more parents that their children to school, free of all charges, the school system, teaching materials, exam unity. In 2005, the school officially welcomed the first batch of graduates has been nearly a hundred people graduating from school.
Great Camp Primary School is only one teacher from the first 70 points of teaching students to become public school teachers, 12, 300 Yu Xuesheng the formal primary school, near the five children of leprosy villages have come to this edge of science, of which there are 10% of the children of non-leprosy village, which used to be afraid to think. Great Camp built primary school is the first regular school in the leprosy village, my first dream has been achieved.
Beijing Times: What is your next dream? What is also facing difficulties?
Zhangping Yi: The second dream is to build up junior high school, are also being fought in, as they have to be less than teachers. 3 two years ago, built a government-funded buildings, as long as the teacher will be able to commence, if not this year in September and then to teachers and schools have to empty a year, and now I am still worried for this matter.
students after graduation, some children no longer read, and some walk long distances to other places in junior high school, was beaten frequently been accused of children dropped out of school, teachers said they If you have special schools to give them a safe warm environment, I would like to not like that. In our primary school late, older, poor students will not be the basis of discrimination against, people with fun learning environment.
Beijing Times: In order to let the children finish school, you often have to
Zhang Pingyi: This is my biggest problem. Local early age of marriage, many people got married fifteen-year-old children. Some parents feel that school is useless, called the children home to work or out to make money. Now the village have television, temptation than in the past, some students see the people who work came back to wear nice clothes, very envious, but also want to drop out to work.
every little child, and I was like a force children to school I will give the parents of children to reason, I hope they look a little further. In my opinion, reading is the kind of talent, not everyone is fit, but everyone should enjoy the compulsory education, have basic literacy, which learned 9 years, 30 years after the child makes flies more dignity.
Beijing Times: Do you want to learn what kids in school?
Zhang Pingyi: emphasis on character education school, every child should be back I'm not your child, Children love singing and dancing, always rushing to take pictures, red lens smile,louis vuitton jackets for men, little self-esteem and fear.
because the natural conditions, leprosy villages to develop long-term bad habits. At first, I just want a close to the child, who immediately will be dozens of flea bite out of package, the majority of children do not wear underwear. In order to change their health habits, boarding schools for each of the two germinal underwear, provided their daily grooming, a bath once a week, wash your hands before meals and check fingernails and so on, emphasis on cultivating children's personal hygiene and public health awareness, in addition to requiring students during the school can not get married.
Beijing Times: how to help school children into society?
Zhang Pingyi: This is my third dream, and the ultimate hope is that children can enter the general population, self-reliant and become a competitive, socially useful people. Difficult to accept them because the other places, so I let the first batch of graduates enter junior high school my brother set up a factory in Qingdao, and create a work-study model, continue to
a total of 26 of these children, according to the plans I strictly work and study, mainly to learn English, computers and other basic courses and practical, while also optional study international trade, accounting and other advanced courses. In the factory, they did not conceal her identity, the workers see that they do not pleasing to the eye, fights have occurred, they are not suited for life and confused. I talk with them and encourage them to plan their life back to them on film classes, dance lessons, prom, we went together rumba.
two years, with children half-way gone, the last of 11 individuals graduated from signing a formal workers, is well, have been able to get 4,000 yuan a month salary, and I'm proud of them. I always thought life is wonderful, especially the hope that these children were happily through life.
the job will not be so quick to stop, because the continued discrimination against leprosy patients and society still need to build basic knowledge and common sense. I hope that the children of leprosy can be outside the mountain village and return to society and live a happy life.
Beijing Times: The local government in the leprosy village in what had been done?
Zhang Pingyi: We completed the first formal national leprosy village school, causing a lot of media attention, public opinion also prompted the local government will look to invest in more care of the leprosy village. I am most happy about is that in 2005 the village of leprosy Liangshan region bid farewell to .
2007 National anti-poverty funds invested, the local government in the villages of cement road, so water diversion project, to repair the house, increased subsidies to the villagers and to build student restaurant, cover secondary schools, which are improving the lives of the villagers .
Beijing Times: In the leprosy village, how will we see you?
Zhang Pingyi: leprosy village elders feel In fact, I want to be gentle. For the children, I am a teacher and mother, but also their close friends.
I am a stupid woman, a problem only in the most stupid way. This way, I stay with the children around to watch them grow, the deeper the feelings, the more difficult to see where they would be reluctant to leave, only to accompany them to go only practical.
Beijing Times: Long-term close contact with leprosy, do not you worry about being contagious?
Zhang Pingyi: be worried, about half of my time each year in the mainland, husband is a doctor, he said to me, In fact, I fear, I was a beauty of people, and fear of disease,paul smith handkerchief, sometimes in the village was fleas, mosquito bite, or the eczema, heart, nervous. But I think they are doing something meaningful, to overcome fears.
95% of the human innate immunity against leprosy, disease is not easy, long-term exposure is the incidence rate of patients with disease will be higher, and the sick child more, I went to the leprosy village has Laotaibuxiao (laughs).
Beijing Times: family members did not object to your doing?
Zhangping Yi: The reason to stick with it for so many years, and separated from family support. I used to be a daughter of the eldest, in addition to doing what reporters are not outside, and now I alone can give the school hundreds of children to cook, my husband surprised at the changes, especially to become a simple, hardworking, so he was support.
I also bring their children to leprosy village, I think this is the best words and deeds. 3rd grade son first went there, back a bag of dinosaur toys, leprosy villages to teach children about all kinds of dinosaurs. Two sons, now every year to do volunteer work, I hope they can learn to communicate with people in love and also know how to love their own people.
Beijing Times: thought from this work to
Zhang Pingyi: Yes ah. Now the people have not stretched so tight, it will find friends to chat, drink tea, will want to recover the past years to ten years, give yourself some time to have personal life.
but the job will not be so quick to stop, because the continued discrimination against leprosy patients and society still need to build basic knowledge and common sense. I hope that every child in the village of leprosy, the isolation can be out of the mountains, back to the community, marry and have children and live a happier life, so that leprosy village, a historical term.
- Key words

leprosy

is caused by the M. leprae chronic contagious disease mainly affects the skin and nervous, prone to facial Hand, Foot and disability. Under normal circumstances, a latency period of several years, is a popular long history, widespread disease. Modern medical conditions, leprosy has been through the effective prevention and treatment of chemical drugs.
before the 50s of last century, because there is no effective prevention and treatment measures, leprosy was considered incurable. In 1957, the Chinese government put forward the for the concentration of asylum patients.
data show that about 800 domestic leprosy village. Because of remoteness, long-term isolation, coupled with misunderstanding and discrimination of individual officers, which the children of leprosy villages is difficult to enter the formal school.
(Business West, illustrations / Li Minghui)