Latest News:  
Beijing   Sunny/Cloudy    13 / 1 ℃  City Forecast

English>>China Society

Ningxia residents begin the long climb out of poverty (5)

By Peng Yining (China Daily)

13:32, December 19, 2012

In 2011, 6.95 billion yuan in poverty-relief funding was spent in Ningxia, according to a report from the Ningxia Poverty Alleviation and Development Office. Meanwhile, the Ningxia Charity Federation received more than 35 million yuan in charitable donations from home and abroad.

Despite the help, the average income of the farmers in the mountainous area is 3,415 yuan, 57.7 percent of the national average, according to the poverty alleviation office.

"Instead of having a blood transfusion, helping the body to make blood is the fundamental solution," according to a report released by the Ningxia government.

In addition to direct donations, the government launched a poverty-relief project earlier this year, helping the poor by providing job opportunities and vocational training.

The project, Huang He Shan Gu, or Yellow River Valley Charity, involves six industrial parks and has attracted 18.2 billion yuan in investment.

Yang Yanping, a 33-year-old farmer, said he benefited from the vocational training and became a veterinarian in 2010.

"My father passed away in 2009 and a drought destroyed all my crops," he said. "I was desperate."

Although charity was an option, it would take a long time for donations to ease the family's suffering and so Yang bought three sheep with borrowed funds. His family now owns more than 60 sheep and five cows. The animals bring in 30,000 yuan every year for the family of five.

"There are risks in starting a business on your own, compared with waiting for someone else to feed you," said Yang. "But I have to take that risk to live a better life, a decent life."

【1】 【2】 【3】 【4】 【5】 【6】 【7】



We Recommend:

Photos: Most touching loves in 2012

Snow brings joy to severe winter

Make wishes as end of Mayan calendar nears

Nanjing Massacre victims remembered

China's weekly story (2012.12.10-12.15)

Tell the whole world how I love you

Residential building collapses in Ningbo

Day to remember as couples tie the knot

Chinese space probe flies by asteroid

Email|Print|Comments(Editor:陈丽丹、叶欣)

Related Reading

Leave your comment0 comments

  1. Name

  

Selections for you


  1. Amphibious armored training

  2. Chinese naval ships renew hull numbers

  3. Ban Ki-moon moves to UN headquarters

  4. Sex case leads to warnings about apps

  5. Attentions to 'left-behind children'

  6. Large cities see home prices rise

  7. China launches TCM resource center

  8. People walk in snow in Qingdao

Most Popular

Opinions

  1. Lifting US' veil of 'peace defender'
  2. Be wary of 'peepers' in mobile phones
  3. Only local players represent future of CBA
  4. Abe 'must change' to build ties
  5. Gloomy markets defy expected growth
  6. Don't let Chinese characters be a world heritage
  7. Behind annual Chinese Writers Rich List
  8. China firms 'don't communicate enough'
  9. Who can free Chinese couples from baby tangle?
  10. No easy path in sight for China's economic future

What’s happening in China

Sex case leads to warnings about apps on smartphones

  1. China temperatures to plunge
  2. China fulfills annual employment targets early
  3. Experts warn against social conflicts in China
  4. Laws imperative to curb Internet irregularities
  5. Urban residents feel high economic pressure: survey