Chrismas for the homeless in Baltimore, Dec 26, 2004. 

He wants to go to school... ...

But he lives in Goudiao Village, Maochang Town, Dafang county, Guizhou province, China. It is the most impoverrished county in west China. Annual income per capita is 600 yuan (about 75 US dollars).  

This kid is 10-year old. He can't afford to pay the yearly tuition of 140 yuan (about 17 dollars), and has to work with the bamboo basket. 

This kid is twelve-year old. He is just "laid off" because the goverment shut down the coal mine he worked for. 

This is their home. It is always open... 

This is idyl? It means they lose their school. 

This girl is just back from her work. Her dog is greeting her. 

Can not go to school... What can they do? 

They are shortage of rice. Sweet potatoes are only availble food they can get. 

This girl quit her school for a long time since her parents can't affort the tuition, but she dreams of going back to school and plays with her former "classmates". 

Their principal and a teacher, who graduated from a local high school, gives a talk.  

This is another school they used to take classes before 2003.  

Benyu Xu gived up his opportunity not to enroll as a postgraduate student at Central China Agricultural University,a renowned university in China, but to volunteer as a teacher in this remote village school. 

They would miss their teacher, the volunteer is going to leave. 

I want to go back to school. 

They are enthusiatic to learn knowledge from their teacher. 

It actually became deteriorated, but it will be finished by the hungary pupils after school. They never tried an icecream, and never heard McDonald or Kentucky Fried Chicken.
 

This is his shoe! 

Electricity is not always available here.  

This is the second floor of the school. It may collapse anytime... 

Have a look the inside of the school. 

It is 60-year old and never has renovated since it was built. 

She is so sad that her parents are too poor to support her to go to school.