The high summer has arrived in the blink of an eye and soon the children will send off their intense school life to greet the summer vacation. Meanwhile the Little Red Scarf project of the Love Focus Fund of CCHC has also entered its peak season. For the past few days, the applicants had shown up in an endless stream to ask for open heart surgeries to treat their congenital heart disease. When asked why they did not come earlier but waited until the summer time, the children answered: “It is now the summer vacation. We want the surgeries to take place during the summer when the classes are not in session so we can recover from the surgeries just in time to resume our school work without any interruption.” Looking into the sickly faces of these children, I was overwhelmed with the feeling of tenderness. At that moment, I gratefully realized that poverty and illness would never prevail over the purity of a child’s mind and these children’s aspiration for living and learning would rise above these impediments.

转眼已是盛夏，孩子们马上就要结束紧张的学习生活进入暑期，我们爱心汇点基金会的“小红巾计划”也进入了高峰期。连日来，前来登记心脏手术的患儿络绎不绝，当我们问他们为什么不早些来，为什么都要等假期时，孩子们告诉我说：“现在是假期，现在看好了病，等开学就可以继续上学不耽误学习。”我怜惜地看着那些一脸病容的孩子不由心中感叹：贫困和疾病掩不住童真，更掩不住孩子们求知求生的欲望。

These cases of ill children’s receiving the free treatments demonstrate how the compassion of human beings overpowers the ruthlessness of the illness. It is unfortunate for these twenty-four children (including Ban Wu, Qien-Qien Li, and Yue Li) to have to suffer the illness; however it is very fortunate for them to have received various assistances. Through numerous channels of support such as the Hope Scholarship, these children had attended elementary school without having to pay any tuition. They also had received the open heart surgeries - free of charge, which was made possible by many generous people who donated to the Love Focus Fund of CCHC. Special thanks to those compassionate donors who have brought hope to the living world. I also have high hopes for the children… Wish them a happy and healthy life! May wisdom and diligence bring the children a bright and prosperous future!

疾病无情人有情。吴盼、李琴琴、李越等24位来到医院；这些孩子面对疾病时是不幸的，但面对爱心时，他们又是幸运的。这些孩子在各界捐建的希望小学中可以不受学费的困扰，尽情地汲取知识。而同时，他们在爱心人士捐资的“小红巾计划”中可以不受诊费的烦扰，安心地得到最好的治疗。在这里我想再次感谢向“爱心汇点基金会”捐资的各界爱心人士，感谢他们为生命带来的希望，同时我要由衷地祝福这些孩子：祝愿孩子们顺顺利利，祝愿他们从此健康快乐地地成长，用智慧和汗水展示生命的光辉与灿烂！

Out of the 24 children, Ban Wu, Qien-Qien Li, and Yue Li drew most of my attention. Ban Wu was very shy and seldom talked. She would not leave the hospital after she was discharged and would not reveal the reason for her reluctance to leave. Holding back her tears, she eventually parted from us after she had a chance to bid farewell to Doctor Cao who performed the surgery on her.

这20多位小朋友中吴盼、李琴琴、李越3位给我的印象最深。

  吴盼是位腼腆的女孩，很少说话，出院前怎么也不走，也不肯说为什么，直到见到他的主管医生后，才依依不舍的离去。

        吴盼出院前和她的主管医生（曹文峰医生）道别

  李琴琴是位14岁的女孩，通常我们救助往往是12岁以下的孩子，但她的家庭经历的磨难另我们吃惊。（我将她姐姐替她写的救助申请拍了照片）。

Qien-Qien Li is a fourteen- year-old girl whose age is above the age limit of the children receiving the open heart surgeries. We normally do not take children who are older than twelve. We were very moved and shocked by the application letter written by Qien-Qien’s sister who described the extreme hardship and tragedy that the Li family had gone through; therefore, we decided to do our best to help ending the sufferance of Qien-Qien. (Below is a photographic copy of the letter.)

                     李琴琴的救助申请

                 李琴琴术后恢复中

Yue Li is ten years old and attends fifth grade. He wrote his own application letter describing how the poverty and his illness had driven his mother away and all the sacrifices and hardship that his grandmother and father had to endure to raise him. At the end of the letter, Ban stated that if he was given a chance for a new life, he would donate his organs after his death to help others in sickness so he could return the favor he had received from the Love Focus Fund of CCHC. I was in tears before I could finish reading Ban’s letter. This led me to recall the saying of “When the poor people are smiling, they actually feel like to cry.” by the famous Chinese author Shi-Zhi Yu. Below attached are photographic pages of Ban’s letter.

  李越是位10岁的孩子读小学5年级，他的救助申请是他自己一字一句写的，读着他的申请，我的眼睛湿润了，他让我想起中国著名作家于是之先生说的一句话“穷人想哭的时候总是笑的”。我也将他的救助申请拍了照片.

            李越的救助申请                 李越在康复中

There are still over 20 children who are undergoing treatment and I will cover their situations and progresses in my next report. To this date, the Little Red Scarf Project has given a healthy life to eighty-six children; this accomplishment is mostly attributable to the generosity and compassion of the Ping & Amy Chao Foundation, the Love Focus Fund of CCHC, Dr. Yi-Fei Dong and all his team members at the Lanzhou People’s Liberation Army General Hospital.  We could not have thanked all these caring people enough!          

  还有20来位孩子的情况我在下篇中报道，另外2009年里截至到今天已86位小朋友得到了“小红巾计划”救助，我们再次感谢“爱心汇总”基金会；Ping & Amy Chao Foundation (趙修平夫婦基金會)。感谢中国兰州总医院的董逸飞主任及他的团队。

How I wished the children of Gansu Province could have received the heart surgeries for treating their congenital heart disease sooner. The Children's Day set on June 1 should be the happiest festival for every child in the world, especially for those in China. To many kids, the Children’s Day is an important and most celebrated festival, which is outweighed only by the New Year. However, for those children with the medical condition of congenital heart disease and living in the poor rural area of Gansu Province, it is beyond their imagination to deem the Children’s Day as a day for celebration since they cannot even afford to attend school or to have any medical treatments. Amazingly these children, who came to seek medical treatment, managed to rise above the hardship and would never give up the pure idealism of living a normal and happy life. My heart ached whenever I looked into these children’s innocent faces with the helpless expression in their eyes; meanwhile, I could not stop asking myself what we could do for these children in order to end their suffering. We can smell the fragrance of a rose on our hands even after the flower was given away and our hearts felt fully contended when we shared whatever little possession we had with those who were in need. It is a blessing to be able to stretch out a helping hand.

这是一片迟到故事。“六。一儿童节”是世界上每个儿童最快乐的节日，尤其在中国，对于儿童来说，“儿童节”是仅次于新年的最重要的节日。如今，在甘肃许多贫困的地区，还有很多患先天性心脏病的孩子，因为家里贫困，得不到治疗，不能够和正常孩子一样得到最起码的教育。但他们却从来没有放弃自己纯真的理想，看着他们的无助的眼神和天真灿烂的笑脸，我们一直在思考这样一个问题：为了不让这样的孩子受苦，那么我们应该为他们做些什么呢？送人一枝玫瑰，留下了满手芬芳；给人一杯清泉，荡漾着满心甘甜……

                 还记得她是谁吗？

A few days before the Children’s Day on June 1, Doctor Dong had performed successfully various heart surgeries on Jia-Le Li, Xien-Zi Chen, Wen-Li Li, Chia-Li Kao, Ni Xu, Xiao-Gang Kao, Ruen-Bo Shen, Xian-Xia Wang, and Fu-Guo Luou. We were especially delighted to see that the operation on Chia-Li Kao being a great success because she had suffered for a long time from a serious condition of Ttetralogy of Fallot (a congenital heart defect involving four anatomical abnormalities and the most common cause of blue baby syndrome) and the surgery should have been done five years ago. Due to the financial constraint of the Kao family, the very overdue surgery was indefinitely postponed until Ping and Amy Chao stretched out their helping hand. In April of 2009, Ping and Amy visited Chia-Li at her home and offered to pay for all the medical expenses. Because the treatment was delayed for five years, the surgery on Chia-Li was much more difficult and dangerous than the others. However, with the excellent medical skills and expertise in treating the congenital heart disease, Dr. Dong and his assistant had performed a successful surgery on Chia-Li. Under the assiduous care of the ICU nurses, Chia-Li and the other children were discharged before the eve of Children’s Day. Finally these underprivileged children had a reason to celebrate the special day like the other children in the world.

“儿童节”的前夕，Doctor DONG,为李家乐、陈薪汁、李文丽、高佳丽、徐宁、高晓刚、沈瑞博、汪献霞、罗富国等几位小朋友成功的进行了手术。尤其是高佳丽是一位患法乐氏四联症的患儿，本应该在5年前进行手术治疗，却因为无法负担医疗费，一直无法医治。不久以前，Ping & Amy Chao，去了她的家中，了解到了她的困难，并全额资助了医疗费，从而使迟到了5年的手术得以进行。因为耽误了5年，使得手术的难度成倍的增加，Doctor DONG和他助手克服了很多困难的风险，使手术顺利完成，并在ICU护士精心护理多日后脱离危险，在“儿童节”前，高佳丽和其他极为小朋友已康复出院。

    术后的高佳丽         高佳丽已脱离危险

It seems the more we posses, the more depressed we feel when our ability in helping other people in distress is limited. Compassion towards the other human beings is what makes us feel that we are living a full and meaningful life. It can be defined as sympathy or a noble human nature; it is also the landmark of civilization. I am deeply moved by the compassion of Ping and Amy who established the Ping & Amy Chao Foundation, in collaboration with the Love Focus Fund of CCHC, to provide medical treatments for the ill children in the poor rural area of GansuProvince. The foundation has provided these children - part of our next generation and the hope of our future, with the opportunity to live a healthy life just like the other children from the more affluent cities.

Let us pray for a more philanthropic world for our offspring and let love float among all of us!

也许真的是这样：当我们自己拥有越多的同时，看到弱小的他们，我们的心情就会越发沉重，越发感到压抑，越发的感到爱心的重要。爱心或许是怜悯，也或许是人性，其实更是文明的标志。“爱心汇总”基金会；Ping & Amy Chao Foundation (趙修平夫婦基金會)使他们也能够像城里的孩子一样得到治疗，因为他们同样是我们的下一代，同样是希望，同样是未来……
    让我们我们向着心灵祈祷吧，并许下一个简单的愿望。

    陈薪汁                沈瑞博                    

      罗富国                       汪献霞

        徐宁                        高晓刚

     沈瑞博                      李家乐

感谢：

Project (計劃): Little Red Scarf (小紅巾)

Sponsor (资助): “爱心汇总”基金会；Ping & Amy Chao Foundation (趙修平夫婦基金會)

Tin-Tin Nan, Mao-Mao Shi, Ke-Ke Chen all came from the rural area of Tongwei County of Gansu Province in China. Just like the other children who previously came to seek treatments at Lanzhou People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, these three kids had the medical condition of congenital heart defect (CHD) and would receive surgeries funded by the Love Focus Fund of CCHC, in collaboration with the Ping and Amy Chao Family Foundation. It was noticeable that Mao-Mao Shi was different from the other kids; Mao-Mao, looking barely like a girl, stayed quiet and never cried since her arrival. Some of my co-workers tried to make Mao-Mao laugh so she would feel at ease and would warm up to the nurses who were going to tend her after the surgery; however, Mao-Mao responded with a straight-faced expression with her mouth slightly opened. Only after I explained to my co-workers that Mao-Mao was also a mental-retarded child, my co-workers started to understand why Mao-Mao was not reacting more positively. On April 29, 2009, Doctor Dong performed the surgery on Mao-Mao to close the patent ductus arteriosus and repaired the mitral valve. After the operation, Mao-Mao had recovered very well under the tender loving care of the doctors and the nurses. Mao-Mao would be discharged soon and when we tried to make her laugh, she still only opened her mouth slightly. However, this time I could see the smiling image in the depth of her eyes.     

南婷婷、史毛毛、陈科科都是来自中国西部甘肃省通渭县农村的孩子。和很多来我们这里治疗的孩子一样，他们都是患先天性心脏病的患儿，都是将要得到“爱心汇总”基金会和Ping & Amy Chao Foundation (趙修平夫婦基金會)资助治疗费的成员。但史毛毛却与其他两位小孩子不同，她不哭也不闹，很难看出是一个女孩子；我的同事逗她笑的时候（手术前需要和患儿建议必要的情感，以便术后护理），她总是咧咧嘴。我的同事们很不理解，我告诉她们，史毛毛是一位智障儿童。2009-04-29，doctor DONG亲自为她做了动脉导管未闭结扎术、二尖瓣成型术。术后在我们的医生和护士的细心呵护下，一天天的康复。如今要出院了，我们逗她笑时，她的嘴还是傻傻的咧着，但我从她的眼神中看到了从未有的微笑。