The work of Sowers Action drew a lot of my attention lately.
Had lunch with Tom (Osgood) today, and he mentioned about a proposed trip to Guilin 桂林 to visit a school in December which has been rebuilt recently (5 hours drive from the city). This will be (at least) his third trip to the rural areas of China to visit the schools. After returning from his last trip to Yunnan 雲南, he passed me some great photos taken during the trip, and I knew he enjoyed those trips very much. He even brought back a local newspaper clipping (featuring his visit) and asked Juliana to help translate it into English. The news piece called him Uncle Tom (of course in Chinese translation) and the photo in the newspaper looked exactly like a kind senior coming over to try to offer help and with a lot of joy...
While taking bus with Juliana later the day, RoadShow also showed a clip on Taiwanese artist 任賢齊 visiting school children in a poor area of China on a Sowers Action trip - and of course with some very touching scenes.
Lately, there are also publicity materials everywhere in town publicizing the "Long March" charity program 「助學長征」organized by Sowers which is an amazing fundraising walk that would follow the route of the Communists Party's long march during the civil war. Eva (introduced to me by Tom during the time at CIF) must be very happy with all the good work she is doing.
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