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Teacher Wang Lijun plays basketball with Xiao Liang.
Xiao Liang (meaning Little Bright) is an orphan carrying HIV and is the only student in a specialized school in Baoshan village in northeast China's Liaoning province. Teacher Wang Lijun has ridden a bike about 20 kilometers each day to teach and take care of Xiao Liang since 2004, when the boy was turned down by the public school in the village for fear of the disease. A room offered by the village committee has been his classroom for the past eight years.
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Wang Lijun instructs Xiao Liang.
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Wang Lijun takes Xiao Liang home on his bike after school hours.
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Teacher Wang Lijun, left, lowers the national flag as as Xiao Liang salutes.
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Is there a way to get in touch with this teacher? I'd like to help this boy in some way.
It would also be good for the teacher himself to get some praise from around the planet.
I agree with you both. I'm glad that the boy seems so happy in spite of being an isolated orphan with HIV and I'm sure it's all because of his teacher. Kudos to both for making the best of a bad situation. China, or the people in that area of China, need to get educated and get over their phobias regarding HIV.
Only one child with HIV? There must be others. I hope they are getting similar help.
God bless them !