February 25, 2009
Sha Luojin's letter to Mai Pearls
This week is Fair trade week and as an ethical company we are posting letters that are written to Mai Pearls and their customers from sponsored Chinese students in south China. Mai Pearls give 10% of their profits to Operation Blessing China. Here is a letter from Sha Luojin;
Dear Uncles and Aunties:
How are you?
Our family is very poor, because of more people and less land, and we have no food to eat about April or May. My parents work for the rich to food, and borrow us living cost in school. In order to save money, my sister and I back home for lunch. It is about 2,000 meters of mountains from school to my home for times in everyday.
Since I have entered the junior middle school, the help of you through Operation Blessing China improve the cost of my living greatly. It is impossible for me to buy learning materials in my primary school, so I had to copy others learning material sentences by sentences with hand, while I have brought all set of learning materials.
Since the change in education policy, which relieves the burden on my family, my parents have bought some more learning materials and daily necessities for us. And my parents give me 6yuan every week for my breakfast and some pocket money, with which I can eat sometimes at school because I have to finish all my homework. I will be punished if I can finish all my homework. Your helping encourages me both in physical and in emotional.
How happy I am now, but how can I imagine the following year. If I enter high middle school, my family can not provide mu tuition and cost of living.
Hopeful you are in good health and your jobs are going smoothly.
Yours Sincerely，
Sha luojin
Posted: February 25, 2009 11:29 AM