Retired teacher sets up "home for left-behind children" to teach English for free in Anhui

Ye Lianping checks copies of test papers handwritten by himself in the classroom of the "home for left-behind children" in Buchen Village of Hexian County, east China's Anhui Province, July 30, 2019. Ye Lianping, a 92-year-old retired teacher in Buchen Village of Hexian County, set up the "home for left-behind children" in 2000 to teach them English lessons for free. As most of the young people work far away, elders and children are left behind in the village. Having no child himself, Ye lives with his wife in a shanty house built 30 years ago, where he offers those children who live far away with food and living spaces. In the past 19 years, Ye has helped more than 1,000 children on his own. Moved by his deeds, volunteers across the country have come to support him in recent years, and he has also received many honors and awards. However, Ye's will is to run against time, which he thinks he is really short of to take care of those left-behind children. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)