"Recently, the rain is a little bit much, some road cars are not good to drive over, can only walk on foot, when there are fewer supplies, it is fine, sometimes there are more things to carry, it is indeed quite tired."
At the end of December 2019, Chen Cong was on his way to visit his home
Chen Cong told us as she walked along, she is a Child Welfare Director of Aiyou Ansheng in Zhenxiong, Yunnan Province, and her daily work covers 1,200 children in 13 villages, including 124 children in distress who need to regularly visit their homes to provide personalized services.
In winter, Chen Cong sent quilt beds for the children to spend the winter
In addition to the Child Welfare Director, Chen Cong is also a left-behind mother. After getting married, Chen Cong and her husband have been working outside the home, and the three children have been taken care of by their grandmother. In order to find a position with a better salary, Chen Cong's two sons have done a lot of different jobs, restaurant waiters, factory general workers, hotel front desk... Although the work is hard, when I think of the innocent smiling faces of the children at home, no matter how tired and bitter, the little two can grit their teeth and persevere.
Such days lasted for several years, and as the children grew up, Chen Cong returned to his hometown to take care of the children and the elderly. Since then, all the affairs of a family have been pressed on her alone, and after the children go to school, they have to be responsible for the children's homework, "My own cultural level is limited, so I first go to the bookstore to buy some related books and come back, learn and digest in advance, and then tutor the children, the pressure is still quite large." ”
As a left-behind mother, the heavy work in the family is borne by Chen Cong
Chen Cong's hometown is located in a remote mountainous area, and many people are migrant workers, so there are many left-behind children. Every time she tutored her children with their homework, she couldn't help but fall into meditation, "Those left-behind children may be cooking on their own fire; they may not be able to write homework or tutor, so they have abandoned their studies; and no one may remember." "For these left-behind children, what they most desire is the companionship and love of their parents, but the reality is not satisfied." Whenever he thought about this, Chen Cong's heart was very unhappy, "Can I help these children?" ”
By chance, Chen Cong learned that the village was looking for a caring and patient person to be responsible for the work of children in the village, and she inquired from the village branch secretary about the specific service content of the "Aiyou Ansheng" - the rescue and protection project for children in distress, and quickly submitted an application to the village and passed it.
Chen Cong sent a hygiene kit to the children
In addition to being responsible for the daily operation of the local Aiyou Children's Home and organizing children to carry out various learning and activities, Chen Cong's daily work also requires frequent visits to the village to understand the individual situation of the children in distress in the area she is responsible for. Zhenxiong is located in a mountainous area, some children's homes are far apart, it takes more than 1 hour to drive to reach; some children live in very remote places, and even no car is willing to go, in this case, Chen Cong has to carry the nutrition and life bags to be distributed, and go on foot.
Chen Cong organizes activities for the children at the Aiyou Children's Home
In the past three years, Chen Cong has visited every household in the village, delivered nutrition kits, study bags, health kits and other items for more than 100 left-behind children; assisted 5 children in the village to apply for funds for de facto unsupported children; and contacted the county disabled persons' federation to help two physically disabled children in the village go to Kunming for hospitalization.
In her free time, she will also help the children to write homework, or gather the children together to make dumplings and make lanterns on holidays, trying to make up for the lack of love and companionship for the children.
On June 1 this year, Chen Cong sent holiday gifts to the children
Three years of work as a child welfare director has made Chen Cong himself a great change. From shyness and bad words, to cheerfulness and optimism, mingling with the children, the children said that she was not only a teacher, but more like a friend.
Chen Cong took the newly purchased book to explain to the children
Busy work also made Chen Cong lose a lot of leisure time, every day in the children's home and home visits, she has a lot less time to accompany her children, "Mom, when will you arrive home?" My sister and I have already prepared a meal, you come back quickly Oh ~ " This is the content of the phone she can often receive, every moment her heart is inevitably sour, but thinking of so many children's expectant eyes and happy smiles after seeing her, she is particularly relieved and satisfied.
Chen Cong was with the children
"If I could do it all over again, I would still choose this job." Chen Cong, who was holding his little daughter, told us with a smile that the youngest daughter who had just started the first grade followed up with her mother's words: "My mother always told us that people must have great love to live a happier life, so my brothers and sisters are obedient and obedient and do not affect my mother's work." ”
The younger daughter took Chen Cong's mobile phone and photographed her mother cooking
Because he has had the experience of not being around his children for many years, plus he is a left-behind mother, Chen Cong especially understands the difficulties of these children and their parents around him, "I want to make a contribution, when these children grow up, we will definitely get better and better here." ”