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Beggar Gives His Earnings to 'More in Need Victims'
A homeless beggar in his 60s and a middle-aged shoeshine woman has come to epitomize people's selflessness in supporting the victims of the Sichuan earthquake.
The beggar, named Xu Chao, with long gray hair and shabby clothes, has won wide acclaim in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, for donating money several times.
He started with 5 yuan at a donation center run by the city's civil affairs department on Saturday morning.
In the afternoon, he slipped 100 yuan into the box, muttering: "For the victims in the disaster areas."
Some passers-by, moved by his gesture, gave him money, which he promptly went and donated - this time 340 yuan.
In Hunan province, the shoeshine woman in Shuangfeng county donated 182 yuan on Monday, her whole day's income.
"It is not the first time I have seen the woman put money into the donation box. I can't be certain, but she has done it at least 10 times," said Wang Yang, director of the local charity department, in the evening.
The woman, who was polishing shoes beside the donation spot, gave 60 yuan in the morning. Then she went back to continue her work, for which she gets 1 or 2 yuan for a pair of shoes.
Each time she collected about 20 yuan, she would line up to put the money in the box, before getting back to work.
Source: chinadaily.com.cn
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