He Chenghua was Federation, Vice President of the Association of the deaf in Jiujiang city, Jiangxi Province Association of the deaf, comparative understanding of deaf, deaf people in the most of the situation is really bad in China, literacy is low, Jiujiang alone has nearly 8,000 members below the age of 14, deaf children are almost never received any education. In early 2000, he and his wife Yang Meihua discussion, decided to start a private school for the deaf. Wife supports him, saved tens of thousands of dollars all the way out of school. However, the Office of special education, especially private deaf school for the deaf, their difficulty levels, far from being an outsider can imagine. After 5 months of time for approval and charity school for the deaf project declared to be approved. Two months after that, he raised funds to rent premises, teachers, developing education programmes, teaching plan, enrollment. He ran the city’s nearly dozens of villages in 10 districts, and understand the poor situation of children with disabilities. On September 8, Jiujiang charity school for the deaf is finally starting. Since then, the continuing economic pressures become the biggest challenges set before He Chenghua. At present, the school students more than 80 people, mostly from poor rural families of deaf children, each student $ 500 tuition each semester, many students are still not on money, school for one semester only $ 40,000. School teachers and supporting staff of 18 people, according to pay below the General standard, over $ 40,000 fire wages are not enough, not to mention other expenses. He Chenghua had to look around for help, often subjected to some people’s eyes.
meals to eat at school, the students, canteen meals are not limited per meal, is subject to the full, 4.5 worth of food per person per day is not enough, only money. What’s more, there are many students cannot afford to pay the money. Some children’s clothing are all borne by the school each year buying some regular common drugs are good only hundreds of dollars. He Chenghua contact couples also go to places such as Beijing, Nanjing, donations, donation to a large number of clothing and school supplies for the children. He Chenghua said. “I myself can be overcome, but not these poor children suffer. ”
there are abandoned by their parents in the school for orphans, because these kids are too small, can’t take care of life, school is assigned a dedicated teacher of life, such as feeding, clothing, sewing and washing clothes they wear, even responsible for scrubbing them shit. Some teachers are not willing to, yangmeihua has to do. In order to save money, yangmeihua package of school chores, one person doing three people’s living. Yangmeihua said: “doing this thing, you have to love and patience. ”
founded fraternity from the first day of school for the deaf, all devoted to the school He Chenghua. His work during the day, teachers how to lecture in the evening. So many teachers, so much effort, in his person, he sometimes only two or three hours of sleep at night. In 2004, He Chenghua lungs have the shadow, he hid the severity. Last March, He Chenghua was found suffering from lung cancer, and has advanced. He did not tell the school teachers and students, always in the name of the meeting to the hospital, school events, immediately back to May of this year, He Chenghua had to live in the hospital in May of this year, He Chenghua had to live in the hospital. Students folded out hundreds of “lucky star” and “thousand origami cranes”, hoping to bring him luck and ride out the storm. Teachers and students also designed a picture painted is charity schools for the deaf. The school seems non-sail sail, ships than ships, but it was like a ship and sails; false stone in front of, like the waves of the sea; bamboo shoots After jointing, symbolizes the school the vigor, above the inscription: “President HO, please be assured that success in the charity school for the deaf. “When you were about to draw to what President, was received the news of his death!
He Chenghua died, school funds are facing enormous difficulties, fully financing depends on his wife yangmeihua. In July of this year yangmeihua introduced in a relative, find tongrim charitable nursing students ‘ Association, Vice President head of mirror master, hoping to help. Mirror master on a detailed understanding of the situation of deaf school, decided to grant funding.