My name is Tashi and I am 20 years old. My family lives in Yushu Prefecture. The Yushu Earthquake struck when I was in primary school. I remembered being buried under the debris, and then I went unconscious. When I woke up, I had been rescued from the site of the earthquake and transported to a hosp

My name is Tsewang Laga and I am 17 years old. I haven't seen my father for a single day since I was born. I heard from my relatives that my father died in a car accident when my mother was 5 months pregnant with me. After my mother gave birth to me, she left me to my grandmother and left us. So I g

My name is Gahtsang Tso and I am 18 years old. My family lives in Nangqian County. There are five children in my family, and I am the oldest. My four younger brothers and sisters are currently in middle school. We are a low income family, and my mom and dad are unemployed because they never attended

My name is Ngawang Barjoo and I am 19 years old. My family lives in Nangchen County; I’m the youngest child in my family, and I have two older brothers. When I was 7 years old, my father and mother sent me to become a monk at Caijiao Monastery. My oldest brother is currently a police officer in the

My name is Renqing Bamao and I am 15 years old. My family lives in the village near Dongba Township in Nangchen County. There are 5 children in our family and I am the 2nd oldest. All the children in our family are going to school because our parents want us to seek higher education. I have been stu

My name is Sonam Quji and I am 16 years old. My family lives in a village in Zaduo County. There are 6 children in the family. I am the 5th child and I have 4 older brothers. My oldest brother is a monk, my second brother is pursuing a career as a Thangka artist, and my third and fourth brothers are

My name is Baochun and I am 17 years old. I'm not sure how old I actually am except for an ID issued to me saying that I am 17 years old. My mother died when I was one year old, and my father abandoned me after that. I live with my aunt, who is a nun, so I became a nun at a young age. The government

My name is Sonam and I am 21 years old. My family lives in a village in Ganzi, Sichuan. My hometown is an underdeveloped village, secluded from the rest of the world. There are 6 children in my family. I have 2 brothers, one is a monk and the other is herding livestock at home. I have 3 younger sist

Hi! My name is Youngha, and I’m 18 years old. My family lives in Nangqian County. I have three siblings, and I’m the second youngest child in the family. My oldest brother is now attending college after he graduated from Cixing school. Both my sister and I are currently attending the Cixing school,