A donation ceremony for the Red Candle Project of Yunnan National Culture Development Foundation was held recently in Yunxian County. The Red Candle Project * * * donated 48, yuan, and 63 sick teachers in Yunxian and Fengqing counties were assisted.

Wang Tianxi, member of the NPC Law Committee and chairman of Yunnan National Culture Development Foundation, spoke at the donation ceremony. He said that the profession of teachers is lofty and sacred, especially in poor and remote mountainous areas, and their contribution to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is indelible. It is understood that this Red Candle Project donation activity was funded by a well-known Beijing writer, Ms. Thaung Myint, with a donation of 48, yuan, and 63 teachers suffering from illness.

The Yunnan Red Candle Project was initiated by Comrade Wang Tianxi in 1997. Since the launch of the activity, Zhou Wenping, a female teacher in Dongchuan District suffering from lupus erythematosus, Zhao Qi and Hu Qiong, female teachers in Zhenxiong County suffering from breast cancer, and others have been rescued; A series of donation activities have been carried out to Eryuan County, Cangyuan County, Ximeng County, Longchuan County and other areas as well as four schools for the deaf with disabilities in Kunming. After the donation ceremony, Wang Tianxi and his party also visited teachers and students in Yunxian No.1 Middle School and Xiaodukou Primary School, and sent them solatium and school supplies. Wang Tianxi said that in the future, under the unified leadership of the Foundation, the "Red Candle Project" will fully build and make good use of this platform, extensively carry out fund-raising activities, connect with benevolent people to offer love, care for education in poverty-stricken mountainous areas, care for sick people and substitute teachers in poverty-stricken mountainous areas.