The Left-Behind Village 留守窮鄉
Wen Wu stares at the road outside of his house. 飯後,文武不時凝望門外遠方的道路,或許正盼望遠方的家人,或許想像自己完成小學後,便要離開農村。
About 300 students study in a primary school in Cenxi. 岑溪市高垌中心小學,荒地前的一片敗瓦。團體正打算在該片荒地興建新校舍,改善約300位學童的學習環境。
A team of NGO members from Hong Kong with donated books, clothings and toys sending to left behind children in rural area, Cenxi. 非牟利慈善團體從香港帶來三十多袋物資,準備贈予當地師生。
NGO volunteers and the school principal were inspecting the construction site. The construction was delayed from summer until fall 2013. 校長與香港義工視察新建校舍環境,原本在暑期開始動工的工程,延遲到秋季才展開。
Students waving flags to welcome the visitors. 學校安排學生列隊搖旗,歡迎香港來到的慈善團體。
Students wash their faces after playing in a hot sunny day. 遊戲過後,學生在操場旁排隊洗臉消暑。
A girl eats lunch on her bed in the girl's dormitory, avoiding the heating sun outside. 在女生宿舍內,一名學生避開外間猛烈陽光,在架床上格吃飯。
Words reading "Chinese Dream" was written on the chalkboard near the school playground. 在學校的牆壁上,寫上「中國夢」三個字。
The environment near Wen Wu's home. Wen Wu, a 10-year-old student live in Cenxi, Guangxi. 學生文武家附近的環境。
Wen Wu’s father mentioned his wife and two sons went to the city for better jobs. Only his son stay with him in the village. 吳先生稱,他的妻子、兩個兒子都到了市區打工謀生,剩下他與文武在農村生活
Wen Wu’s home was built of simple bricks and roof titles. 文武的家,由磚頭與瓦片建成。
Wen Wu washes dishes after lunch. When Wen Wu and his father need eggs for food, they would look around and search eggs in the fields. 文武在飯後幫忙洗盤子,旁邊是兩隻他家裡的雞隻。每當需要雞蛋時,孩子和父親便會到屋外田地上找到。
Wen Wu wears a red scarf represents the national flag and symbolised the revolution tradition of the proletariat. 文武戴上紅領巾。在不少社會主義國家的學生和少年也佩戴這樣的領巾。在中國,領巾代表紅旗的一角,象徵無產階級的革命傳統。
Outside Wen Wu's house is a large rice paddy. "But those crops are not mine" he said. 文武家門外種有一片水稻田,不過他說「這些不是我們的。」他指指種在山坡下一片種了木薯和絲瓜的零碎農地,露出笑容說:「那些才是。」
A view of Cenxi, Guangxi. 廣西岑溪市
The Left-Behind Village, Cenxi, Cenxi, Guan Xi province, China, is a city connects 3 major economical regions in Southern China: the Pearl River region, Hong Kong-Macau region, and the Great Southwest region. While the city's geography might provide economic advancement it also contributed to the problem of left-behind child in the rural area. As parents migrate to the city look for jobs for a better living, children were often left behind in the villages.
【留守窮鄉】廣西岑溪, 岑溪位於廣西東南部,與廣東省相連,是華南珠江三角洲、港澳地區與大西南經濟圈的一個重要連接點。岑溪盛產花崗岩,礦石豐富,有「花崗岩之都」之稱。從香港來到這裡,大概要7小時車程。但並不是所有人都可共享其天然資源和地利位置帶來的經濟成果,在岑溪垌偏遠的農村地區,便有不少父母離開家園,選擇到鄰近的城市謀生,遺下一群缺人照料的留守兒童。
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