War-Battered Hamlet Reconstructed by Students) of Ellis Kadoorie Schoot Several months ago the farmers and country people in the areas money and food for the farmers in the war areas, around Kinngwan were victims of At first their object was to visit the fighting that raged in that dis-Kiangwan with the intention of trict," Torday peace is restored taking one family under their pro-there, but everywhere the ruins of tection, Accordingly at the begin-houses remain; everywhere, that is, ming of March when the firing stop-with the exception of one village. ped, one of the foreign teachers set The visitor to Kiangwan to-day lout with one of the boys and found Jabout three small huts still stand-Totice that one village has been Almont entirely rebuilt andthe peo jing amongst the ruins of a village. ple happy and contented working on They saw a few farmers trying to their land." 'The village is known as work in their fields and they found Loh-kah-zah, is situated about whole families trying to get shelter from the few houses riddled with mile from the Kiangwan village, and its "process of reconstruction' has shell holes that had been left them. only' just been completed. Those They decided there and then that responsible for this remarkable to "help one family only was not work of restoration are the pupils, Jenough, and it became their aim to: of the Ellis -Kadoorie School for try and restore peace and a certain Chinese "Boys. prosperity to the whole village, When the fighting first broke out, With mo more than a friendly the pupils of the school were fired guidance from their teachers, the ith patriotism and a desire to help boys did all the work of reconstruc: their own people. 'The English tion entirely by themselves. As soon teachers in the school sympathised Jas_the Japanese troops evacuated, with their' enthusiasm but pointed the whole form of fourteen boys Out that as much was already bein started weekly expeditions to the done for the soldiers, they should village. Since money was precious turn hele attention to something jand all that could be got had to used for food and shelter for neater at hand; they suggested that thi in dire need the country people, the boys would of Ip wore the farmers and coun-walked from Hongkew Park to the end nothing "on transport and try ple wha had suitored from the fighting. 'The school needed no village every week—a distance of urging, and' Form V—consisting of Jabout ten 14 young Chinese students—under~ On arrival at the village, the boys took the responsibility of gathering Went off in couples to question the various families as to their needs land came back with their informa: tion to the teacher. The first im-
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