Representatives from the Chinese charity the Amity Foundation gives donated clothing to the orphans Zhao Min, 9, and brother Zhao Shi, 6, outside their home in Qingdun Village, Gangyun County, Jiangsu, China, as grandmother Sun Zhan Xia looks on.  The orphans have lived with their grandparents Sun Zhan Xia (female) and Zhao Xia You (male) since 2007 when the children were orphaned in 2007. The children's father, Sun Zhan Xia's son, died of hepatitis in 2006 and their mother was forced to remarry and abandon the children in 2007.  Sun Zhan Xia and her husband are both over 60 and in bad health.  The couple owes approximately 40,000 RMB (about $5,300 USD) to pay for the medical treatment of their dead son, the children's father.  Due to their health situation and this enormous debt, the pair cannot afford to care for the children any longer, and the children are in danger of being placed in orphanages.  ..At the time of the picture, China's Amity Foundation charity, was investigating the family's situation in preparation to raise money to financially support these children and other orphans in similar situations.  With Amity's support, each orphan, aged 6-12, would receive approximately 1,400 RMB annually (about 200 USD) to pay for the cost of living. Amity works to keep children out of the institutional orphanages in China, preferring to provide monetary assistance that can help maintain a family environment for the orphans it helps.
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