"Children in difficulty can come directly and provide free board and lodging without charging a penny!”。
There is a "Xinyu Home" near the Children's Hospital in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, which provides free accommodation for children and their families from all over the country. The founder of the home is named Chang Xiangyang, and at the age of 52, she is also affectionately called "Chang Mama" by her children.
In the past six years, the home has not been closed for a day, and more than 2,100 families of children in need have received selfless help here.
On the 25th, the reporter of the main station came to the "Xinyu Home", which is only 300 meters away from Xi'an Children's Hospital, and when the reporter walked into the 200-square-meter rental house, more than a dozen children were playing.
Although there are many people living in the room, everything is in order with the play area, bunk bedrooms, and open kitchen. At about six o'clock in the evening, the children's mothers were cooking in the kitchen. Chang Xiangyang put the love materials that he had just moved in, and was interrupted by the children from time to time with a sentence of "Chang Mom".
Chang Mom, I love you" "Chang Mom, I want to paint" "Chang Mom sent us gifts after the New Year!".”
In the "Heart Feather Home", Chang's mother (first from the right) and the child and her family.
Chang Xiangyang is the patriarch and founder of "Xinyu Home".
Chang Xiangyang, born in 1971, is a native of Xi'an. When he was a child, Chang Xiangyang often followed his father to the countryside to condole, and when he met a poor family, his father always had to lend a hand to help. Under the influence of his father, Chang Xiangyang has always been keen on public welfare and joined the love volunteer service team very early. After 2000, Chang Xiangyang began to participate in the publicity of serious illness relief and raise funds for patients.
On the summer night of 2017, after Chang Xiangyang finished another public welfare activity from Xi'an Children's Hospital, when he passed through the hospital corridor, he saw many family members of children on the floor.
A gray-haired grandmother was lying on the ground, she stepped forward to inquire about the situation, and the old man said: "The child is sick, the family is not rich, and the borrowed money has been used up, so you can save a little." It was this accidental conversation that gave Chang Xiangyang an idea in his heart: to provide a home for these families of children in difficulty who were treated in Xi'an, and they would not receive a penny for food, housing, and housing.
That night, Chang Xiangyang informed his father of his idea, but his father, who had always supported his daughter's public welfare, knew how difficult it was and did not support it at first. After a night of tossing and turning, Chang Xiangyang knocked on his father's door again at five o'clock in the morning and found that his father, like her, had no sleep all night.
Knowing his daughter Mo Ruo's father, his father Chang Jianxi called his wife over, and only told one thing: "In the future, we will leave enough money for the two of us to buy medicine and daily expenses, and the rest will be given to Yangyang to do things." ”
Her father told her to remember: it is easy to give hope to people, but it is difficult to take responsibility, and if you decide to do it, don't give up easily!
Chang Xiangyang's father, Chang Jianxi (deceased), is in the "Heart Feather Home".
In September 2017, Chang Xiangyang founded the "Xinyu Home", which is open to the families of poor children in Xi'an for free, and provides free accommodation and board.
This neat and bright home is equipped with a reading corner, a rest area, a wardrobe, an open kitchen, heating in winter, air conditioning in summer, hot water 24 hours a day, and food such as rice, flour, oil, meat, eggs and milk is also provided free of charge.
In 2017, the original appearance of "Heart Feather Home".
At first, no one believed that such a good thing was true. So, Chang Xiangyang went to the hospital to pull people in. "People are quite willing to talk about their illness, and as soon as they said that there was a place that provided free food and lodging, everyone left, saying that this was not a pyramid scheme den to pull people's heads. ”
Chang Xiangyang was not discouraged, she decided to change her mind and ask the doctor to introduce her to patients in need. Wang Qi, director of the neonatology department of Xi'an Children's Hospital, said: "Sister Chang is very enthusiastic, not only providing help to the families of the children, but also giving them more confidence. ”
The first child to stay in the Heart Feather Home.
Xuan Xuan of Hanzhong in Shaanxi Province suffered from rhabdomyosarcoma at the age of two, and in the past three years, her parents have taken Xuan Xuan to seek medical treatment everywhere, and more than 30 surgeries have tormented the child, which has also put the family in heavy shackles. Xuanxuan's father, Wang Wenbin, said frankly that it was the "Xinyu Home" that gave them hope. "I came with the attitude of giving it a try, and after I came, I found that it really feels like a very warm home. ”
Slowly, the "Heart Feather Home" spread among the families of patients, and families of children from all over the country came here, most of these children suffered from chronic diseases such as biliary atresia, cerebral palsy, tumors, etc., and each family spent hundreds of thousands of yuan in order to treat their children.
In order to alleviate the burden on these families, Chang Xiangyang reassured the children's father to go out to work, and she came to take care of the lives of the children and the children's mothers. The home can accommodate up to 12 families and is filled with fireworks and laughter. Children are like brothers and sisters, and parents also have more courage to face difficulties under each other's warmth and encouragement.
In order to help the groups that really need help, each family who comes to the "Xinyu Home" must provide a certificate of subsistence allowance. As the helmsman of this big family, Chang Xiangyang has made a rule since the establishment of his homeland, not accepting social donations, only material donations.
Although the family members of the children help cook and take care of their daily routines, the expenses of firewood, rice, oil, salt, property, water and electricity are more than 20,000 yuan a month, and Chang Xiangyang quickly spent all the money he saved from his part-time job and his father's financial aid.
Chang Xiangyang is with the patient's family.
In difficult times, Chang Xiangyang also had times when he was vulnerable and helpless, and even locked himself in his room and cried secretly. "But after crying, looking at these lovely children and suffering families, I have no reason to complain, let alone leave it alone. ”
Fortunately, Chang Xiangyang knows a group of good partners who have been engaged in public welfare undertakings for many years, and the number of volunteers in the "Xinyu Home" love team has slowly increased from dozens to hundreds. Donate 20 yuan per person per month to fix expenses.
The good deeds of "Heart Feather Home" have gradually been recognized by more people, and the power of social love has also continued to merge. Just last month, the "Heart Feather Home" has a new batch of beds and furniture, and the kitchen has also been upgraded.
The upgraded kitchen of "Heart Feather Home" is spacious and bright.
An ordinary rental house that carries the hopes of countless families. Over the past six years, this "family" has brought warmth to more than 2,100 children and families with the support of countless caring people and social forces, and illuminated the dark moments on their way to medical treatment with selfless care.
Chang Xiangyang said that the "Heart Feather Home" has become a distribution center of love, and every parent who has received help has taken the initiative to join the volunteer team. Although they come from all over the world, they all share a common wish: to hope that all the children will return to health as soon as possible and return to the warm harbor that truly belongs to them.
*: CCTV News).