Reporter Li Peile.
In October 2023, this newspaper reported on the deeds of Yao Guangwu, a retired cadre of the Seventh Rest House for retired military cadres in Jinan City. At the age of 87, he used to be a "cattle herding baby" in a poor mountain village, and became a colonel officer in the army with his "culture". After retirement, he devoted himself to giving back to the society and sponsored 23 college students for 12 consecutive years. On January 31, the reporter learned that Yao Guangwu was honorably selected as a "good man in China".
Yao Guangwu, born in May 1936, is a member of the middle school and a retired cadre of the Seventh Rest House of Jinan Military Retired Cadres. Every summer, there is one thing that Yao Guangwu must do, and that is to help students. Sponsoring one or two children to go to college every year, Yao Guangwu, 87, has been doing so for 12 years. He has won the honorary titles of Shandong Good Man Star and 100 Most Lovely Quancheng Model Veterans.
In 2012, Yao Guangwu used his pension to sponsor two college students for the first time when he saw the news of Sunshine Scholarship in Qilu Evening News. Since then, he has never stopped participating in the scholarship.
In mid-to-late August 2022, two prospective college students from Heze Chengwu and Tai An Ningyang received a 5,000 yuan grant from Yao Guangwu, whom they had never met, before the start of school.
In August 2023, Yao Guangwu sent out the subsidy for the 12th time, and 23 college students have been sponsored by the elderly, and the pension spent has also reached more than 10 yuan. "Student assistance must be done to the end of life. Yao Guangwu said firmly.
On January 31, the release ceremony of the "China Good People List" in the fourth quarter of 2023 and the on-site exchange activities between national moral models and good people around them were held in Chongqing. The reporter learned that Yao Guangwu was honorably selected as a "good man in China".
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