My name is Sisi Cai, 15 years old. I live in Qingshui Town of Shangrao County, Jiangxi Province, China. Currently I study in Grade 8, Qingshui Middle School. I got a combined 178 scores for language and math in the Junior High School Entrance Examination, which made me entitled to be admitted into Sixth Shangrao County Middle School. However, my family cannot afford it, and I can only attend the current rural area school. My nine-year-old younger sister, and my seven-year-old brother, both are excellent students in Shuangxi Primary School. My family has been in hard conditions all the time, living on my father’s very limited income as a migrant worker. My father lost one of his eyes during an accident. Very sadly, my mother left this family and left us years ago and never come back possibly because she could not stand the poor family life any more. Even worse, my father was diagnosed with uremia three years ago and passed away in November 2016 without necessary treatments. We become orphans now, living on about $50 per month welfare from government and limited help from relatives. Life is really tough for us. It seems that our current family condition may stop us from studying further, although we do want to continue our education and cherish our happy life at school. We hope to get help from kind-hearted people here so that we can continue our life and realize our dream. Hereby we wish you all the best and extend our sincere appreciation to you!

我叫蔡思思，今年十五岁，家住江西上饶县清水乡，双溪村凉伞石。现在清水农村中学读八年级。我小学升初中时，语文和数学两名课加起来考了178分，达到上饶县第六中学分数线，因家里太苦只能读农村中学。妹妹9岁，弟弟7岁，他们俩在双溪小学读，成绩也不错。我们家生活条件一直不好，以前靠只有一只眼睛的爸爸在外打工及爸爸一个人的低保维持生活，但爸爸在三年前患有尿毒症并于去年11月份去世了，妈妈因嫌弃爸爸赚不了钱，忍受不了家里太苦而离家出走多年了。现在我们姐弟三人成孤儿了，只靠一个月几百元人民币的低保和亲戚的一些帮助生活，生活更艰难了，家里条件无法继续支持我们上学，我们好想读书，好怀念学校的快乐生活，希望有好心人帮帮我们。祝好人一生平安！真的很谢谢你们！