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Blind Man And His Armless Friend Spend 10 Years Planting 10,000 Trees In China
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Blind Man And His Armless Friend Spend 10 Years Planting 10,000 Trees In China

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A blind man named Jia Haixia and his friend, a double amputee with no arms named Jia Wenqi, have spent more than 10 years replanting trees to revive the once-barren environment around Yeli Village in northeastern China.

Haixia was born blind in one eye and lost the other in 2000 in a work-related accident. Wenqi lost both of his arms in an accident when he was only 3 years old. Together, they’ve leased 8 acres of land from the government and have begun replanting the land with trees to protect the village from flooding.

More info: xinhua.com (h/t: mymodernmet)

Haixia and Wenqi have spent 10+ years replanting trees in Yeli Village in northeastern China

Jia Wenqui lost both of his arms in an accident when he was 3

Jia Haixia was born blind in one eye and lost the other in a work accident

Together, however, they make an awesome tree-planting team

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They say they’ve planted as many as 10,000 trees over more than a decade

They wake up at 7 AM to begin their work every day

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They don’t have money for saplings so they use tree cuttings

Haixia’s job is to climb trees and get the best cuttings

He then digs holes to plant them

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Wenqui then cares for and waters the saplings

Their work helps protect the village of Yeli from flooding

After they went viral in China, Haixia may receive surgery for his blinding, congenital cataract

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Dovas

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There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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DiannahCarmichael
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There can be no excuse for us not doing things when these two do so much with so little

Yoka
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What an incredible story!!!!! God bless them! Hopefully he will have enough donations for his cataract.

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DiannahCarmichael
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There can be no excuse for us not doing things when these two do so much with so little

Yoka
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What an incredible story!!!!! God bless them! Hopefully he will have enough donations for his cataract.

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