July 31, 2012
After decades of working in secret, Lou Xiaoying's incredible work is finally coming to light, as stories of her finding, rescuing and raising 30 babies from abandonment have started to emerge. She's now 88 and dying of kidney failure, but has spent her entire life making a meager living by recycling trash. Her hunts for garbage in the province of Zhejiang would turn up children left by the side of the road to die, and she took them all in. As she told the Daily Mail, "The whole thing started when I found the first baby, a little girl back in 1972 when I was out collecting rubbish. She was just lying amongst the junk on the street, abandoned. She would have died had we not rescued her and taken her in. Watching her grow and become stronger gave us such happiness and I realized I had a real love of caring for children. I realized if we had strength enough to collect garbage how could we not recycle something as important as human lives" ...


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@JamieMcIntosh commented…
Awesome story of an humble, living saint. Worthy of more acclaim than all the impressive Olympic feats transpiring in England right now. Pure gold, from a pure heart.
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Sonnet commented…
That is beautiful. I wish stories like this would get international circulation!
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Jessie Rayos commented…
Wow! This is amazing!
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Lonnie commented…
Imagine that.. without the help of welfare..what a beautiful person.
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