Volunteers making life better in Tibet
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WEI Xiaodong left his job as a school manager in Nanjing to take up a position as an elementary school vice principal in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region.
A member of the latest group of volunteers to work in Tibet, Wei arrived in the southwest region with more than 70 education specialists and will work in the capital for about two years.
“Before September, another 700 teachers will come to work in Tibet,” he said.
They are all part of an effort started last year by the Central Committee’s organization department and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security to transfer teachers, doctors and others to Tibet to improve services.
“A single teacher can only teach a few classes, but by coming in groups, we hope to update education in Tibetan schools,” Wei said.
Dozens of doctors have also started residencies at hospitals across Tibet.
“We have different specialties, which will enable us to treat patients with more complicated afflictions, and train more doctors,” said Yu Yabin, leader of a team of doctors from Beijing.
New government officials have also been arriving. By the end of this month, the seventh group of officials, about 1,300 of them, will finish their three-year tenure and return to their posts in other provinces.
Xu Ke, a geographic survey expert from Liaoning Province, has been charting Nagqu Prefecture and the data he collected has been used to build water, irrigation and heating facilities for local herders.
Food prices are high in Pulan County, Nagri Prefecture, as the area is hard to reach.
Gao Baojun, from Shaanxi Province, has been helping farmers explore new cultivation systems to cut the cost of vegetables.
“Tibet needs skilled people to help it develop, and for the young, working in Tibet is an eye-opening experience that they will cherish all their lives,” said Deng Shengming, the organization department’s deputy director.
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