A mother and her poverty-stricken family

Editor's note:Huang Huiying, 66, lives in Shatang Village, Lingui County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Her husband died in a traffic accident in 2001, leaving her three mentally-retarded children – two sons aged 39 and 36 and a daughter aged 29. Worse yet, her two sons suffer from muscular atrophy which makes them unable to control their bodies' balance or even walk. Huang's daughter married a local man, gave birth to two healthy girls, but later divorced her as the man couldn't bear the extremely poverty-stricken and downtrodden family. During the long years, Huang has endured all kinds of hardships, struggling to bring up her children and grandchildren.

Huang Huiying, 66, lives in Shatang Village, Lingui County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. During the long years, Huang has endured all kinds of hardships, struggling to bring up her three mentally-retarded children and two healthy grandchildren. [Photo/Sina]