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Yash Gupta has worn glasses for many years. When they broke one day and he was not able (wear) them to school, he had a big problem. He could not see much of what was going on in his classroom. he learnt nothing at the end of the day.
Yash quickly got his glasses fixed, but this experience changed (he) life. He thought probably many kids around the world did not have proper (合适的) glasses (help) them learn at school.
So, he (make) some researches. He found that 13 million children around the world didn't have proper glasses. And he learnt that not having glasses could cause a 20％ loss in learning!
Instead of (shake) his head at this problem. Yash decided to do something. A few months later, he started small organization, Sight Learning, to help find glasses for other kids that need them. He started Sight Learning in 2011 and since then he has helped (thousand) of young students around the world! Sight Learning provides (glass) for students who need them but cannot afford them.
Yash is a great example of a young person who takes action to improve not only his own life, but also those others.
Huang Qingyun spends her life telling stories to children. Now though she is in her nineties, she has no plans to stop.
"I did this for children, from the first day I started to write stories. I am old now, but I still want to go on telling stories to children," Huang said.
Born in Guangzhou in 1920. Huang spent her childhood in Hong Kong and her favourite hobby was making up stories for her elder sister.
In 1935, Huang went to university and studied Chinese. During this period, she was greatly influenced by the well-known Chinese educator Tao Xingzhi and decided to become a primary school teacher. However, instead of being a teacher. Huang found another way to educate children. During World War Ⅱ, Huang often told stories to homeless children at the Little Children Society, a charity (慈善机构) set up by a professor from the University of Hong Kong.
Huang also started a column (专栏) called "Sister Yun's Mail Box" in Xin Er Tong, a children's magazine set up in Hong Kong in 1941. From then, Huang officially started writing and created a large number of stories for children. Huang spent about 30 years at the magazine working as chief editor (主编) in Guangzhou.
Huang retired in 1987. She moved to Hong Kong and went on creating stories for children, including I Love Hong Kong, Children from Hong Kong and Shoes Brothers.
"What l wrote were all for children, and for me, writing fairy tales is my favourite," Huang said.
