~Li Huai yu~

NAME: Li Huai yu

English Name: Joshua

SEX: Male

BIRTHDATE:July 6, 2003

BIRTH PLACE: Wu Hu miao village, Qu Liang

HEALTH: Good

DATE OF ENTRY TO SANCS HOME: March 2011

ACADEMIC STATUS: Grade Three in primary school - as of Spring 2011

FAMILY BACKGROUND:

At the time of entering the home:

When the boy's father was about 53 years old, he met a woman and was unable to legally marry her. The woman came from Guizhou and didn't have legal ID so the local police station couldn't give them a legal marriage permission. She gave birth to this little boy in 2003. His father gave this little boy to his sister to raise a few months after his birth. In 2006 his illegal wife was pregnant again and after she gave birth to a second child. His mother then had a stroke and became paralyzed. His father isn't of good health, he has a heart problem, high blood pressure and arthritis. He got his son back from his brother when the boy was about 5 years old and put him in preschool for a short period of time. For many years they couldn't register either of his two boys' ID since he didn't have a legal marriage with his wife. The local police officer helped them and put both of these two boys' ID under their uncle's ID book. Their uncle helped take care of both of these two boys since their father was sick and meanwhile he had to take care of his paralyzed wife. The village leader kept saying that this family was the poorest of the poorest families. Every level of government tried to offer some help. His father collects trash for some income but they remain extremely desperately poor.

It seemed the little boy is a very intelligent and hardworking student. At the entry test from the primary school he got 88% for Chinese, 95% for his math and 99% for his English. Although he is only 7 years old he is excelling in the third grade. We have found him to be a lovely little fellow.

He loves to read and the older boys in his home dearly love him and help him in every way they can.