Relief work for survivors, challenges ahead

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Source: CCTV.com | 12-28-2008 14:19

It's been over seven months since an earthquake devastated parts of Sichuan. Relief and donations from across the country have been flooding in to help keep survivors warm this winter. In today's Revisiting Wenchuan special, Han Bin revisits a family he met after the quake. As he found out, the earthquake survivors are only at the beginning of a long journey of recovery.

Tang Xiaojing and his surviving family members are  having dinner.

Going back to Guo Zhupu village, to find a family we interviewed two weeks after the quake in May.

Tang Xiaojing and his surviving family members moved back into their home after reinforcing it. It was dinner time when we arrived. Today, it's potatoes and cabbage.

Life seems almost normal again, but Tang Xiaojing has no idea what the future holds, as he's lost his job.

But life does move on. Tang is now a father of a four-month-old boy. The family named him Tang Yufan, which means "smooth and happy in life."

Tang Xiaojing, Farmer of Guo Zhupu Village of Wenchuan  County

Tang Xiaojing, Farmer of Guo Zhupu Village of Wenchuan County said "The biggest hardship is that I have no income now. I used to go out of the village to make some money,but now have to stay at home looking after the seniors and the disabled."

Clothing isn't a problem for the Tangs, as we can see from his little cousin. They say each family member has a quilt, with one blanket for the whole family.

But nothing can bring back his loved ones. The quake took his mother and sister-in-law. Relief materials can keep the family warm, but a cold pain remains in their hearts.