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Photo Essay: A Sanctuary for Two Generations

By Zheng Haipeng
2025年10月17日 09:16
In rural Guizhou province, a boarding house for the children of migrant workers has also become an unlikely refuge for their mothers, as they seek to escape poverty and broken marriages
Children staying at House of Hope in Pingtang county, Guizhou province, chase the pigs that reside on the small farm on the center’s grounds on Aug. 30. Photo: Zheng Haipeng/Caixin

On a summer afternoon, the sounds of life spill from the House of Hope. Children, largely unsupervised, race barefoot across a dusty courtyard. Some cluster before a television watching short videos; others take turns diving headfirst down a slide. A cry occasionally pierces the air after a minor squabble, but the tears are fleeting.

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