Aidi Xiflilian Jia'en: A Little Doctor's Diary at 45 Degrees Celsius

Author: Lian Jia'en
Publisher: Yuan Shen Publishing House
Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Through an email promoting the "Trash for Old Clothes" campaign, conscripted diplomat Lian Jia'en unintentionally sparked a massive wave of kindness among the Taiwanese people. He didn't intend to change the world; he just wanted to help those around him in need. His story tells us that even small efforts can bring great changes! Riding a bicycle to visit friends fifty kilometers away, he finally understood what 45 degrees Celsius felt like. Hearing people around him attending funerals frequently, he realized why the average age of the Taiwanese people is in their 40s. The greeting "Do you have diarrhea?" is equivalent to Taiwan's "Have you eaten?" and only then did he realize that not everyone on Earth has access to clean drinking water. With the mindset of "There must be something I can do! There must be a way to make a difference!", Lian Jia'en, who had never left Taipei, flew to the other side of the world—Burkina Faso—to practice medicine, dig wells for residents, build orphanages, and even initiated the "Trash for Old Clothes" campaign.