"We will be kind first,
that is most important,
then honest,
and then... ···We will never forget each other”
— Dostoyevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov”
An old man saw many starfish stranded on the beach. On the beach, if starfish are not thrown back into the sea, they will most likely lose their lives. The old man picked up a starfish and returned it to the sea with all his strength, tirelessly again and again.
A young man passed by and asked the old man: There are so many starfish on the beach. You can’t pick them up. You don’t have to pick them up. It’s meaningless. The old man did not stop what he was doing. He threw a starfish back into the sea and said, "This starfish is meaningful."
At 12:56 on January 9, 2021, Tibet Starlight Social Work Service Center, with the efforts of 10 core team members, 11 fans and friends from all over the world, ** *Completed the collection of 15,000 likes at the same time!
We have always believed that in the world, everyone shoulders the love and responsibility of this society, and we all have the obligation to promote the progress of this society. In this, individual efforts are a force that cannot be ignored, and individuals are still the most important tool and the most important driving force in historical change! And this collection of likes is undoubtedly a testimony to this. From the first one person, ten people, one hundred people to one thousand people and then ten thousand people, behind this is more than just the light of love. It is also every powerful being’s sympathy for individuals in marginalized situations and their expectations for a better life.
And we also believe that as ordinary people who are "ordinary and great, real and shining", their voices, their struggles, and their existence are enough to support our sympathy and expectations, and to support each other. To be seen and illuminated:
Each and every living woman constitutes a family, a community, and an entire society. They use their own circumstances to vividly present in front of us the problems encountered by a family, community, and society. But what touches us is not only their past and current status quo, but also that under the status quo, they still strive for themselves against the larger "structure" and continue to imagine a better life in another way. These stories may be about other people and a foreign land, or they may be the present and the future that you and I have to endure:
"People do not live by cruel truths and unchanging rules. People live by relying on hope." For the changes they firmly believe will come”
In the past week, the project you have seen (Collect Likes︱ Helping the growth of Tibetan women, but it still lacks your likes) is based on Tibetan Empower local women and try to explore community development and political governance models. As the first professional social work agency in Tibet, we hope to carry out poverty alleviation and resettlement communities in two Tibetan relocation communities that have not yet carried out professional social work services, with women as the main line, internal community resources as the cut-out, and "platform + support" as the method. , by stimulating the consciousness and ability of "one", promote the development of a beautiful community, and ultimately promote the formation of a benign society.
At the same time, if we are lucky enough to receive support from the 6th ME Innovation Plan and receive a donation of 200,000, we will provide 36+ times of poverty alleviation in 2 relocation communities in Lhasa. Public welfare social services include diversified courses + specialized service content such as sexual assault self-protection education, women's self-awareness education, career planning and skills education, domestic violence intervention, psychological counseling and self-energy exploration.
Finally, give one of Cernuda's poems - "1936" to everyone who supports each other!
"The career seemed to have failed at that time.
This was nothing;
There were too many people who were enthusiastic about it.
In fact, it is only for one's own benefit.
That is not worth mentioning.
What matters is a person's belief.
Therefore. Today you regain
your original feeling:
That the cause was noble and worth fighting for
His belief, that belief, remains
. p>After these years, these failures,
When everything seems betrayed
But that belief, you tell yourself, is the only thing that matters
Thanks, mate, thank you
For this example.
Thank you for telling me
People are noble.
Even if there are not many noble people:
One, one person is enough
Irrefutable testimony
The entire human race noble.
”