Ayizmal Mirzjan's village Reskam, which means "land with ores" in the Tajik language, is a border village located in the southwestern-most part of the Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
At an altitude of over 3,000 meters, with several major rivers and mountains stretching through, the village used to see its residents' settlements scattered in a dozen of relatively inhabitable valleys.
The complex landscape had restrained the accessibility to education for the children of Reskam for generations, including elder members of Ayizmal Mirzjan's family.
