| Lawyers donate to light up lives of pastoral Tibetans
2003-09-28
Xinhua
Lawyers in the national capital of Beijing and Qinghai province in
northwestern China donated 222, 000 yuan (26,750 US dollars) Sunday in a project
to help pastoral Tibetans in Qinghai Province.
A total of 185 pastoral families will benefit from the "Bright Project" as
the fund will be used to purchase 185 solar-powered electricity generators.
The project was launched by a Beijing bar association and a Qinghai
provincial association of lawyers, in an effort to help the last 185 households
with financial needs in using electricity in Angsai Township in the Tibetan
Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu.
Located at an altitude ranging from 3,900 meters to 4,000 meters, the
township has an average temperature of minus 7 degrees Celsius each year.
The township has an area of 1,780 sq km and is home to 660 pastoral families
or 3,419 residents. | 
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