Charity stories of transnational family in Suzhou

Tang Chongyan's family at their home in Qiongjidun Residential Community in Suzhou Industrial Park. [Photo/news.cntv.cn]

A mixed-marriage family in Suzhou expands their love charity and its activities to social media and other platforms in an effort to reach out to those who are in need.

Tang Chongyan at the Qiongjidun Residential Community in Suzhou Industrial Park, her husband John and their two children have been campaigning for years to help the poor and those who are in difficulty. Their family charity's main theme and motto is love.

Tang Chongyan became attached to charity as early as 2000. She donated money for education, and helped the poor and the weak. Her love campaign, has never stopped over the past 14 years and reached out to the targeted communities in such places as Suzhou, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and Shandong. Now Tang Chongyan uses WeChat, a popular social media platform, to initiate the "WeChat Charity" and help relay love. She has already organized a "Love-giving Moms Group in Suzhou", which has more than 100 members.

John from Britain gives great support to Tang. They specifically took the TEFL examination and got the TEFL teacher certification this year to teach English at the schools for migrant workers' children in Suzhou.

Affected by their parents, Tang Chongyan's two children are now the most faithful supporters on her road to charity. They often use their pocket money or scholarship to help those in need. Tang Chongyan set up her love foundation in the name of the four members of her family at Suzhou Charity Federation in 2010.