Tibet: Ancient landscape, modern opportunities
China Daily,August 14, 2018 Adjust font size:
Social security system
On the plateau with average elevation over 3,500 meters, a welfare center for the disabled provides dignified lives.
The center, which opened at Dagze county in 2015, can support 100 people with disabilities to live, undergo rehabilitative training, and enjoy entertainment avenues.
Currently, 18 people with disabilities are living in the center, and they are also taught some skills such as literacy, planting and hand knitting by teachers hired by the center.
A woman picks up tomato at Zhizhao Pure Land agricultural technology demonstration center in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, Feb 10, 2016. [Photo/people.com.cn]