Extraordinary

  Once-barren, environment around Yeli Village on the banks of Ye river in northeastern China were barren. Now it has over 12,000 trees irrigated by a small canal, all thanks to very unlikely but two dedicated friends: one blind and one without arms who decided to do something extraordinary for the mother earth. Since the past 12 years, the duo has planted and watered cedar trees near their own Village located in Hebei province. Jia Haixia, 54