THE GENETICS OF GENEROSITY
Though he only makes a meager salary, that hasn’t stopped Zhao Yongjiu, a cleaner in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, from contributing to charity. He has donated a third of his salary to charity over the past 30 years and the total amount he has handed out exceeds 180,000 yuan ($27,972).
The seeds of charity were sown in Zhao’s heart when he was just a teenager. His father died in a work accident and his mother had to raise Zhao and his younger brother all by herself. Later, his mother fell ill, making life more difficult for the family. “At that time, the factory my father had worked in helped us out by providing us with coal.
