Alice Lee is a high school student studying at a private school. She is doing some voluntary work at an after-school program to help students from poor families.

On the first day of her work, she noticed that many kids were lining up for free sandwiches and fruits. She was surprised. One of the organizers explains that many of these students don’t get enough to eat at home. So a school lunch or an after-meal might be the most food they would get all the day. She has also been told that some hungry kids can receive free lunches, but others are only allowed reduced-price meals, and those students’ families have to pay for the part of their food.

Lee was shocked, she decided to offer help to those who are suffering from hunger, “I want other kids to understand that if you see a problem, you don’t have to wait to be an adult to fix it,” says Lee. She and a group of friends are using their programme skill to create a new app called Food of Thought, which will allow parents, students, and even kind-hearted strangers to donate money to lunch accounts for students in a nearby school.

The Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Lijiang, Yunnan is famous not only because lots of students there enter universities, but also because it is the first girls’ public high school that doesn’t charge students any money in our country — it’s free to everyone in it.

Nothing would have happened without Zhang Guimei, head teacher of the Huaping Senior High School for Girls. The 64-year-old woman has been fighting against the unfair things girls face in the mountain for a long time.

In 2001, Zhang noticed that many girls from poor families had little chance of getting education. Then the idea of starting a free school for girls came into her mind. To raise money, between 2002 and 2007, Zhang spent the summer and winter vacations on the streets asking people to give away money to her school. However, she only collected about 10, 000 yuan.

Later, a reporter reported her story. At last, she got one million yuan from the government, and the Huaping Senior School for Girls was opened in September, 2008.

There were many difficulties at first, but Zhang didn’t give up. “I want my students to go to good universities,” she said. So far, over 1, 600 girls have left school and received higher education at universities. These came at the cost of Zhang’s health.

When asked why she tried to help girls in the mountain, Zhang said, “Education for women can influence three generations (代).”

What kind of people can be called heroes? Sometimes if you are brave enough and always think about how to help others, you can become a hero.

After seeing the name “Li Xiaoxia” written on the back of a volunteers protective clothing, many people in Shenyang who were waiting for nucleic acid tests (核酸检测) wanted to know if the volunteer was China’s Olympic table tennis champion — Li Xiaoxia. In fact, it really was her!

Li saw medical workers and volunteers working hard when she took nucleic acid tests in the past. She decided to do something for the city’s pandemic (疫情) prevention (预防) and control.

Li told other volunteers as she left the testing place “Please protect yourselves while working. As long as I have time, I’ll fight against it together with you.”

“I’m doing my own part in the fight against it. Let’s overcome difficulties together. I just did small things. I hope the pandemic will be over soon,” Li wrote on the Internet.

Many people praised Li’s actions. They showed their opinions on the Internet. “You are so good. Please keep yourself safe as well,” one person said.

She is really great. When the country needed her, she tried her best to win the medals. When the society needed her, she became a hero in fighting against the virus.