The annual Japan Time Readers’ Fund has helped a variety of nonprofit organizations work to improve education and living conditions in developing countries. This article and a subsequent one will attempt to explain how the donations have been used.
Tongcua, who appears short and skinny in his file photo, lives in the slums of Muntinlupa, a city south of Manila.
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