UNICEF is also sending student supply kits, blackboards and generators, as well as warm clothing, boots, wool blankets and school supplies for children in both day and boarding schools.

Some of the items that youngsters are asked to locate are quite small, and the rabbit on the chalkboard has been almost erased and is very faint.

Lin Shui children in the West before Christmas Eve, in the fireplace or put a pillow next to the socks, waiting for Santa Claus in their sleep after a gift of socks on the inside.