Roundabout Charity Book Fair on World Book Day This Saturday

Mina Yan | Apr 22, 2022 11:56 am | Add a comment | 131 reads

The next Roundabout charity bookfair will be held this Saturday (Apr 23) at Beijing International Bilingual Academy (BIBA) from 10am-3pm.

This upcoming charity bookfair will be raising funds to help XuXu, an 11-year-old boy from Xi’an who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2017. XuXu has undergone 15 rounds of chemotherapy within the last 18 months.

Over the past few years, his family has spent RMB 300,000 on his treatment. They have done all that they can in order to support his treatments, but the financial difficulties have taken a toll.

Doctors believe that CAR-T therapy will be the first step in his treatment, followed by radiotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. The estimated cost will be another RMB 30,000, which the family simply can’t afford. To date, they’ve managed to save RMB10,000 towards XuXu’s treatment.

This upcoming bookfair is being held in hopes of raising the remaining balance for XuXu’s treatment.

On top of the good cause, the Roundabout bookfairs are always a fun family event! You’ll find a variety of children’s and adult books in both English and Chinese.