Fading off the stars, she opens her arms in the African sunset: Lin Zhiling's gentleness resonates with the world

Jiuzhi Network News Without red carpet spotlights or exquisite dresses, 47-year-old Lin Zhiling stood on the red soil of Africa, wearing a white shirt and jeans, weaving her long hair into a braid and hanging it over her shoulders, facing the camera without makeup. The setting sun plated her with a warm golden outline, and she opened her arms as if to embrace all the life and stories in this land. In this group of photos, she is no longer the high-profile "Sister Zhiling", but just a traveler going to goodwill, using her lens to record the tenacity and warmth on the land of Africa under the MSF Maternal and Child Health Program.

At the beginning of the year, Lin Zhiling followed in the footsteps of Doctors Without Borders and set foot on the land of Africa. This is not a short public welfare visit, but a deep walk with awe and empathy. In front of MSF's white medical cart, she smiled and made a gentle gesture; in the simple diagnosis room, she carefully held the local baby, gently holding the child's head with her fingertips, her eyes full of pity; She squatted on the ground and held the African woman's hand. The two looked at each other and smiled, and the language gap quietly melted in her sincere eyes. She wrote on Weibo: "I have seen too much strength and touching along the way, the fragility and preciousness of life, the tenacity and kindness of life." A few words express her observation and respect for this land.

This trip to Africa is an extension of Lin Zhiling's path of public welfare and her practice of "goodwill without borders". As early as 2011, she established the Sister Zhiling Charity Foundation. She has been deeply involved in the field of maternal and infant health and child care for many years, from the "Sister Zhiling Children's Home" in remote villages in China to today's humanitarian medical journey across mountains and seas., her kindness has always focused on the softest corner of life. During this trip to Africa, she cooperated with Médecins sans Frontières to promote maternal and child health programs, went deep into local communities, and witnessed the daily medical support of medical staff to pregnant women and newborns. She also used companionship and listening to bring warmth to local women and children. In the photo, the serious manner in which she communicated with the medical staff and the big smile when she sat around with the children let us see that public welfare has never been a slogan, but a down-to-earth rush time and time again.

In the spotlight, Lin Zhiling was once known to the public for her elegant and gentle image; on the land of Africa, she shed off her stars and talked to life in the simplest manner. She did not deliberately stir up feelings or overexpose herself. She just used the camera to record what she saw and felt, hoping to let more people see the plight of mothers and babies in Africa and the power of life. Her figure with open arms in the sunset is like a gentle hug, embracing the suffering and hope in this land, as well as her original intention of public welfare that has remained unchanged for twenty years.
This time, Lin Zhiling used her actions to tell us that gentle power can always cross mountains and seas and illuminate every corner that needs to be seen.