Father-of-2 labours as a decorator by day and a chauffeur by night to make 7 deprived kids’ lives better

Yang Jun says working to provide for seven children from other families, as well as his own, means he hardly has time to sleep

Late-night viral video of decorator-cum-chauffeur explaining his life generates a shower of praise on social media

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A man in China works two jobs to support his two children, and five other kids from poor families. Photo: SCMP Composite

Published: 4:00pm, 17 Jun 2022Updated: 4:11pm, 17 Jun 2022

You might not think a nighttime video of a man waiting for clients to make use of chauffeur service while eating a traditional Chinese savior crepe for dinner would be likely to go viral.

But you would be wrong. In the video – which has moved many people to tears online – 35-year-old Yang Jun, from Fuyang, Anhui province in eastern China, describes how he works hard to support not only the two children he and his wife have, but seven more children whose families have genuine problems looking after them on their own.

To fund his Good Samaritan work, Yang labours as a decoration worker by day and a chauffeur by night.

“I typically work until midnight, and sometimes until 2 or 3am,” said Yang, who – perhaps understandably – appears older than his age, told the person making the video on May 27.

Yang says he only rests for about five hours per day. Photo: BBRTV

Having two jobs severely limits Yang’s time for rest, and he claims to sleep fewer than five hours a day.

Yang said that he began supporting the first child in 2014 and gradually funded more children from another two families that same year.

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