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Life Track Changed: CEAir Flight Attendants from Guoluo, Qinghai

It meant different to Lager Dolma to come back to Shanghai again. This Tibetan girl came from Qinghai Guoluo autonomous prefecture and started to receive training at China Eastern headquarter for 3 months in Shanghai, and then became a flight attendant. It all started in 2015. At that time, the "Shanghai-Guoluo Vocational Education Alliance " was formally established, 19 Guoluo girls, including Lager Dolma, came to Shanghai to study aviation services, their life paths have been changed since then. The news that the daughter of herdsman would become a flight attendant made a big splash in her hometown.

Some journalist went to visit the home of Lager Dolma-Dari county, Guoluo where Shanghai is assigned to support. At that time, Shanghai was still in summer when Gluoluo was covered with snow. Lager Dolma, as a child, lived in pasturing area, her parents passed away one by one when she was just 8 years old. She was adopted and raised by her father`s older brother. In 2006, 11-year old Lager Dolma went to study in Guoluo prefecture Daozha charity institution, but afterwards she was faced with the harsh question of continual study or work. The principle of the institution told Lager Dolma to register for the exam of Shanghai Pudong Foreign Affairs Service School. “It was the first time that I was told to go to Shanghai to study” Lager Dolma said.

Lager Dolma finally passed muster after several interviews. In 2015, she, together with other over 60 students, went to Shanghai after 30-hour train journey. She enjoyed tuition & fee waiver during her study and was treated as the daughter by her class instructor. They had a lot of talks. In 2017, she worked in Xining airport as an intern. 1 year later, she sent application to China Eastern and got employed with her 3 classmates. Lager Dolma`s personal photo was found at the 5th Anniversary Expo of Shang-Guoluo Vocational Education Alliance held in Guoluo Vocational Technical School. She was tall and smiley in the photo. From Guoluo to Shanghai, the prosperous Shanghai shows a modern life completely different from their hometown. And in here, their dreams will come true one by one.