Namgtal Drolma (L) plays rope jumping with children at a welfare house in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 9, 2026. Namgtal Drolma, now 35, became a childcare worker at a Lhasa-based welfare house in early 2019. Together with other colleagues, she stays by the children's side 24 hours a day, taking only 40 days off each year. What they face every day are trivial yet challenging issues: toddlers soiling their pants, mischievous primary school students, and adolescents going through rebellious puberty.

Over nearly eight years, Drolma has truly felt the warmth through the time spent accompanying and caring for the children.

On the eve of this Mother's Day, Drolma received hada scarves, which symbolize purity and auspiciousness, and other gifts from the children. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Namgtal Drolma (L) hugs Lhapa Drolma, a girl living at the welfare house where she works, after hearing Lhapa Drolma read out a letter written for her in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 9, 2026. Namgtal Drolma, now 35, became a childcare worker at a Lhasa-based welfare house in early 2019. Together with other colleagues, she stays by the children's side 24 hours a day, taking only 40 days off each year. What they face every day are trivial yet challenging issues: toddlers soiling their pants, mischievous primary school students, and adolescents going through rebellious puberty.

Over nearly eight years, Drolma has truly felt the warmth through the time spent accompanying and caring for the children.

On the eve of this Mother's Day, Drolma received hada scarves, which symbolize purity and auspiciousness, and other gifts from the children. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Namgtal Drolma (L) washes shoes for children at a welfare house in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 9, 2026. Namgtal Drolma, now 35, became a childcare worker at a Lhasa-based welfare house in early 2019. Together with other colleagues, she stays by the children's side 24 hours a day, taking only 40 days off each year. What they face every day are trivial yet challenging issues: toddlers soiling their pants, mischievous primary school students, and adolescents going through rebellious puberty.

Over nearly eight years, Drolma has truly felt the warmth through the time spent accompanying and caring for the children.

On the eve of this Mother's Day, Drolma received hada scarves, which symbolize purity and auspiciousness, and other gifts from the children. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Namgtal Drolma shows a Mother's Day gift she received at a welfare house in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 9, 2026. Namgtal Drolma, now 35, became a childcare worker at a Lhasa-based welfare house in early 2019. Together with other colleagues, she stays by the children's side 24 hours a day, taking only 40 days off each year. What they face every day are trivial yet challenging issues: toddlers soiling their pants, mischievous primary school students, and adolescents going through rebellious puberty.

Over nearly eight years, Drolma has truly felt the warmth through the time spent accompanying and caring for the children.

On the eve of this Mother's Day, Drolma received hada scarves, which symbolize purity and auspiciousness, and other gifts from the children. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Namgtal Drolma (L) listens to Lhapa Drolma, a girl living at the welfare house where she works, read out a letter written for her in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 9, 2026. Namgtal Drolma, now 35, became a childcare worker at a Lhasa-based welfare house in early 2019. Together with other colleagues, she stays by the children's side 24 hours a day, taking only 40 days off each year. What they face every day are trivial yet challenging issues: toddlers soiling their pants, mischievous primary school students, and adolescents going through rebellious puberty.

Over nearly eight years, Drolma has truly felt the warmth through the time spent accompanying and caring for the children.

On the eve of this Mother's Day, Drolma received hada scarves, which symbolize purity and auspiciousness, and other gifts from the children. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Children present Namgtal Drolma (R) with Mother's Day gifts at a welfare house in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 9, 2026. Namgtal Drolma, now 35, became a childcare worker at a Lhasa-based welfare house in early 2019. Together with other colleagues, she stays by the children's side 24 hours a day, taking only 40 days off each year. What they face every day are trivial yet challenging issues: toddlers soiling their pants, mischievous primary school students, and adolescents going through rebellious puberty.

Over nearly eight years, Drolma has truly felt the warmth through the time spent accompanying and caring for the children.

On the eve of this Mother's Day, Drolma received hada scarves, which symbolize purity and auspiciousness, and other gifts from the children. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Namgtal Drolma changes the bedsheet for children at a welfare house in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 9, 2026. Namgtal Drolma, now 35, became a childcare worker at a Lhasa-based welfare house in early 2019. Together with other colleagues, she stays by the children's side 24 hours a day, taking only 40 days off each year. What they face every day are trivial yet challenging issues: toddlers soiling their pants, mischievous primary school students, and adolescents going through rebellious puberty.

Over nearly eight years, Drolma has truly felt the warmth through the time spent accompanying and caring for the children.

On the eve of this Mother's Day, Drolma received hada scarves, which symbolize purity and auspiciousness, and other gifts from the children. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Namgtal Drolma (C) plays gobang, a board game, with children at a welfare house in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 9, 2026. Namgtal Drolma, now 35, became a childcare worker at a Lhasa-based welfare house in early 2019. Together with other colleagues, she stays by the children's side 24 hours a day, taking only 40 days off each year. What they face every day are trivial yet challenging issues: toddlers soiling their pants, mischievous primary school students, and adolescents going through rebellious puberty.

Over nearly eight years, Drolma has truly felt the warmth through the time spent accompanying and caring for the children.

On the eve of this Mother's Day, Drolma received hada scarves, which symbolize purity and auspiciousness, and other gifts from the children. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)