Students take a bakery class in the Love+Hope vocational training center in Beijing on April 11. This private institution was established in 2006 and has trained nearly 600 teenagers from all over China in the past 16 years. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

A student carves teeth into soap during a primary dental care class. The center provides four major training programs to students, including dental care, baking, textile design and taekwondo. Currently, it has about 50 students. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

Guo Jie sows a pencil box during a textile design on March 30. The students here all have experienced difficulty completing their studies in regular schools. Some suffer from physical or mental disabilities, and some are left-behind children. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

Shao Jin, who likes to keep to himself, plays the Rubik’s Cube at the center on April 18. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

Liu Chang (center) tries to catch the highest horizontal bar during a morning exercise session. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

Students play with a stray cat during lunch break on April 15. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

Gao plays guitar during lunch break on April 2. He is now teaching the dental program and assisting music and taekwondo classes at the center after graduating there in 2018. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

Students help to repair the campus as the center moved to this new campus last year in December. Jin, the center’s principal, believes those physical tasks are good for students. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

Students unload supplies donated by others on March 30. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

Students watch a film during a Friday screening night on April 15. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

Students view their certifications at a graduating ceremony on July 2. After graduating, some students have found jobs in Beijing, and some have returned to their hometowns. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin

Lights illuminate a classroom at the center. Several classrooms made of repurposed shipping containers have been set up on the center’s new campus. The center welcomed 18 new students in September, who will study there for the next three years. Photo: Ding Ke, intern reporter/Caixin