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A woman has been hailed a hero after details of her astonishing work with abandoned children has emerged.Lou Xiaoying, now 88 and suffering from kidney failure, found and raised more than 30 abandoned Chinese babies from the streets of Jinhua, in the eastern Zhejiang province where she managed to make a living by recycling rubbish.

Lou Xiaoying has been praised in China for saving more than 30 abandoned babies over the years

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Lou, left, caring her the babies with her husband Li Zin. She would give them to friends and family after she rescued them

Lou is now dying from kidney failure. She is pictured here with two of the children she helped rescued

A little boy who was found abandoned by Lou is now cared for by her older children. The family have little money but still managed to save dozens of children

Lou made a living from collecting and recycling rubbish, she said that she would never leave the children after coming across them, abandoned