Fifteen Tibetan orphans from the quake-hit Qinghai Province arrived in Beijing for rehabilitation on Tuesday, the Beijing Times reported.

Orphans from the quake-hit Qinghai Province in northwest China wave at charity workers when they reach Beijing by train.

A charity worker said the children, who were escorted by two teachers, were from a welfare house in Gyegu Town of Yushu County, the epicenter of the 7.1-magnitude earthquake on April 14.

When the earthquake hit, the children managed to run out of the shaking building. Some were taken back by relatives while 15 orphans had nowhere to go. Two teachers took them to Xining, the capital of Qinghai. There, they met two volunteers and finally got in touch with a charity organization in Beijing.

According to the head of the welfare house, the oldest orphan is 17 and the youngest is 10. Three of them caught a cold before the journey, two of whom suffered a low-grade fever. They have received medical treatment on the train and are recovering now.

A Tibetan child receives health check at the lounge in a railway station in Beijing.

The China Charities Aid Foundation for Children will be responsible for all the orphans' expenses in Beijing. Wei Jiuming, the chairman of the foundation, said they would first arrange an overall health check for the children. Psychological rehabilitation will begin only when they are accustomed to their new environment. Some general knowledge classes will also be arranged. The whole process will last three months, but Wei didn't reveal where the children would go afterward.

In the first few days in Beijing, the children will take a good rest. Other activities will be arranged according to how well they recover. Because most of them have never been to Beijing before, the welfare house and the foundation plan to take them to some famous scenic spots, such as the Great Wall, Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square.