Named after Wim Wenders' documentary "The Salt of the Earth," SEESALT Terra began in 2019 as a grassroots poverty initiative in UWC Changshu China. The name deliberately evokes both witnessing ("see") and the essential workers ("salt of the earth") who sustain society from its margins—the same invisible laborers Sebastião Salgado documented worldwide.

Starting with one-to-one interventions in Yanli Village, the initiative connected unemployed residents with 30 local businesses, achieving an 8.8% monthly salary growth for participants. Success came not from imposing solutions, but from weaving together road builders, textile workers, hospital staff, and entrepreneurs—letting communities "sew themselves" back together.

Today, SEESALT Terra operates as a social initiative incubation center, while Moonhalo—a specialized team under Zhijun's direct leadership—continues the original poverty reduction work. This evolution embodies what Salgado's photography ultimately sought: not just documenting the salt of the earth, but cultivating conditions where their humanity can flourish. The core principle remains unchanged: sustainable change emerges when marginalized communities become architects of their own transformation, with outsiders serving merely as the needle that connects the fabric.