HELPING A RURAL COMMUNITY
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When a foreign English teacher enters a classroom at Baojing Ethnic Middle School, the students applaud enthusiastically. They are so appreciative of these teachers coming into their small, rural city.
The utilization of foreign teachers is still in its beginning stage, and over time the presence of foreign teachers will have an even greater impact on cross-cultural dialogue and understanding.
In the People's Republic of China, rural citizens do not enjoy the same privileges as urban residents when it comes to university admission. A Beijing student, for example, enters the testing situation with a 400 (percentage of 60%) points already given to him or her.
With an average per capita income of $200 American dollars a year, many Baojing-area families struggle to put their children through school, which can cost more than their annual income (Baojing is one of China's 50 poorest counties). Nearly half of the 4,500 students live at the school because they come from farming families very far from town. Most of the students are also of minority descent, mostly Tujia and some Miao.
WAYS YOU CAN HELP
Sponsor a student
Tuition, room, and board for a student is approximately $350 American dollars a year. Any monetary contribution goes a long way.
Free Lunch Program
Baojing is one of the poorest 50 counties in China with per capita income less than $200 per year. In order to encourage poor parents to send their children to school, Kate Zhou and Barbara-Sue White have launched a free lunch program. 35 cents will buy one lunch for a poor student; $10 will cover 35 students and $100 will cover 350 students.
To donate lunch money, please contact Ms. Cynthia Fong. Ms. Fong is a retired Hawaii teacher from Kamuki Middle School, who taught English in Baojing for four months in 2003. She will be in charge of collecting money and sending money to the school. Her phone number is 808-941-3249
email: fongmujung@yahoo.com
Musical Instruments and Laptops
Baojing Minority Middle School and Baojing Arts Elementary have set up a Hawaii cultural program: Hawaii Ukulele Club and Western Music Choir Group (200 students). The two groups need used musical instruments: violins, guitars, flutes, ukuleles, trumpets, recorders and instruction manuals. There also a need for used laptop.
To donate used musical instruments and laptops call Professor Kate Zhou at katezhou@yifei.org
Our New Eye Care Program in Rural Hunan
We invite you to join us to bring eye care to poor rural children in China .
We are working with a group American volunteers who teach in rural Baoing to have optometrists come and give students eye exams. See more >>>
HELP!
Please help these children by sending a tax-deductible donation to the Education Advancement Fund International (EAFI) at:
3356 Francis Street
Honolulu HI 96815
USA
Our IRS code is: 41-2068745
For more information, please contact our Rural School in China Project Director
Maria Ching
Tel:808-2209630
