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Jianping He (何建平)
$280 of $280 donated
Sichuan, China
Like many in my village, I did not own my first set of clothing until I was five years old. My family had been too poor to buy cloth. My family rents fields from others, and my father works a second job as a manual laborer downtown. My family must pay tuition for my brother and me – I am in middle school and my brother is in elementary school. During one tough time, I dropped out of class for a semester because my family couldn’t afford my tuition fee. Originally, I lived in a remote rural area, from where children would walk five hours to get to school since public transportation was not available. My old home was about 5 miles away from my current school. Everyday, I had to walk for an hour and a half to get to school. Because my parents wanted my brother and me to be closer to school, we decided to move, and found a nice neighbor willing to rent some farmland out. Unfortunately, the weather was very bad. When there was a storm, my family would have nothing to eat for several ...
Jinhua Shen (申金华 )
$195 of $195 donated
Sichuan, China
I come from a poor village. My family has no income besides a couple acres of sterile farmland. The output of our fields couldn’t even support our basic daily expenses. Because we couldn’t afford the tuition fee, I dropped out of school for one year when I was in elementary school. In order to continue my education, I did some labor, and my father borrowed a little money from his relatives and neighbors. My elementary school was three hours away from my home, and the bus ride took two hours. I had little money for other expenses like food. I usually skipped meals at school and stayed hungry. Day by day, I went hungry until I graduated from elementary school. Eventually, I got accepted by the County Middle School. Holding the admission letter, I was so happy, but only for a while. My father told me that he couldn’t afford to pay for my tuition fees. I worked hard during that summer and tried to earn enough money to be able to attend. Unfortunately, I still didn’t have enough ...
More for Migrant Kids (为了民工子弟的明天)
$300 of $300 donated
Shanghai, China
In China, the children of migrant laborers are extremely vulnerable. Due to the limitations of the "hukou" (household registration) system, rural children who accompany their parents to find work in the cities are often deprived of educational opportunities. Recent research has clearly demonstrated that migrant children are much less likely than other children to complete the nine years of compulsory education mandated by the Chinese government. The project “More for Migrant Kids” was launched in 2005. Through the MMK program, TECC volunteers provide extracurricular programs to these disadvantaged students and contribute to their academic and cultural development. Volunteers from SJTU and Fudan University serve as tutors in primary schools for migrant children, holding reading, writing and computer skills workshops. TECC volunteers also organize special events, such as painting competitions, and field trips to museums to expose the students to art and cu...
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