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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...
Yaoqin Yang (杨耀琴 )
$250 of $250 donated
Yunnan, China
I have a younger brother who is also studying at the Taian Middle School, so there are only two people in my family who are working, my mother and my father. In addition, my mother is getting older and her health is deteriorating, so sometimes she can’t work. There have even been times when our income has not been enough to pay for her medicine. My father works long hours in the fields, but still there are years when we can’t afford to buy anything, since we have little land and low income. Our family has no income except what is earned from farming. Sometimes my family can’t afford to pay my living expenses, and this becomes a problem. Even though their lives are so difficult, my parents have never said they don’t want my brother and me to go to school. They only continue to say that we only have one chance to do well in school, so we must do our best and not miss this opportunity. These words really touch my heart. Since the school is far from home and our parents have no ...
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