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Leprosy Compassion Ministry: TFish Field Visit (1)

12/28/2012

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People with leprosy are sent to isolated villages where they are deemed as abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to leprosy villages and provide medical, living, and psychological assistance.
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The night of 11/4, teacher Liang arranged a mini-van and told the driver to take off at 9:30 next morning for Luquan.  The road condition is relatively good inside the city, but it got more bumpy as we got off the city limit. Especially when the mini-van traveled on the dirt road in the countryside, I felt as though the mini-van were dancing. As the road condition got less comfortable, my initial curiosity and excitement subsided, and my mind evolved into a state of unrest.

Before we entered the leprosy village in the mountain, we rarely see any pedestrians or cars, other than a few big trucks transporting mines. This tells us how remote and isolated this mountain village is. These villagers settled down here are all by themselves.

We took off at 9:30 am and arrived at 12:30 in the afternoon. The path of the entrance to the village was covered by weeds and we could barely see the road. The village seemed like it had been abandoned long ago.

Hearing the sound of car horns, old Xu ran and helped us open the car door. The first thing that caught our eyes was a cluster of bright yellow corn hanging under the eaves. These yellow corns brought a glimmer of vitality to the village.

The Luquan village is home to eight residents, but the day we went, only five were home. Please follow the photos below, and get to know these villagers!
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December 14th, 2012

12/14/2012

 
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Happy Holidays 
& Presenting the 2012 Donor Book

Seasons greetings to all of our supporters! 2012 has been a year of unprecedented growth at the TFish Fund, with nearly 200 East Asian grassroots NGOs joining our family and a dozen of them being promoted to strategic partnership. While all this development has been exciting, we realize that it could not have been possible without the generous donations and constant encouragements from friends like you.

To honor the contribution you have made to TFish Fund in 2012, we have put together this Donor Book. It contains photos, anecdotes, and updates from the field that bring to life the far-reaching impact of your support. We hope that our partner organizations highlighted in the book will encourage and inspire you - they certainly have touched all of our hearts here.

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It is a joy and a privilege serving with you. Thank you again and Happy Holidays!


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Spring Center Updates

12/14/2012

 
 “Change yourself, change the world!” The Spring Youth Welfare Development Center was established to improve the lives of children in the Jiangsu Province and other areas. Find out more about the Spring Center here.

Every time I opened Transparent Fish Fund's homepage I always felt embarrassed since I could never remember the date of the latest update. It has been so long that it seems like we have disappeared from the earth. But in fact, we have not.
We hope that we can carry out more activities. Currently, however, Spring Center can only organize activities under the identity of the youth self-organizing because it lacks its own legitimacy. Therefore, we are doing our best to get help from foundations concerned about the children's welfare in some regions in East China. We eagerly hope that they can permit us to become their secondary institutions to win the legal status and more social resources for Spring Center.

At the same time, we are actively connected with rural schools, the education bureau, and other departments or organizations in northern Jiangsu to build up voluntary teaching groups by college students from Subei. Thus, during the winter vacation, they can go to Subei to hold activities with rural children in rural areas to enrich their life. Recently, the voluntary teaching places and schemes are set down gradually. Then I want to update it on the homepage of TFish after confirmation. But Miss Wang told me that we’d better update it in a more timely manner than wait for everything to be done. Therefore, we’ll put more information about our activities on the homepage, whether successful or not, to share with all of you. We hope to get your advice and support!


Update was written by Yunjie Yun, translated by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Lauren Kam and Kevin Mo.

Abinism Children's Home: Rediscover Transparent Fish Fund

12/14/2012

 
Abinism Children's Home is a public service platform designed to help and support albinos and their families living in China. The organization's main goal is to improve living standards and promote equal participation in society for albinos.
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It is a great honor for Albinism Children’s Home to cooperate with Transparent Fish Fund with the help of Mrs. Hu. As the director of the initial project, I was ashamed that I hadn’t gotten the interactive model of TFF. It was during Mr. Wang’s visit in October to Xi’an when we were finally able to exchange ideas, and I rediscovered TFF.

Honestly speaking, this is the first time I publicized news in my own account, and in the past, it is Mrs. Hu who propagates our projects. I had planned to do this after Mr. Wang left, but all the workers were exhausted from the national exchanging of meeting of families with children suffering from albinism in November until last week. Since then, I have had a toothache and pulled out the first tooth, so now I have the opportunity to improve myself.

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Pok Oi Team: Heart for the Poor

12/14/2012

 
The Pok Oi team was initiated by college students from the Gansu province with the hopes of serving the poor and creating a positive social atmosphere. Read more about the Pok Oi team here.
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Yang Yuanning, in the view of outsiders, as the granddaughter of Wang Yongqing, was born noble and wealthy. She was a gifted child and passed the exam with the highest scores in all of Brazil to get into a medical school. She received her degree in biochemistry at New York Rockefeller University and a medical degree at Weill Cornell Medical College.

By the time she was 16 years old, Yang Yuanning had published 7 children’s books invoking considerably deep thought. She attended fashion show held by the New York Fashion Week at the age of 17. And she was admitted to Harvard University at the age of 18, majoring in both biology and Eastern philosophy, and completing the required scores of philosophy in her sophomore year.

It is of great significance for Yang Yuanning to be born wealthy--not because of the endless amount of money, but because she had the best educational environment as well as good family traditions – strong effort, thriftiness, and helping others.


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Wild Lily: Field Visit to Shengli Primary School

12/14/2012

 
Wild Lily Foundation is an NGO that focuses on supporting school children with generally low nutrient intake, and helping them to balance their physical and mental developments.
June Wang’s Diary Book
http://www.toumingyu.org/junewang/story/12601/
Time: 30th October, 2012
Corporate Institution: Rattlebush Union for Public Services
Person in charge: Fang Xiaogang
Project: Egg Plan for Shengli Primary School

We departed at 8:30. We walked on a smooth road with beautiful scenery for several miles. Then, we began to climb a rugged mountain path.
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Wild Lily: Visit to Nongyou Primary School, Guangxi

12/14/2012

 
Wild Lily Foundation is an NGO that focuses on supporting school children with generally low nutrient intake, and helping them to balance their physical and mental developments.

After leaving Shengli elementary school, we went straight to the Nongyou teaching point, which was not located anywhere near the road, so we needed to head up and down the hill to get there.

The implementation of the Egg Plan occasionally needs support from both school and parents, Fang Xiaogang explained. The eggs sent here need to be distributed to each school by volunteers.

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HIking up the rugged mountain road
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Nongyou Primary School
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Seeing Yunyun panting made me feel slightly less bad about my poor physical shape
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The children were already in class when we got there

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Wild Lily: Visit to Youqui Village Wanquan Primary School

12/14/2012

 
Wild Lily Foundation is an NGO that focuses on supporting school children with generally low nutrient intake, and helping them to balance their physical and mental developments. 

It took us a lot of time to go to Nongyou Primary School from the main road. Fortunately, Youqi primary school was not far from where we were.


Bird's-eye view: Youqi Wanquan primary school.
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We asked about the eggs and rice program at the school. We also checked the children's dormitory. They have no decent bedding, and some of them even sleep in the floor. Their towels and basins are old and ragged.
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Anhui Farmers' Cooperative: Sharing Some of My Feelings of Choosing Social Work

12/11/2012

 
Anhui Farmers' Cooperative is an organization for farmers' rights, and has undertaken several community development projects. 
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Before I joined the Transparent Fish Community, I had already heard of many aiding projects supported by The Ping & Amy Chao Family Foundation in Gansu and Sichan provinces. As I visited many other NGOs who got help from Transparent Fish, I felt it was a good platform committing to offer aid to those with need. As a new starter, I really hope I can learn a lot from experienced NGOs and help convey my affection to those in need.


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Leprosy Compassion Ministry: Field Visit (2)

12/11/2012

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People with leprosy are sent to isolated places without families or friends to support them emotionally of physically. They are abandoned and forgotten by society. The Shalom Leprosy Compassion Ministry has a heart for these people and organizes groups of volunteers to travel to leprosy villages and provide medical, living, and psychological assistance. 

Today, we visited four patients: Laoxu, Xiaosuo's grandparents, and Laoli.
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This is Laoxu, an honest and friendly man who has lived in the village for over 40 years. His left knee and two feet have ulcers in variable degrees due to the large amount of farm work he is accustomed to. His left knee shows deterioration more than before because he is constantly squatting during his work.

Teacher Liang and Xiaoli keeps a record on Laoxu's fester. The ointment they use is very effective, and they decide to send the great news to volunteers in America.

Teacher Liang is very glad to see that Laoxu's right leg has recovered, and she checks his feet to see whether they have also been getting better.

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