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Anhui Farmers' Cooperative is an organization for farmers' rights, and has undertaken several community development projects.  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.
Anhui Farmers' Cooperative is an organization for farmers' rights, and has undertaken several community development projects. It has been nearly half a year since we had the idea to build a cultural courtyard. In the process of construction, many stories were moved. The participation of seniors and children made me feel united and warm.
Sand, building stones, and children putting bricks together. The aged also joined the process of putting bricks in order to be put on concrete after we paved the place with broken bricks instead of building stones.
An agitator, a handcart, and a polisher. It looks very different. Several days ago, an old man came to help. Unfortunately, he suddenly passed away. It was not possible for the old man to ever walk on the cement ground and see us dancing on it. I was deeply touched by the large family. Each one in the family is so sweet.. We will remember our smiles, sweat, and songs forever.  Original article written by Yunbiao Yang, edited by Shishi Ma, and translated by US interns Ally Nguyen and Lauren Kam.
At 9:30 pm on May 15, 2012 “Sing for Workers”, a New Workers Art Ensemble, arrived in Fuyang, Anhui Province. Fuyang is a city with a population of 10 million. Notorious events such as the “White House death sentence”, tainted-milk scandal, and farmers petition, have caused high public attention. On the other hand, the struggles show the local people’s admirable courage to fight against injustices in society. It did not occur to us that our planned public performance was canceled by the government without any reason. The performance had been approved by Anhui Province Non-government Organization Administration and Anhui Province Social Work Association. It was noted as a non-profit and positive public activity. What did the government think? We had prepared and looked forward to our performance for a long time, but when the unexpected result came to us, we were very disappointed. We sang in the street and it felt great, no one could stop us from singing. On the morning of May 16, we were invited to participate in the 14th anniversary celebration of Nan Tang Xing Farmer Cooperative. We decided to put our stage here. The construction site, firm, and farmlands belonged with our image on stage. Yang Yunbiao, director-general of Nan Tang Xing Farmer Cooperative, made a speech. He recalled the struggling history of our cooperative. He had mobilized all the members and villagers to build a cooperative monument which was used to remember the history of fighting for dreams.
Today I stood here and thought of what we were 14 years ago. At that time there were unreasonable charges and mistaken arrests in each village. Villagers petitioned the government but were hurt instead…
That was why we founded a cooperative. We never forgot the history and clearly remembered those comrades who fought with us. They are: Tang Dianlin, Tang Wanwei, Liu Junyun, Tangjin Gang, Tang Dianhua, Tang Jinfu, Zhang Wenhua, Wang Xiuhua, Tan Zixia, Dang Yongju, Zhao Keling, Yang Ganli, Jia Hongying, Zhang Yong, Wang Silin, Wang Shaocheng, Wu Shibin, Ning Kesheng, Zhang Yubin, Chen Yuying, Wang Sihai,Xu Yulong, Liu Shiguang, Liu Jianchun, Yang Baochao, Liu Xiubang, Gao Shiyou, Liu Yuxi, Liu Yulian, Zhang Jinxi, Zhang Hengqin, and Zhang Xuesheng. Many of them left from the cooperative for various reasons. We will never forget their great effort and struggle for rights. I remembered our best honored friend Liu Laoshi and how we shared our new career as the Senior Association and Women Art Team. It was a great challenge to sing songs with smiles on our faces when we did not wipe tears from our faces. Although there was no money, audio, or locations, we had passion, spirits of sacrifice, and communication at that time. That was enough for us.  Anhui Farmers' Cooperative is an organization for farmers' rights, and has undertaken several community development projects. To read more about Anhui Farmers' Cooperative, click here. Yubiao writes the following poem about their successes in the past year: The hearts of kind people are boiling in the hot summer. Our unyielding footprints are left in green farmlands… Remember our tears falling for rights Remember our courage fighting for votes Remember our unity in the local police station Remember our joy electing the top 10 good daughters-in-law Remember our warm hearts for donation Remember our solemnity in memorial ceremony Remember our laughs in the farms Remember our excellent performances in temple fairs Remember our delight in extra meetings Remember our endeavors and sweat
Yet we have not forgotten the building finance scandal, the shame of our jerry-built project, and the bad behavior done to the office facilities. These lessons will remain close to our hearts forever, because they are precious treasures. Many members stood in silence as they saw slides of our cooperative. They all began reminiscing, reliving the past memories. It wasn't easy for us to endure fourteen years of constant trial. The day the monument was unveiled was one that would be well worth remembering. The monument shelters our memories and hope. It stands firm as our spirit support. It allowed us to believe that our cooperative would get better and better...
Original article written by Yunbiao Yang, translated by Shishi Ma, and edited by US interns Isabel Auyeung and Kevin Mo.
Anhui Farmers' Cooperative is an organization for farmers' rights, and has undertaken several community development projects. To read more about Anhui Farmers' Cooperative, click here. -- We recently had a cooperative meeting. We had delayed the 2011 cooperative meeting because we had a lot of work at the end of the year. Before the meeting started, everyone got together and sang the choral song “Red East,” which created a festive atmosphere. This was soon followed by the host’s artillery sound, announcing the start of the meeting.  Soon after, Yang Yun Biao, who is in charge of the agriculture cooperative society, gave a speech, and then the wine shop people and other members also made a report. At the very end, the principal (actually a retired principal, who now works with the agriculture cooperative society, but everyone still calls him the principal) announced the bonus plan. This year's bonus money is coming with the purchase of agricultural resources.
Anhui Farmers' Cooperative is an organization for farmers' rights, and has undertaken several community development projects. To read more about the organization, click here. -- We recently held our first reading class of 2012, designed for children in the community to develop an interest in reading and to practice their reading skills. We initially planned to accommodate 20 to 30 students, but only 10 ended up making the class. I was particularly touched during the introductory activity, when the children were asked to draw a picture of their mothers and share one thing they did with them. Then, we gave the children a book to read, and discussed what the main character in the story did with her family. This prompted the kids to ask questions and compare their activities at home with the ones they read in the book. Although this was a simple exercise, it piqued the children's interest for the rest of the session. Without a captivating beginning, it is easy for the children to quickly lose interest!
Overall, most of the students had a wonderful time. Thank you! We will continue to work hard in the future.
-- Original Story by Yang YunBiao; translated by Shishi Ma; edited by Emily Cheng Anhui Farmers' Cooperative is an organization for farmers' rights, and has undertaken several community development projects. To read more about the Anhui Farmers' Cooperative, click here. -- On the morning of New Year’s Day, the Cooperative’s venues slowly brought together many local villagers. It is always this exciting every New Year’s Day, and this year was no exception. With the voice of the host announcing the start of activities, the crackling sound of the firecrackers ushered in the New Year.  Immediately the activities began. The first activity was ZaShaBao ("toss the sandbags"). Each person has three sandbags, and, on their turn, stands outside a line 6 meters away from the bottles and tries to hit the bottles using the sandbags. Each successful hit is rewarded with a lollipop. Due to the simplicity of this game, people of all ages participated, and almost everyone won a lollipop.
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