The following article is about a new lunch program in rural schools administered by Light of Love, an organization dedicated to rural health and education. This article consists of a series of updates on the implementation of a new lunch program at a given school district.
-- Winter break went by very quickly. On March 1, the school district where Light of Love works had its first school day. Throughout the holiday, the Light of Love team has helped putting a smile on many underprivileged students. This year, there are 55 children whose lunch is provide by Transparent Fish. When school started, the staff told this good news to the children, whose faces became full of joy and happiness. They no longer had to eat cold food, potatoes, and rice dipped in spicy sauce every day. The school district approved paper work for the lunch program and preparations were set to begin at the start of the semester. Although the teachers were kept very busy, seeing the children’s happiness made each one of them as well as the Light of Love staffers very happy. Being caught off guard Yesterday, the funds had not arrived yet, but volunteers and staffers at Light of Love still wanted to get the kids to eat their first "love lunch" of the year. After cooking for the kids, we realized that there were many more students than before. Because of the short notice, the teachers and staffers decided to let the kids eat first. The staff had a lot of fun just seeing how much the kids enjoyed the food. Then, all the teachers ate some noodles. There were also a lot of parents who came out, all of whom were quite happy. The Light of Love community feels grateful for everyone’s help. The following is a budget update from Light of Love, an organization dedicated to rural health and education in Western China. For more information, please see here. The article strives to convey the transparent practices of Light of Love, in corporation with the Tfish Fund, by making public its financials.
-- Application amount: Per quarter: 13200 yuan (lunch funds) + 120 yuan (dining monthly) + 100 yuan (subsidy for phone call) = 13420 yuan; In total: 39600 yuan (lunch funds) + 360 yuan (dining monthly) + 300 yuan (subsidy for phone calls) = 40260 yuan. Each quarter needs three sets of "dining monthly calendar”: 40 yuan/set * 3 sets = 120 yuan; A year requires nine pieces, for a total of 40 * 9 = 360 yuan. Each quarter, phone subsidy of RMB 100 for who’s responsible for the investigation in secret by phone, a yearly subsidy of RMB 300. Green Pond Elementary School costs 13200 yuan for funding children in poverty a quarter (3 months). A year (three quarters, the third quarter-July-September’s funding is not calculated because students are on vacation) total student funding is 39600 yuan (for details, see the above "Subsidizing Money Estimation"). Grants can be given once a quarter, grants are done by local volunteer teacher for poor students, and later feedbacks were also done by teacher volunteers and members of Love Light public welfare. The following article is written by a representative from Light of Love, a student organization that strives to improve the quality of life in rural China. For more information about this group, please visit here. The article below describes a process of brainstorm and revision to create “student aid” programs in rural China.
-- In recent years, grassroots NGOs have been developing rapidly, claiming their irreplaceable role in civil society. Their activities benefit all types of people in different places in China, generally improving our society. They have even started a frenzy of college students participating in public service. The students use their winter or summer holidays to engage in volunteering, most of which are teaching activities. Such work contributes to the integration of resources between urban and rural areas, and also benefit the NGOs. Of course, theses teaching programs still struggle with some shortcomings, but many of the more mature teams have taken into account these deficiencies and are working hard to improve their services. These organizations include Beijing Western Sunshine Rural Development Foundation, Chunhui Youth Community Development Center, Guangzhou Lighthouse program, China teaching service, Love Ants, etc. Likewise, the community of Light of Love has made appropriate changes to its education services, adding more activities in hopes of making our own mark in educational progresses in our country. We believe that with everyone’s hard work, there will be better programs to replace the defective ones. |
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