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In recent
years, more and more people living in rural areas in
China are migrating to major cities to work yet their children have been left
behind in the rural villages. According to 5th China population census, total
number of these "left-behind" children reached to 20 millions, and the number is
growing continuously.
Concerning
about these "left behind" children, China Connection Education Service, Hunan
Television, Hunan Province Woman Association and Hunan Television Program
Company co-organized an
English summer camp from 7 July to 1 August 2007 for these children.
12 foreign
teachers and 5 Chinese assistants from over the world including Hong Kong, USA,
UK and Australia joined the program as volunteers. Around 400 students
participated in the camp. Many of them have never seen the foreign faces
before. At the beginning, they were afraid to look at the teachers yet after a
few days we could see their behavior changed significantly. We could see a
major progress of their English level and above all, they gained a lot of
self-confidence. We believe this will make a long lasting positive impact on
their life.
To create a good learning
environment for the children in Luo Gan Town, Xing Ling City of Guangdong
Province, China Connection Education Service and Xing Ling Government are
working together to re-build the dilapidated and aged school in Luo Gan
Town named Hong Qi Primary School. China Connection will donate 800,000
dollars in re-building all the facilities of the school, which is expected
to be completed by the end of 2008. But building the facilities is only the
first step. China Connection will also donate additional 200,000 dollars
to set up an Education Foundation for the children of the school, and invest
in people and time to assist in re-developing the curriculum for the school,
hoping that the children in the school will receive the same quality of
education as students in an affluent community.
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