Dear all at Ann-Hua, greetings!

Dear Ann-Hua families, students, teachers and friends,

As the season turns crisp and cool, Ann-Hua Rainbow Project volunteer team members would like to extend our warm greetings and thanks. Thank you to all of you who have supported and donated to the Rainbow Project to directly help one of the 148 disadvantaged students that Rainbow currently supports in the vast rural and remote places of China, from Jiangxi to Yunnan, to Sichuan and to Qinghai.

As we are relieved to send off our children to school in this season, or excited to go back to the classroom, let us remember that at this same moment, these 148 school children are relying on us to continue the privilege and pride of basic education. There is no better time than NOW to again open our heart, pull out our checkbook, so we could meet the hope and anxiety of these bright and beautiful children.

Rainbow Project volunteers will be at Ann Hua School from 9am to 6pm on the following four Sundays of September 12, 19, 26, and October 3, to chat with you and accept your donation. We’d like to urge you to take 5 minutes of your busy time to come in to school and see us. In case you are unable, we urge you to contact one of the following Rainbow volunteers in town at any time:

Ms. Xiaohong Chen	陈小虹	xiaohong_chen@hotmail.com	(734) 623-9604
Ms. Tsu Cheng	钟素粧	tsuccheng@gmail.com	(734) 973-9539，(734) 239-5730
Ms. Mengdan Chu	储梦丹	acer_rocks@yahoo.com	(734) 222-8510
Ms. Hong Jiang	江虹	jhong5@yahoo.com	(734) 495-9122
Mr. Jiang Jiang	江江	jiangj56@hotmail.com	734-418-0558
Ms. Ying Pei	裴颖	ying_pei@hotmail.com	(734) 717 - 9958
Mr. Wei Wang	王伟	ww@9rivers.com	(734) 418-8385
Ms. Qi Wu	吴琪	angel_11735@yahoo.com	(734) 327-9528，(734) 255-0567
Mr. Jianming Xiang	向建明	jmxxdrnx@umich.edu	(734) 332-0701

Please also visit our website at http://rainbow.annhua.org for more information. Rainbow Project maintains direct relationship with the schools and students we support, as well as zero overhead as our team members are all strict volunteers. Your donation to Rainbow is of course tax-deductable.

We’d also like to take this opportunity to share with you our Student Action Team. Rainbow Project Student Action Team is consisted of a group of highly motivated young people who are passionate about supporting the education of disadvantaged children in China and have been rigorously involved in numerous Rainbow Project fundraising activities. We’d like to commend our Student Action Team members for their dedicated efforts and contributions, and to encourage more young people to join the cause. For more information, please visit our webpage at http://rainbow.annhua.org/team-ahrp/student-team

Thank you very much and we look forward to seeing and hearing from you soon!

Sincerely,

Ann-Hua Rainbow Project Volunteer Team

中国西南诸省目前旱灾严重，我们能为他们做点什么？

中国南方，本来应该水土丰沛，本来不应该有这样满地的龟裂。但是现在说什么都不济事，只有那句话，我们能为他们做些什么？

Dear Ann Hua Students, Families and Friends,

Happy New Year!

We are proud that the Ann Hua community is a deeply loving and caring family. Each year, we extend our care and love across the ocean to the vast land of our ancestors and cultural roots. Our students and families never forget to donate our savings, our lucky money from the red envelopes, or our hard-earned wages from working part-time outside of school, to Ann Hua Rainbow Project, to be delivered directly to more than 100 disadvantaged students in rural China, from Qing Hai, Jiang Xi, He Bei, to Si Chuan, to help with those children’s education. In the spirit of the New Year and on behalf of all the students we sponsored in China, Rainbow Project volunteers would like to express heart-felt thanks and warm wishes to all Ann Hua students, families and friends. Thank you so much for your continued support and generosity.            

In addition, as a continuation of Ann Hua’s May 2008 disaster relief support to 100 Sichuan Earthquake affected children in Xiaojin County, A Ba Yi and Tibetan Ethnic Autonomous Region of Sichuan, starting 2010, we will continuously support 10 out of those 100 Xiaojin children each year going forward, to help them complete their elementary and secondary education. 

We will also continue to utilize our summer vacations to China to visit our sponsored students.

Please email Rainbow Project at rainbow@annhua.org if you would like to make a donation, and if you have any questions and comments. Your kind attention and tireless support is greatly appreciated. May the New Year bring you and your family peace and joy.

We would also like to acknowledge the following families and friends who donated in 2009（in no particular order):

 

苏向盈、江虹, 苏欣阳, 苏欣亮，苏欣侃

倪军、王英，倪安卓

刘毅，叶灿之

曹立群，章美玲，曹南西

陈一舫、贺雪立，陈江乐

张星钰、张辉镭，张婉昕

李松年，李安吉，李安妮

周时光、李英敏，Alan Zhou

李培忠, 李则翔, 李美麒, 李美麟

姜涛、蔡丽萍, 姜爱文, 姜凯文

白文玉, Gina Liu

马佳. Hao Yang, 杨怡钦, 杨新桉

吴逸平 (Jim), J. Zhang, Emily Wu

于九红, 刘昕宇、于昕洋

吕岩 (Anna), Owen Wu, 陈潭巍, 陈碧溪

覃振蔚，Hannah Qin

赵瑛, 杨翰汶博

刘亦虹, 江畅 (Athena)

Roy Caddell (罗伊), Hannah & Kiersten

古皓瑜, 张逸冰

贺百华, 易湘宜

胡晓英, 傅予蕾

郑碧霞, 吴宇晴

周楠

王健华

眭京红 (Sui) & Lizhong Zhou, 周嵩 (Oliver)

杨海军, 杨铮

谢菊

Liu Lufeng

Ichihan Tai  戴一帆

郑良根（ChinaVisaServices)

刘友军书展

Busch’s

Kroger

裴颖，陈 可

吴琪，陈鸣，陈天皓

黄峥，杨增全、杨闻忻

王伟、李林, 王若玫，王玥如，王心笛

陈哓虹，黄钢成，黄隆

钟素妆，姚金峰，姚于升， 姚于川

许朝晖，储梦丹，许储君，储许言

(We apologize in case we missed your name.)

Sincerely,

Ann Hua Rainbow Project Team

Pass Love Charity Foundation (爱心传递) is an not-for-profit organization with goals to support education in poor, rural areas in China.

Here is the PLCF's plan to build more rural libraries. If you are on Facebook, you are urged to this:

1. Become a fan of Chase Community Giving;
2. Vote for Pass Love Charity Foundation.

I support PLCF's effort and I hope you do, too.

Thanks for visiting!

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Disclaimer: This post is not an endorsement of PLCF by the Ann-Hua Rainbow Project team.

读了阮一峰的这篇《关注现实，关注底层》，摘抄一些与国内教育有关的图片和文字于此。图片与文字均源于网易。

三、

2月8日，西安，来自陕西周至县的召俊看着父母出示《流动人口婚育证明》，为她办理入学手续。她将要就读重点小学西安碑林区友谊小学。对于流动人口的子女来说，借读费、各种需要办理并出示的证件和融入当地社会的门槛，仍然是他们在城市就学的障碍。（华商报 邓小卫/摄）

七、

3月3日，武汉，蔡店中心小学学前班班主任郭炳香在河中为孩子们铺过河石。当地姚蔡河上一座小桥08年被洪水冲垮，至今无人过问未能修复，300多孩子只好趟河去上学。（武汉晨报 石一/摄）

十五、

5月15日，北京，风华爱心希望小学，学前班的孩子正用自制洒水壶给教室洒水加湿。这所简陋的民工小学创立于12年前，与城市中公立小学的条件无法相比。许多农民工子女即使进入公立小学，也因为对环境不适应，而重新回到民工子弟学校。（法制晚报 付丁/摄）

三十四、

11月15日，贵州望谟，12岁的成真波只在睡前才舍得开灯复习当天功课，他家电费每月只有一毛钱。这个贵州贫困山区的孩子2岁时父亲去世，9岁时母亲改嫁。平日里他独自带着两个弟弟生活。（贾代腾飞/摄）

四十、

12月16日，甘肃会宁，会宁二中初三学生张旭良在租住房的窗外读书，前来县城陪读的奶奶张瑞华在窗下做针线活儿。甘肃会宁是一个国家级贫困县，不 少农村家庭把供孩子上大学看做是摆脱贫困的主要出路。如今县城里几个规模不小的“陪读村”中，陪读家长已达数千。（聂建江/摄）

The author seems a little confused but overall a nice and short article about Mengdan's son and husband visiting students in Ganzi, Sichuan:

• 千里之外送温情, 甘孜州妇联, 2009-07-08 11:08:15

《图文：一封让人流泪的女生来信（考上大学，他们为何苦恼？）——对北川羌族自治县贫困考生的调查》

Finished reading the article, I know I have to post it for more people to read it. We have to do more to help.

AHRP Team member Xiaohong Chen reported that, "We had a very successful start on the fundraiser today, and got a total donation of $850 plus a $120 promised donation. The total comes from six families. We shared the same table with the people selling Mid-Autumn Festival tickets. When the parents came to buy tickets we promoted our rainbow project. I had a chance talk to Amy Li, the principal,  Annhua team members and parents. Amy Li told me she knew the Rainbow Project a few years after becoming AnnHua Community memeber. One of the parents who concerns if the donation really goes to a poverty family or student. This concern impacts our fundraiser. Annhua Rainbow Project does not just collect money, it also works with the organization in China to guarantee the money used as desired. The pictures took during the visit of currently supported schools showing our other work behind the scenes."

Some corporations such as Pfizer encourage their employees' donations to charitable causes. Some match 100% of employee donations. Ann-Hua Chinese School as well as Ann-Hua Rainbow Project can benefit from this type of corporate support. In the case of Pfizer, an employee donation of $250 or more is matched 100%. The process is relatively simple:

1. The employee donates to Ann-Hua Rainbow Project;
2. The employee downloads a form in PDF format, prints it out, fill it out and sign it;
3. The employee then mail the form to Ann-Hua Rainbow Project (see Donate to AHRP);
4. An Ann-Hua Rainbow Project officer fills out another part of the form, signs it and mail it to Pfizer;
5. Pfizer will then mail a check of the same amount as the donation to Ann-Hua Rainbow Project.

We encourage more Ann-Hua parents research with their employers to find out if such corporate support exists.

Again, we sincerely thank all supporters of Ann-Hua Rainbow Project.