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Anyue Primary School 安岳小学
Anyue Town, Sichuan 安岳镇
Qufu Primary School 曲阜小学
Qufu, Shandong 山东曲阜
Xilian Primary School 西联小学
Wan'An Town, Hebei 河北万安镇西联小学
Xiuning Primary School 渭桥中心小学
Xiuning Town, Anhui 安徽省 休宁县
Kids International Ministries
Wan'An Town, Hebei 河北万安镇西联小学
BoAi 博爱学校
Feng Village, Qinyuan County, Shanxi 山西省沁源縣馮村Seeds of Hope sprung from the devastating earthquake that hit Sichuan in 2008. Many lives were lost including many primary students as they were in school. As a result, Yew Chung International School foundation raised funds to help rebuilt one of the rural schools.
After seeing the impact our first SoH school had on the community and our own students, YCIS decided to continue this and initiated the Seeds of Hope to help other rural schools in dire need of renovations. What began with one school in 2008 has mushroomed into seven schools YCIS has helped in the 10 years I have been involved with SoH.
In addition to the rebuilding of the schools, my colleague and I have led over 40 different teams of teachers, students and parents to visit five of the schools during the past decade. These visits include providing lessons and activities to their students and expose our students and staff to how people live in rural China. We also try to include a Chinese cultural component to enrich our team on each visit. The schools below are those my campus have had a relationship with the past decade.
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Seeds of Hope Facts
| Number of schools YCIS has helped | 8 |
| Numbers of Provinces | 6 |
| Estimated Donations | >5,000,000 CNY |
| School Visits made by different teams | 55 |
| Lives Impacted | still counting |
| International Locations | 1 |
Earthquake Damage
Anyue Primary School
Anyue primary school in Sichuan was the first SoH seed planted. You can see the damage done by the earthquake.
Qufu Construction
Qufu Primary School
Our next seed was planted in Qufu, Shandong. The conditions of the buildings were unsafe.
Xilian single building
Xilian Primary School School
Our funds helped provide two new buildings. One is the new wing for kindergarten and specialty classrooms. The 2nd houses the teachers office, library and multimedia room.
Old 1 story building
Weiqiao Primary School
While Weiqiao is the smallest in terms of student numbers, it offers the riches cultural experience we can enjoy.
Site of New High School
Kids International Ministries
KIM is our first SoH project Yew Chung International School have supported outside of China. It has been a tremendous blessing to the work there, as well as impacting our student’s and teacher’s lives.
First campus of Boai
Boai Primary School
Boai is not an official SoH school of YCIS. However our teams of parents have been impacted the most by this school and its history.