Lessons for Life
Chinese volunteers help African children in remote areas access better education By Ge Lijun
In the library of the Kibii Primary School, around 40 km east of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, the children are all smiles—and with good reason. They have just got their hands on a batch of brand new books, a perfect addition to the school’s new building, which opened fi ve years ago.
有学者认为作为移动互联网时代的网络编辑，要提升信息产品的原创力与掌控力、平台适应力与创新力以及与信息用户的亲和力[18]。作为新时代的网络内容编辑，不仅要精通网络信息内容的生产和制作，而且要懂得如何设计和营销信息内容，使内容信息能够促进行业企业的生产经营，提高网络信息的应用价值，扩大信息的传播力和影响力，在为社会传播正能量、促进社会经济发展的同时，有效促进网络媒介自身的经济发展。
The books and the school building have something in common. They were donated as part of a Chinese assistance project.
The China-Africa Project Hope is a joint initiative of ToJoy, a Chinese company that provides financing and operational support to help enterprises access different markets, and China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF), a non-governmental organization (NGO) in China, launched in 2011. The international assistance project is helping some of Africa’s poorest rural areas improve their educational environment by building schools, providing educational materials and sending volunteers to work on the ground.
“The partnership between China and Africa is based on the wish to improve people’s livelihoods, and education is the most sustainable way to reduce poverty,” said Xu Zhibing, an executive at the CYDF.
Meeting a crying need
From early 2011, the foundation conducted field visits in Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda and some other African countries. Its offi cials contacted schools, local authorities and companies in the selected countries, as well as the Chinese embassies there.
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Finally in 2011, the groundbreaking ceremony for the fi rst Hope Primary School in Tanzania was held.
Mathare is one of the largest clusters of slums in Nairobi, with nearly 700,000 people living in an area of only 3 square km. Located in the very heart of Mathare is the Chang Rong Light Center. Once a dilapidated school with a shortage of teachers, it was rebuilt in 2014 by a group of young Chinese volunteers and underwent a transformation. Today, it is an oasis for disadvantaged children seeking better education and emotional comfort.
高度的认可来自于特殊的贡献，特殊的贡献来自于特殊的禀赋。社会组织在非营利领域里，以民间的方式、自愿且自治地在政府职能转变中承接了大量政府剥离的服务性职能，满足了社会生活中大量现实需求。在未来，社会组织还可以释放更多的特殊禀赋、拓展更大的活动空间，为社会贡献出更多的力量。
“Such shortage is due to a lack of resources and the high cost of textbooks, making it difficult to replace old and wornout books,” Habat Sheikh Abdi, Director of Basic Education at Kenya’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, told China Daily Africa.
Abdi thinks Project Hope will make a signifi cant contribution to improving educational infrastructure and raising the literacy level in Kenya, especially in low-income neighborhoods.
So far, the CYDF has established 10 schools in Kenya, donating 5,340 books and some bookshelves to each.
The Kibii Primary School has about 400 students, most of whom live in slums near the school. “Their parents are very happy to see their children studying here,” the school principal Michael Ngugi said.
An oasis in the slums
By August 2015, Project Hope had received more than 40 million yuan ($5.6 million) in donations from Chinese companies. The funding enabled it to build 23 primary schools in Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda and Namibia. The project has also provided the schools with solar-powered lighting, power supply and rainwater harvesting systems.
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“Since it was rebuilt, enrollment has increased greatly. We have recruited qualifi ed teachers who are impressed by our modern facilities,” David Matinde, principal of the school, told Xinhua News Agency.
Yin Binbin, who initiated the project, said he was upset by the difficult conditions he witnessed during his fi rst visit to the school. He launched an online donation campaign and with other Chinese volunteers, hired local workers and rebuilt the school in just over 30 days.
In March 2017, the project expanded its activities to include donation of textbooks and other learning materials. In Kenyan schools, on average, the current ratio is one textbook for three students, according to the local government.
Matinde used to work in an elite school where he enjoyed a high salary. Eleven years ago, he resigned and came to work in the school in Mathare. At that time, it had only one class of 50 students and two teachers.
During the fi rst two years, he received a meager salary. He sold his house in Nairobi and moved his family to a neighborhood near the slum. Despite all these difficulties, Matinde refused to give up. “I am certain that education will change the fate of these children,” the 41-year-old said.
The changes today are striking. The school has seven classrooms with more than 300 students and seven teachers.
“Chinese NGOs are carrying out social aid projects in Africa to help local populations solve their problems. This has helped strengthen friendship between the two peoples, promote cultural exchanges and develop bilateral relations,” former Chinese Ambassador to Namibia Xin Shunkang said at the inauguration of a Hope Primary School in east Namibia in 2015.
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This nearly 1,500-square-meter school with 13 classrooms, an offi ce, a multipurpose hall and a sports fi eld was built by a Chinese company. It can accommodate nearly 600 students.
Before it was built, the local children had to walk more than 10 km to go to the nearest school.
Students in a Hope Primary School in Tanzania get laptops
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