China Tomorrow Education Foundation (CTEF) partnered with Our Free Sky (OFS, http://www.ourfreesky.org/ ), a non-profit organization in China, and donated thousands of books to two earthquake impacted schools in Pengzhou, Sichuan.
In
late June 2008, just six weeks after the 5.12 earthquake, a team of OFS
volunteers visited Guangyuan, Mianyan and Pengzhou, three cities in
Sichuan that were hit hard by the earthquake (http://www.ourfreesky.org/ofs/projects/512zoufang0806.html
). While temporary classrooms were being built for the local schools,
most of them didn’t have libraries for the students. With the common
goal of helping the school children in the region who have suffered
from the tragedy, OFS and CTEF decided to work together and donate
books to these schools. On September 8, 2008, the CTEF board approved
the OFS book projects and decided to donate 5420 books, worth of 27,327
RMB (US $4,019), to Pengzhou Guihua School (彭州桂花镇中心小学), and 4213 books,
worth of 20,949 RMB (US $3,080), to Pengzhou Hongyan School
(彭州红岩镇中心小学), respectively. The books were sent to these two schools by
OFS volunteers on October 7, 2008.
“This is only the beginning
of our collaboration with OFS. There are many more schools that need
our help. We will also try to pair the school children in China with
the American students who donated some of the money, and let them build
friendship with each other,” said CTEF president Dennis Su.
Books with CTEF and OFS stamps
Books were being sent to schools by OFS volunteers
Pengzhou Guihua School (彭州桂花镇中心小学)
Pengzhou Hongyan School (彭州红岩镇中心小学)
