In 2013, YEF funded a project to bring water supply into the households of three villages – Zhongzhuang, Dujiapu and Panjiawan – in Daan Township of Weiyuan County. This has solved the problem of drinking water for 240 households and their livestock.  On May 28, 2014, we inspected the completed works and visited the [...]

Good progress has been made on a project funded by YEF to supply water to 313 households in Heijiacha Village of Tonganyi Town. Water supply will begin in next September. As water is the source of life, YEF will continue to fund other, similar projects. We have studied the situation in Luyuan Village and [...]

YEF will offer financial assistance to senior secondary students at yet another school in the next academic year (2014-15). We visited Lintao No. 2 Secondary School in Lintao County. There are 4,668 students, of whom 1,208 are needy, mostly coming from villages. We will help 100 students who enter this school in next September [...]

Last year, more than 100 students who have been receiving financial assistance from YEF graduate from Longxi No. 1 Secondary School with exceedingly good performance at University Entrance Examinations. Of them, 91 passed the examinations and 84 eventually made it to universities, many at medical schools and other professional faculties. In Dingxi No. 1 [...]

Since 2012, our sponsored students began to enter universities. Many of them still stay in touch with us. In our last visit to Gansu, we held a gathering with those studying at universities in Lanzhou and 11 of them attended. Among them are those who have studied at Longxi No. 1 Secondary School and [...]

Every year the Yellow Earth Foundation visits two primary schools whose reconstruction has been funded by us. Some years ago, we donated books to these schools and they hold essay competitions every year. In September this year, the donor who has met the reconstruction costs visits these schools again. He brought with him gifts [...]

Works on a project funded by the Yellow Earth Foundation in 2013 to direct water supply to 313 households in Heijiacha Village of Tongan Station Town in Longxi have been completed. In September 2014, we accompanied the donor of the project to attend the completion ceremony and to visit farmers whose families have benefitted [...]

We visit Gansu again in September 2014 to give out bursaries to senior secondary students. The number of schools receiving assistance has increased to three this year. Another batch of students has successfully passed the university entrance examination in June. Of the 60 students, 48 have been offered places in university. We give scholarships [...]

The Yellow Earth Foundation and the Clover Seed Company Limited of Hong Kong have jointly carried out an experiment to grow seeds at Huining of Gansu. The result last year was passable. At the beginning of this year, we subsidise farmers who have participated in the project to visit the Clover’s bases at Zhangye [...]