YEF’s Chairman and CEO were invited to attend the High Table Dinner at Shaw College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong on 26 January 2016. They shared with participants YEF’s vision and mission and their experience in the remote mountain villages. During the gathering with students at the High Table Dinner at Shaw [...]
The Fund-raising concert organized by the Boheme Association of Art Development held on 14 January 2016 saw a full house and successfully raised substantial donations for the Yellow Earth Foundation. YEF is grateful to the organizer, all participating musicians, audience and donors for their support. The sums received will be used towards YEF’s education [...]
YEF bursaries at secondary schools are given out to children of peasant families. This year, we invited parents of the first year students at Dingxi No. 1 Secondary School to our gathering. Apart from stationery, we gave drought-resistant soybean seeds to the students and their parents. Two of our advisers, Professor Lam Hon-ming of [...]
This year, YEF set up a new university grant scheme for students with special hardships who have received our financial aid in senior secondary school and who have been offered a place at university. We held an assessment at Dingxi No. 1 Secondary School and interviewed the students. YEF Chairman Mr. Roger Wong, Chief [...]
Among our sponsored students, 150 at Dingxi No. 1 and Longxi No. 1 Secondary Schools graduated in 2016. They have all received our grants for three years. For those gaining entrance to university, they will receive another year of sponsorship. Furthermore, those with special hardships will receive the newly set up university grants. We [...]
In 2016, YEF intends to offer similar grants to one more school in Ningxia and identified Guyuan No. 2 Secondary School. In 2015-16, YEF offered grants to students of four secondary schools and Guyuan No. 2 Secondary School will be the fifth one. After completing the enrolment procedures following the release of junior secondary school [...]
Up to 2015-16, YEF has offered more than 1,500 grants to senior secondary students. These students are peasant children and some have since entered university. Many of them still stay in touch with us. Whenever we visit the schools, we not only bring our students presents, but will conduct activities with them to boost [...]
We inspected Liu Pai Ping Primary School in Yaxiaji Town of Lintao County and Songshu Primary School at Qingping Township of Weiyuan County. Both schools have to be rebuilt because they are in a dilapidated condition and do not meet earthquake resistance standards required by government policy. There are very few pupils in the schools as many young [...]
Manwa Township is a dry mountainous area situated at the northeast of Lintao County. Since 2007, the county government has moved 189 absolutely poor families under Categories 1 and 2 and those with special hardships to a resettlement area for easy provision of support to them. The area has been named Manwa Village. The [...]