Latest Updates: Rural Development
Tuesday, 26th September 2006
Mrs. Ma Ling, an enterpreneur, donated money to help erect a new school building in Yunnan.
Saturday, 1st May 2004
To help these newly-established organizations complete their financial systems, the workshop lectures and discussions aimed to help set up more complete financial statements and thorough bookkeeping.
Thursday, 1st January 2004
The "Care for Poor Nanjing Children" program was initiated by the Amity Foundation and the Nanjing Daily, Nanjing's foremost newspaper at the end of 2003 as a response to urban poverty.
Monday, 1st December 2003
The workshop aimed to solve problems occurring in the period of transition towards an MFI, as well as helping local partners create visions and working plans for an MFI for next year.
Thursday, 1st May 2003
Amity's Ecological Poverty Reduction Project in Gansu Province is sponsored by EED (Germany) and is located in Dingxi and Jingyuan Counties in Gansu. These counties are prone to suffering devastating droughts.
Saturday, 1st February 2003
The aim of the program is to help poor families in Nanjing by offering free tutoring to their school-age children. Children from such families are enrolled in local primary and middle schools but find themselves at a disadvantage when compared with their classmates, whose parents can afford to hire tutors to coach them in their studies after school.
Tuesday, 1st October 2002
The Amity Foundation began implementing rural development projects in Wuke in July 2001. The projects aim at promoting village women's self-management and self-development capabilities, thus promoting local community development by providing women with opportunities to become literate and capable decision-makers.
Sunday, 1st September 2002
Wu Guang Qin was born to a very poor family in a mountainous region of China's northwest province of Gansu. Her hard life has made her cherish every opportunity to study, and she was an excellent student when she attended school. Upon graduating from junior high school, she dreamed of a promising future. However, her dream was soon shattered when her family realized that they had no way to afford the expensive tuition costs in order for her to continue with her education.
Thursday, 1st August 2002
Subjects discussed at the workshop included trends in international organic food development, certification standards and inspection of organic farms, processing and trade, construction of an organic agricultural base and quality control.
Monday, 1st July 2002
Fangshan County in Shanxi Province is one of Amity's major rural development project target areas. Between 9th - 16th June 2002, Amity's Rural Development Division held a workshop on micro-finance in Fangshan.
