It was in November 2005, 21 of the sponsors of the first child sponsorship project of Sin Chew Daily visited their students in Anhui, China. I was one of them, we personally visited the two rural schools and met the children we sponsored. The journey to the rural China, at the time when China was having rapid economic development, but the rural China was still poor and the children are finding difficulty to obtain finance to continue their study in schools. The project is similar to world vision project, provide some finance for the rural students so that they will complete their studies.
The project is now on, it has been continued since 2005,it is now the 4th year. In 2005, there were 1,000 sponsors, today it has increased in size of its sponsorship, and it has spread to other provinces and even started another project to Cambodia.
If you are interested in the sponsorship, please visit their web site, www.sinchew.com.my, and click on the Chinese wording 愛心助養中國兒童計劃
愛心助養中國兒童計劃
由馬來西亞星洲日報發起的愛心助養中國兒童計劃，始於2005年歲末。
當時，星洲媒體集團總編輯蕭依釗到中國出差，閱讀了當地報章一則新聞有所感觸，回馬後遂發起這項運動。新聞敘述一名安徽老農民，進城想給養女買一本字典，為了省幾塊錢的巴士費，耗幾小時步行上路，卻在天蒙亮進城的路上，遇上了交通意外……
運動發起後，獲得了星洲日報廣大讀者的反響及支持，贊助版圖也因此從原定的安徽，擴張至河南、貴州、雲南及四川。同時，也在中國合作夥伴（僑聯等組織）的協助下，得以順利進行。
愛心助養中國兒童計劃的特色在於，受助養學生遍佈全省，雖然因此而常有聯繫不易或中斷等問題，為了可以讓更多真正需要幫助的學生受惠，星洲日報與中國的合作單位都堅持使用這極耗時耗力的方法。
教育，是改善生活狀況的唯一途徑。秉著這理念，星洲日報非常樂意，把讀者的愛心帶至中國。
Until now I still fondly remember the kids in Anhui.......look at the photos posted in the blog, you will understand why....
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