The Joint Project between CTEF and RainEduc is aimed to help high school and college students to complete their education. On October 23 blog, we posted 7 students that need help to get your feedbacks on the project. We have received very valuable feedbacks and some interest in helping the students. Today we are posting a few more students that need your help.

How can you help?

You have two options:

Option 1: You pick a student and form a 1:1 sponsorship with this student.

Read the information about the students in the list, donate to CTEF and write the student’s name in the comment with your donation. You will receive an email from the student to update you her study and life in school after she receives your donation. You will know how your money and care is helping a student in China.

Suggested donation amount: $75 for a high school student or $200 for a college student. (Microsoft will match your donation, so the total amount will pay about 50% of the tuition for the student. The tuition for high school is about RMB 2000 per year, for college is RMB 5000-7000 per year.)

Option 2: You donate to the pool with no 1:1 sponsorship with students.

If you’d rather just donate to the RainEduc project, you can donate your money to CTEF and write RainEudc in the comment area. CTEF and RainEudc will make sure your money will sent directly to the students. You will not communicate directly with the students.

Suggested donation amount: any amount will be very helpful.

Below are some students that the project selected from Heilong Jiang Yanshou County No. 1 Middle School.

陈 华： 女，家住延寿青川乡种子站屯。今年刚高三毕业, 新入学大庆师范学小学教育。家有六口人，四个孩子，姐姐大学今年刚毕业，弟弟妹妹又同时进入高三。

困难原因：种地收入有限，孩子多学费多，父母劳累过度疾病在身，常年吃药，母亲气管炎，呼吸困难，不能劳动。

Chen Hua: female, from Yanshou County Qingchuan Xiang Zhongzizhan Tun. Graduated from high school in the summer of 2009, and started college majored in Education. Her family has 6 people, including 4 children. Her elder sister just graduated from college this summer, and a brother and a younger sister are in the last year in high school.

Reason for financial difficulty: her family has very limited income from farming; a lot of tuition needs to cover for the 4 children; her parents have chronic disease and need medication all year long (in China these people don’t have medical insurance to cover the cost); mother has poor health situation and cannot work.

周 鹏：女，今年新入高中四班学生。家住延寿柳河福山村，四口人。

困难原因：父母均有病，家有十亩地都在河边，近几年经常被淹，有的年头竟颗粒无收，曾为姐姐凑大学学费辍学一年。

Zhou Peng: female, start high school this year. Live in Yanshou Liuhe Fushan village, 4 people in her family.

Reason for financial difficulty: parents have chronic disease; her family works some farming land near a river that was flooded frequently, so some years has no income from farming; Zhou Peng had dropped school for a year because her family needed to pay her elder sister’s college tuition.

车得安：男，高一六班学生，延寿六团人。

困难原因：三岁时母亲因精神不正常走失，父亲外出打工居所不定，一直在寄人篱下状态下长大，始终被接济中。

Che De-an: male, 1^st year in high school.

Reason for financial difficulty: mother has mental disorder and left home when he was 3-year old; father does temporary labor work in other cities; he grew up with help from neighbors, depends on financial aids for living cost.

高姗姗：女，延寿一中高三八班学生。三口之家。父亲，还有一妹妹。

困难原因：母亲风湿性心脏病去世，家里为给母亲手术借个高额债务；父亲是下岗工人，打零工养家；妹妹也在高中上学。

Gao Shanshan: female, 3^rd year in high school. Three people in family: Father, younger sister and her.

Reason for financial difficulty: Mother passed away due to heart disease, her family is under huge amount debt because the money borrowed for mother’s heart operation; Father lost job and is doing some temporary labor work to earn small income; her younger sister is in high school too.

何海宁：男，延寿一中高三八学生。

困难原因：家在寿山乡却没土地，父亲一直打零工，母亲身体不好。高一时家里为供他上学卖掉了房子。

He Haining: male, 3^rd year in high school.

Reason for financial difficulty: Father earns small income by doing temporary labor work; mother is in poor health situation. His family sold their house when he was in the 1^st year in high school to support his education.

赵雪竹：女，延寿一中高三三班学生。太安乡黎明人。

困难原因：家庭人口多，爷爷奶奶、父母、姐弟三人。因没有耕地，父亲外出打工二氧化碳中毒落下残疾，姐姐辍学和妈妈妈妈打工养家，供孩子赡养老人。

Zhao Xuezhu: female, 3^rd year in high school.

Reason for financial difficulty: big family with many mouths to feed: grandpa, grandma, father, mother, three children. Father is handicapped from an accident, her elder sister dropped school to help mother earning money to support the family.

李雪新：女， 延寿一中高三三班学生，中和镇万江人。

困难原因：家没有房子，地少，四口人，奶奶、姑姑、父亲。父亲有风湿病，全家收入的来源就是几亩田地。

Li Xuexin: female, 3rd year in high school.

Reason for financial difficulty: The family does not have the house, few, four people, paternal grandmother, paternal aunt, father. The father has rheumatism, entire family income origin is several Chinese acres paddies.

沙岩峰；男，延寿一中高三九班学生，家在玉河新城长富屯。

困难原因：土地少，三个孩子，父亲腰间盘突出饱受折磨，不能干重活，两个姐姐无奈辍学。

Sha Yanfeng: 3rd year in high school.

Reason for financial difficulty: The family lives on a small farming land, three children, the father waist plate fully suffered prominently suffer, not the competent heavy labor, two elder sisters discontinue studies reluctantly due to financial issues.

卢美余：女，家在鹤岗市南山区，鹤岗市第三中学高一十班（奥赛班）学生。

困难原因：父母均是下岗工人，又因病欠下债务，至今仍租房。

Lu Meiyu: Female, Haogang City No. 3 Middle School, 1st year in high school.

Reason for financial difficulty: The parents are laid-off workers still have no job, and further because sickness owes the debt, until now still rented a room.

RainEduc (http://raineduc.org/) is committed to provide small education grants to poor but competent students. Here is background information of some students it would like to sponsor.  CTEF teams up with RainEduc to raise funds for these kids.  Please help us to extend the support! You can direct the support to specific student as one to one sponsorship, as well as the project in general. Please contact Xin.Ge@ctef.org  or michelle.zou@hotmail.com if you have any questions for this project.

 

徐宏梅 / Xu Hong Mei  大四学生 / 4th year in University

 

 

就读吉林省长春师范学院.  父母均是残疾人，没有收入，妹妹读中学。

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朱艳伟 / Zhu Yan Wei  大二学生/2nd year in University

 

Parents are peasants without land thus no income. Mother and I were in serious illness and we are in high debt. From the harsh of life, I learned to appreciate life, and gained courage to face difficulties. I will never give up as far as I am living.

父母皆是外乡人，后来到延寿安家。因为是外来的，所以没有分到土地，全家就靠父亲在外做工过话。母亲为了我和弟弟能上学，在山坡开了几亩荒田，没想到被林业局收回了，父亲也被扣留，母亲和亲友们奔波了一个多月，父亲才回来，这时家里已经欠下了不少债了。苦难的家庭总是祸不单行。初四那年，本来就体弱多病的我又得了场重病，父亲带我四处求医，结果都是徒劳，只有休学。经年的时间休养，我终于回到课堂的时候，妈妈又染上了出血热，经过治疗，妈妈拣回了一条命，家里又为此负债两万元。我的生活多苦多难都无所谓，只要老天给我一线希望。我从不会说放弃。苦难是最好的老师，他让我懂得珍惜，懂得了感恩，也让我学会了面对苦难的勇气。_______________________________________________________________________________________

张明玉 / Zhang Ming Yu 大三学生/3rd year in University

 

My family has 4 people; we are peasants making a living from a small piece of land in a village. When I was in high school my father lost eyesight and totally lost capability to work. We are depending on my mother to support the family.  My 16 year old younger brother had to quit school to work in another town to support me for school.  Many times I wanted to quit school to earn money, but my parents stopped me. I cried and decided I would study hard. I have to let my mother feel it is worthy to support me for school. I will open the door to the future, not only for my parents and brother, but also for those poor children like me. 

成绩优秀; 我家在延河镇兴旺村居住，四口人，靠种地为生，但是我高中时父亲因病导致一支眼睛失明，另一支眼睛勉强看见点光，完全丧失劳动能力，生活不能自理，现在只能靠妈妈干活维持这个家。无奈只有十六岁的小弟第辍学到外地打工帮妈妈供我读书，每当我看到一家人为了我的学习而辛苦操劳，几次想不念书了，都被父母制止了，自己暗地里流了很多泪，决心刻苦读书。我必须给妈妈一个坚强的理由，我只有用坚忍和不屈去打开生命的未来之门，不仅为了父母和弟弟，也为了那些像我这样穷家子弟。________________________________________________________________________________________

贾龙 / Jia Long 大三学生/3rd year in University

 

 Merit student.  My family has 4 people, my grandpa is old and can't move around by himself; my mother has heart problem and can't do physical work; all the family is depending my father to support. We have little land and the income from that is not enough to support our living. Father also works as a labor besides farming.  My relatives supported me to get through the living cost for middle school. Because I have good score entered into high school, I am waved for tuition. Now my family and I are facing the crisis of paying tuition for college every year.

成绩优秀; 我家有四口人，爷爷年岁已高，行动不便；母亲心脏不好，不能从事体力劳动；全家靠父亲一个人维持生计。家里共有七亩田，仅靠种地的收入是难以支撑生活的，父亲就在种地之余，打零工赚钱贴补家用。我的中学学业都是在亲戚们的帮助下完成的，考入高中后，因为成绩好，不用拿学费，家境所缓和。如今又无力为我支付上大学的学费了。

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王立综 / Wang Li Zong  大三学生/3rd year in University

 

Merit student. My family saves every penny on food. My father has serious stomach disease and he has no money to see a doctor. He is handicapped now and can't work. My family cannot support me to school now. I am eager to finish school and continue higher education; because I know only knowledge can help to change the poor situation. I hope can get help, give me a chance, let me go to realize my dreams and the value of my life.

重庆邮电大学学生, 成绩优秀; 我家人吃饭总是能省就省，长期如此，父亲得了严重的胃病。由于没钱医治，父亲的身体越来越差，外出打工 也不能了。家庭景况更是雪上加霜。如今，家里实在无力为我支付上学的费用了，我非常渴望能继续完成学业，因为我知道，惟有知识才能改变贫穷的现状。 我希望能得到您的帮助，给一个贫困学生一次机会，让他去实现人生的梦想，实践他的人生价值。

 

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张宇/Zhang Yu 大一学生/1st year in University

 

Leader in the class; responsible with high integrity.  Willing to help others.  I believe when you are accepting help, you are accepting a responsibility of helping others.  When you returned to the sunshine, don't forget those still standing in the dark, you should try your best to bring those in the dark to the sunshine.  I have experienced the time that lost the hope of life, so I am willing to be a seed to send love and warmth to others, use my heart to help and warm other poor children want to get education. 

 班干部，成绩优秀。有责任心，有正义感。人人都需要帮助，无论何时，不管何地。当一个人接受帮助的同时，他/她也随之承担起了一份责任和义务——当自己重新站在了阳光下，不要忘了还有许多人被困于黑暗中，你应该想办法将他们带向光明。其实，这也是我人生追求的一大愿望。我感受过黑暗将一个人的心灵活生生的吞噬的那一幕，让人感到了生命的绝望。因此，我愿成为一颗被爱心点燃的火种将爱心传递，用自己的光和热去照亮和温暖在困境中求学的孩子。

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王立晗 / Wang Li Han 大二学生/2nd year in University

 

Parents are hard working peasants, with annual income less than $1200.  Difficult to support me for school. I want to study hard and use knowledge to help change the poor and improve people's lives. 

班干部，有理想有抱负。我是一个从山里走出的农村孩子。从我记事起，就知道家里生活一直很拮据。因为地少，整日奔波劳作的父母忙了一年才有不到万元的收入。年年除去种地和日常生活的开销，没有剩余的钱，供我上学更是捉襟见肘。好强的我暗下决心，一定要发奋读书，用知识来改变贫穷和落后。我把“有志者事竟成”“苦心人天不负”的古语镌刻在心中，时时勉励自己进取不息。