In November 2008, CTEF sponsored four Stanford University MBA students, Amy Gu, Chen Ou, Andrew Tam, and Rachel Zimet, to visit the Sichuan earthquake site for earthquake relief opportunity research. They visited schools in Deyang, Mianzhu, and Shifang in Sichuan Province and introduced a project to CTEF – sponsoring 150 students who suffered the most from the earthquake through the partnership with China’s Committee for the wellbeing of the Youth (关心下一代工作委员会) in Deyang.
Stanford students in Sichuan
After months of contract preparation and selection of students, CTEF reached an agreement with Deyang’s Committee for the wellbeing of the Youth and committed to provide RMB 100 per student per month to cover the cost of study and living allowance for 150 students, who were seriously injured or lost their family in the earthquake.
The first batch of money has been delivered to these 150 students in July 2009. Below are a few thank-you letters from some of them (the student names have been removed to respect their privacy).
