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Support Education in Rural
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Education and Science Society (ESS)
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ESS is a non-profit educational organization and has been Supporting Education in Rural China (SERC) since 1988.
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Mission
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Promote understanding between the people of the United States and China through cultural and educational exchange.
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Enhance the quality of basic education in rural China.
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SERC Programs
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Rural Library and Information Center (since 2007)
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Transformed 13 rural school libraries into Rural Library and Information Centers (RLICs) with free access to the rural public.
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Libraries (since 1988 for public libraries and 1989 for school libraries)
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Funded 46 rural public libraries and 5,241 rural school libraries
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Financial Aid (since 1997) |
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Provided 18,201 assistantships for rural students
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Teachers Education (since 1993) |
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Organized 46 Conferences/workshops
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Science Camps (since 2009) |
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Organized 7 Science Camps
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Music Camps (since 2009) |
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Organized 1 Music Camp
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Essay Contests for Teachers (since 1999) and Students (since 1996) |
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Ten publications targeting "Teach to Inspire" and 14 publications promoting "Read to Discover".
"Teach to Inspire" has been merged into "Read to Discover" since 2009.
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Reading and Learning (since 2001) |
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Supported "Reading Chinese Classics Program" in 163 schools in 11 provinces.
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School Equipment/Facilities and Others (since 2002) |
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Musical instrument (2003-) 325 schools (several thousand pieces)
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Physical education equipment (2002-) 41 schools
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Science laboratory equipment (2002-) 26 schools
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Teachers training VCDs (2002-) 28 schools
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Audiovisual equipment (2002-) 22 schools
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Classroom tables and chairs for students and desks for teachers (2002-) 59 schools (several thousand sets)
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Student beds (2003-) 12 double bunk beds for a boarding school in a mountainous area
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Equipment/facilities for schools in the poorest counties sponsored by the Raybin Q. Wang Foundation (2003-) 5 counties
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Equipment/teacher material for rural teacher training centers (2004-) 10 counties in 8 provinces
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Computers and other equipments for 8 Rural Library and Information Centers (2007-) 8 servers, 240 desktop computers and other equipments.
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Multimedia equipments and projectors for Sichuan Earthquake area (2008-) 10 sets of big screen TV projector equipments for 10 schools in Beichuan County.
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Sponsorship Form (PDF File)
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