Clinton Global Initiative: Part 2
I finally saw Michelle Rhee! She spoke on a panel about “Improving Quality Education” with two women from Mali and India–places that seemed worlds apart from Washington, DC but actually face very similar root problems in their schools. 50% of fifth graders surveyed by the NGO Pratham in India could not read simple sentences. The [...]
2008 Clinton Global Initiative: Part 1
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The 2008 Clinton Global Initiative starts in New York City tomorrow. For the second year, RCEF has been invited to attend, which is a big honor and unique opportunity to network with the likes of President Clinton, innovative NGOs, corporate heads, and influential people in many fields. Last year, Wei Ji Ma represented RCEF and [...]
Tiger Woods Foundation Supports RCEF
Good news! We are pleased to announce that RCEF will receive a $25,000 grant from the Tiger Woods Foundation, which supports organizations focused on youth education and character development. Since 1996, TWF has positively affected the lives of an estimated 10 million young people and dispersed more than $30 million to communities nationwide through direct [...]
An Uncommon School
RCEF’s rural teacher training was held at the Desheng Common Peoples School (德胜平民学校), a rural elementary school in Xiuning County, Anhui Province. When picking the location for the training, we looked for an innovative school that could be a source of inspiration and new ideas. Desheng is quite well known for its interesting model and [...]
Last day at the SVP sites
中文翻译在英文后面。这是在山西永济进行的RCEF 2008 暑期支教项目一系列活动之一。This is one of a series of posts chronicling the RCEF 2008 Summer Volunteer Program. 中文翻译在英文后面。
The last day of SVP teaching included student performances at all of the sites. The Nanzheng Elementary School students acted out skits, sang songs, and organized other programs. The volunteers strung up student works around the school and [...]
Field Trip to the Handicrafts Workshop
中文翻译在英文后面。这是在山西永济进行的RCEF 2008 暑期支教项目一系列活动之一。This is one of a series of posts chronicling the RCEF 2008 Summer Volunteer Program. 中文翻译在英文后面。
Today, 38 sixth graders from the SVP at Zhaizi Village took a field trip to a place that is only five minutes away from their school. Despite its proximity, almost none of the students had even heard [...]
Interviews with other Non-profit NGOs
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School systems in the poorer areas of the United States face challenges that are reminiscent of those in rural China; high drop out rates, weak academic performances, a dearth of teaching talent and leadership expertise, insufficient material resources and problems within families and communities that adversely affect students’ well-being and achievements. In the US., [...]
Guan Ai Visitations
(中文翻译在英文后面)Guan Ai received a steady stream of RCEF volunteers and friends as visitors in June. Since the RCEF community is wide spread around the world, this was the first time many of the visitors had been to a RCEF program site in rural China.
Translation Committee Director Hua Zhenyu arrived with an armful of science books [...]