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• 2013.11.11 — “Sincere Heart Association” – Fund raising dinner - “Love all over the Mountain” The fund raising dinner held on Oct 27th, 2013 was the collaboration of charity organization in Vancouver Canada -“Sincere Heart Association” and the volunteer members of the “Tomorrow Program’s” small division named “Canada Friends”. This vegetarian cuisine called “Love all over the mountain” was a success. It was the continuation of the team work derived from the last year’s fund raising dinner named “The Canada- Heart cared” dated November 4, 2012. "Love all over the mountain" charity was held in "1 -Kuan Tao Ming Hwa Temple ", a local Buddhist monetary provided their place free of charge for the function. There were about 100 attendees. The night’s delicious buffet was prepared personally by a group of warm hearted members of the “Sincere Heart Association”; the program for the night included an introduction of the main purpose and principles of the student’s sponsorship curriculum in the " Tomorrow Program”; to share the report of the Spring, 2013 sponsorship activity performed by Ms. Tricia Lin-the Executive Director of the “Tomorrow Program”. Activities and entertainment included auction of the donated items, prize draws, Guzheng and Erhu performance, a Chinese song “Jasmine” performed by a choir, and A Cantonese opera song performance, etc. “Sincere Heart Association” and “The Canada Friends” are two charities which set up by a group of spontaneous warm hearted people get together to reach out and provided their helping hands to the students in need. Under the leadership of Madam Bette Leung and the assistance of Madam Iris Lau together with all the enthusiastic advocates’ support, the dinner had raised a total of CAD8,230.00 (RMB48,500.00) for the poor students sponsored by " Tomorrow Program". On behalf of the sponsored students, the committee of the "Tomorrow Program" express the gratitude, and sincerely thank the generous and warm hearted people of the "Sincere Heart Association” and the "Canada friends" volunteers . Thank them for their hard work and a job well done. > Back to top
• 2011.04.25 — Guangxi inspection activity mission accomplished The Tomorrow Program’s small inspection team embarks from Chengdu on April 13, 2011, launched a ten day period inspection on the schools in the poverty area in Guizhou and Guangxi. Starting from the fall season of this year, we planed to extend our supporting regions from the Sichuan Province’s May 12 earthquake disaster areas in Qingchuan County and the Beichuan County to other local government state poverty counties, while we continue to subsidize the students in Qingchuan and Beichuan, we will extend our support to more students through the help all the warm hearted & compassionate people around the world. Since the donation was assigned to an area specifically, the inspection targets were changed from the Guizhou Province’s Liping County, Yongjiang County, Congjiang County and the Guangxi Province Zhuang Ethnic self governed Region’s Sanjiang County to the Guangxi Zhuang Ethnic self governed Region’s Baise City area in principle. The Baise city governs 11 counties, within these 11 counties, 10 counties are in the government state poverty counties. The inspection group accompanied by the Bureau of Education and the related donor visited the poor Jingxi County’s four junior high school in the villages and towns: The Longlin junior high school, the Guole junior high school, the Ande junior high school and the Nanpo junior high school, we also visited the Jingxi High School (The First Senior high school) and the Jingxi Vocational School (Technical Senior high school). Based on the information provided by each school’s principal, we evaluated the students and their families’ situations and also visited a few students’ families, interviewed them individually. The poor area in the Baise City is very broad, there are a lot of the poor students, the poverty situation is very serious, therefore, after the communication & consultation with the donor, the Board members of the "Tomorrow Program" decided to use Jing Xi County as the starting point to launch the "Tomorrow Program’s Baise City Special Scholarship Project" in the fall season of 2011, the first phase will support 300 students in the four junior high schools in the villages and towns in Jingxi County, the support will continue until they graduate from senior high or Technical school. Please clicks here to view the related photos. > Back to top
• 2011.03.29 — The Taiwan Compal Group and Tomorrow Program reached a preliminary co-operating intention A day ago, the Taiwan Compal Group and Tomorrow Program reached a preliminary co-operating intention. The Compal Group, Cheng Du will build a working base to provide job posts and the training opportunities for 60 – 80 Tomorrow Program’s high school graduates in order to help these poor high school graduate grasp the basic productive skills as soon as possible so that they could cast off the poverty situation and have a prosperous future. The Taiwan Compal Group was established in 1984, it was the world’s 500 strong enterprises, the globe’s first large notebook computer (NB) research and development manufacturer. In 2010 the Compal Group invested in the construction of production district in the Shuangliu County, Chengdu, and set up the large-scale software research and development center in Tianfu software center, this production is large enough to cover areas in the radius of Si Chuan, West China, Europe, Asia and the global market, estimated to start production in July. > Back to top
• 2010.10.31 — "Tomorrow Program" Autumn 2010 visits & activities completed Due to the mud slide in summer, the "Tomorrow Program’s" autumn visits & activities had to be postponed in. On Oct 11, 2010, under the leadership of the Program’s CEO Ms. Tricia Lin, a total of 5 of the volunteers from Taiwan, Beijing, Tianjin and Chengdu visited the Mu Yu Middle School in Mu Yu town, Qingchuan County, Qiaozhuang Middle School in Qiaozhuang town, Guanzhuang Middle School, in Guanzhuang town, San Guo Middle school in San Guo village, Qingchuan High School in the Zhuyuan village, Qingchuan Vocational High School, Beichuan Ethnic Middle School in Beichuan County, and Jiangyou Senior High School in Jiang You City to carry on with the activities in the program of assisting under privileged students. During these visits, in communication with the school principals & teachers, the volunteers & I understood the sponsored student’s learning process in schools and their daily life situations; During the student’s lunch break or self study periods, we spoke to the students, providing them with environmental protection ideas, helped the students set up positive views of life. We also answered their questions and assisted with problems. With the company of the teachers, we visited the student’s families to observe any changes in the student’s homes. The "Tomorrow Program" follows the basic human principles, respecting the sponsored students. We helped students building self esteem, identified & praised their positive behavior and demonstrated the importance of self respect and the respect of others. With the co-ordination of the school, we provided them with the education of virtue & value of life. The students, parents and the schools recognized & appreciated our efforts. During our volunteers’ visits, all schools provided us with excellent support; school and student statistics were provided: (the no. of graduate students, no. of school transfers and no. of discontinued students etc.). The school also provided prompt feedback of our involvement, organized our discussion meetings with students during self study periods, and arranged teachers to accompany us to the family visits and so on. They provided us with a smooth & safe atmosphere for our journeys. This year, the "Tomorrow Program" will continue to support & subsidize students who qualify & wish to enroll in universities or technical schools; provide them with the opportunity to continue with higher education. Please clicks here to view the "Tomorrow Program" 2010 Autumn student assist program’s work report and the related pictures. > Back to top
• 2010.08.25 — "Tomorrow Program" starting the 2010-2011 school year fund raising activity Fund Raising Letter Dear partners, Summer vacation is coming to an end and the new school year will soon begin. In the previous year, through the support of the "Tomorrow Program", the children have grown and are well & strong. The students felt our sincere care , assistance and guidance, they feel easier then before with their current living situation & the abundance of school work. This summer, the natural disasters continued to occur throughout the country. Recently, Qingchuan experienced a barrage of rainstorms causing heavy flooding; all roads in the area were completely destroyed. There was an increase of 43 new disaster areas affecting approximately 210,000 people in the Qingchuan County. They were again faced with the difficulties of these disasters. I hope the students, their families and the teachers are safe. Due to the dangerous conditions of the area, we decided to postpone our originally scheduled September visit to Qingchuan & Beichuan to October. Your continued support for the "Tomorrow Program" not only provides the chance for the students to attend school and receive an education, it also provides them with love & hope for the future. Presently, the fund raising program for the children in Qingchuan & Beichuan for the 2010 to 2011 school year has started. I hope you will continue to provide your valued and much needed love & assistance. Thank you for your compassion and support! Tricia Lin CEO, "Tomorrow Program" > Back to top
• 2010.08.18 — "Tomorrow Program" Autumn 2010 visits & activities completed Postponement Notice The disaster situation keeps pouring in this summer, besides the mud-rock slide in Zhug Qu County in the Province of Gan Su, the earthquake disaster area in Wen Chuan & De Yang in the Province of Si Chuan also hit by the non stop rainstorms causing a lot of flooding & rock slides. Approximately 400,000 people had to relocate to other areas. We received the Si Chuan provincial government notice on suspending all visits to these areas yesterday; therefore we decided to postpone our September’s journey until October. Travel Itinerary:
October 11: 8:30 a.m. Go from Chengdu to Muyu
19:00 to 21:00 p.m. Group discussion with students in the Muyu Middle School
Stay in Muyu for the night October 12: 8:30 a.m. to 17:00 p.m. Muyu home visits
19:00 to 21:00 pm Group discussion with the students in Muyu Middle
Stay in Muyu for the night October 13: 8:30 a.m. Go to Qiaozhuang
Meet a couple of the students in the Qiaozhuang High School & present them with the bursary.
Afternoon go to Guanzhuang
9:00 to 21:00 pm Group discussion with the students in Guanzhuang Middle school
Stay in Guanzhuang for the night October 14: 8:30 a.m. to17:00 p.m. Guanzhuang home visits
19:00 to 21:00 p.m. Group discussion with the students in Guanzhuang Middle school
Stay in Guanzhuang for the night October 15: 8:30 a.m. Guanzhuang home visits
Afternoon go to Sanguo
19:00 to21:00 p.m. Group discussion with the students in Sanguo Middle school
Stay in Sanguo for the night October 16: 8:30 a.m. Meet the teachers in Sanguo to understood school’s situations, look for some students.
Afternoon: Group discussion with the students in Sanguo Middle School
Stay in Sanguo for the night October 17: 8:30 a.m. Go to Zhuyuan October 17 - 19: Qingchuan Senior High School, Qingchuan Technical High School Stay in Zhuyuan for the nights October 20 - October 20: Returns to Chengdu from Zhuyuan October 26 - 28th: Go to the Beichuan Ethnic Middle School, Jiangyu Senior High, meet their students and present them with bursary, visit Li Bing > Back to top
• 2010.08.10 — The TCL group donates the large screen multimedia televisions The youth activity center is being constructed in the Beichuan Qiang Ethnic Autonomous County’s ethnic middle school called Beichuan Ethnic Middle School. It is located in the new campus, facing a total of 13 villages’ school namely: Piankou, Qingpian, Taolong, Wai bai, Xiaoba, Kaiping, Xiaoyuan, Badi, Macao, Baishi, Duba, Dunshang and Baini in the inside area of the Beichuan County. The government of Yuli village provides the land usage planning, the Shandong Province Sunshine Steel and Iron Holding Company donates money for the construction. When this center completes, it will cover the 14 schools, 10 medical facilities, 6 communities centers, 14 organization units of teachers & students, government officials, groups of people, to develop work on psychology counselling, education consultation, national activity. The entire project covers a large scale of facilities; it will have good equipments, specialists, scientific research & service resources in the activity center. It will be the first model in Beichuan and Mianyang. The "Tomorrow Program" follows the basic human principles, respecting the sponsored students. We helped students building self esteem, identified & praised their positive behavior and demonstrated the importance of self respect and the respect of others. With the co-ordination of the school, we provided them with the education of virtue & value of life. The students, parents and the schools recognized & appreciated our efforts. During our volunteers’ visits, all schools provided us with excellent support; school and student statistics were provided: (the no. of graduate students, no. of school transfers and no. of discontinued students etc.). The school also provided prompt feedback of our involvement, organized our discussion meetings with students during self study periods, and arranged teachers to accompany us to the family visits and so on. They provided us with a smooth & safe atmosphere for our journeys. These two multimedia LCD televisions have been presented to the Beichuan Ethnic Middle School, upon the completion of the construction & the Beichuan government’s inspection approval on the youth activity center, the TVs will be installed for the official operation. > Back to top
• 2010.08.10 — Why does the psychological support program in the disaster area require at least 20 years? After the Wenchuan’s big earthquake, The Manager of the Chinese psychology faculty, The Director of the Chinese Psychology society Zhang Kan on behalf of the Chinese psychology center indicated that, the Wenchuan’s earthquake disaster has a long & profound effect in the area, the psychological support program requires at least 20 years. The "Tomorrow Program" follows the basic human principles, respecting the sponsored students. We helped students building self esteem, identified & praised their positive behavior and demonstrated the importance of self respect and the respect of others. With the co-ordination of the school, we provided them with the education of virtue & value of life. The students, parents and the schools recognized & appreciated our efforts. During our volunteers’ visits, all schools provided us with excellent support; school and student statistics were provided: (the no. of graduate students, no. of school transfers and no. of discontinued students etc.). The school also provided prompt feedback of our involvement, organized our discussion meetings with students during self study periods, and arranged teachers to accompany us to the family visits and so on. They provided us with a smooth & safe atmosphere for our journeys. The psychological assistance carried on for 10 years after the Great Hanshin\Kobe earthquake in Japan. The psychological healing time for the people in Wenchuan after the earthquake is a very long process. According the psychology specialist, no one knows the specific & the appropriate time for this kind of healings. We determined it will take 20 years. There are two reasons for our thoughts: firstly we think 20 years is a turnover point for a generation in human and secondly this is just to provide a concept of a long psychological healing period. Zhang Kan indicated that, the Sichuan provincial government started to realize and to pay full attention of the psychological assistance work in the disaster area, plans to set up the psychological support program in the entire network of the province. For this kind of support program, Zhang Kan pointed out that there are two ways to handle it. One is to establish the nationwide emergency psychological support team, prepares for the needs of the people after a disaster; second is to establish the psychological support program to cover the entire society network system. > Back to top |
