Shin Shin Educational Foundation

Reading is the foundation of children’s intellectual growth. Shin Shin’s Books and Reading Program offers high quality books to children in the rural areas of China. The program provides funding to build reading corners and reading rooms for Shin Shin schools. It promotes reading throughout the school year by hosting different reading events and activities. With $400 a reading corner can be setup. $2500 will allow us to buy books for a school library. $5000 can help us build a brand new reading room. Your donation will go a long way in improving the education in rural schools in China.

Please help us raise $10,000 to benefit children in rural schools!!  Any amount is appreciated! 

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Today when most of us take drinking water for granted, many elementary school students in the rural areas of China are still struggling with poor access to drinkable water.  Many are drinking from muddy rain water or unsanitary tap water where the existence of bacteria and parasites exceed the normal standard.  Despite the pandemic in 2020, Shin Shin Educational Foundation successfully installed 36 large drinking water systems for 30 elementary schools in 14 provinces, directly benefiting over 11,000 students.  Children no longer need to drink unboiled water due to lack of heated water supply, they no longer drink from bacteria ridden water tanks, and they no longer suffer from having to co-live with parasites.  $700 is the cost of a large drinking water system that can supply 300 children with sanitized drinking water.  Your donation will go a long way in improving the health and well being of our rural children.  

Please help us raise $8400 to buy 12 large drinking systems that will benefit children in 12 rural schools!!  Any amount is appreciated! 



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The holiday season is coming! It is the time to make wishes, to enjoy opening gifts, and to share joys, but it is also the time that you can make wishes come true. We, Shin Shin Youth Group, sincerely invite you to join us to make wishes of children living in rural China come true. Many of these children have never received any gifts before, and some live with their grandparents or relatives while their parents are working in cities hundreds or even thousands miles away. Since 2017, we have raised more than $10,000 by working at food courts and have fulfilled the wishes of over 1,000 children. Although we can’t work at the food court this year, we still believe we can make their wishes come true because of you and your generosity. It just takes $10-$15 to make one little wish come true. Every dollar you donate will be used to fulfill a little wish by purchasing a small gift that a child wanted.

Please help us raise $5,000 dollars to make hundreds of wishes come true! The more we raise, the more wishes will come true! Any amount of donation is appreciated!



Some of the little wishes we have fulfilled:

我的愿望是：为妈妈买一支护手霜，妈妈为家很操劳，手很粗...
My wish is to buy hand creams for my mother because she works very hard and hands are rough.

我想要一盒画图的颜料，因为我大了，想成为一个画家，让很多人看到，谢谢你们。”
I want a paint set for my art because I want to be an artist when I grow up. I hope many people see my drawings. Thank you!

你好，我想要一个小猫的娃娃，我想，要娃娃跟我一起睡觉，因为我的爸爸妈妈都去打工了。谢谢你们
Hello, I want a stuffed kitten toy. I want to sleep with my kitten doll because both my parents are far away at work for months. Thank you all！


我想给姐姐买双手套，到冬天干活，就不会冻手了。
I want to buy a pair of gloves for my sister, so she won’t get frostbite on her hands when she works during winter.

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We, as part of ShinShin Education Foundation, a Bay Area 501(c)3 Nonprofit, are raising money to make face shields and face masks for healthcare professionals. Since March, ShinShin Education Foundation Youth Group has already made hundreds of face shields and masks, and donated them to various locations of Kaiser Permanente, Alta Bates Medical Center, Valley Medical Foundation, Eden Medical Center among other hospitals, senior centers, homeless centers and essential facilities in not only the local Bay Area but also the center of the pandemic, New York City. 

However, many more healthcare professionals are still working on the front line without adequate protection. Hence, we plan to make a few hundred more face shields and masks in the coming months to alleviate the personal protective equipment shortage and support our brave medical staff. 

Your donation will help us cover the cost of making face shields and masks. We will join the millions of others fighting across the world, and together we can win the battle against Covid19!

PREVENTING CORONAVIRUS FOR THE LEFT-BEHIND CHILDREN IN RURAL CHINA


CAMPAIGN PURPOSE: 


Raise money to buy personal hygiene supplies (antiseptic soap, tissues, etc) for the left-behind children in rural China. 


Hello, thank you for taking the time to read about this fundraiser. We are Shin Shin Youth Group, a youth volunteer organization affiliated with Shin Shin Educational Foundation. We volunteer locally through community volunteer events and globally through long-term projects to help elementary school students in rural China. You can find more information about Shin Shin Youth Group on our website https://shinshinyouthgroup.weebly.com


WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Since December 2019, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has surged past 113,000 confirmed cases (there may be more that are yet to be confirmed) and have already claimed the lives of over 4,000 people. A lot of attention is currently placed in the urban setting; however, we are not giving enough attention to rural schools.


WHERE WILL THE MONEY GO?

The money fundraised will be going to Shin Shin Educational Foundation, a non-profit volunteer organization whose main mission is to provide support for the left behind children (children who live typically live with extended family in rural China because their parents work in the cities in search of better job opportunities). Established in 1997, Shin Shin Educational Foundation has renovated 338 schools in China, impacting over 350,000 children. This foundation has volunteers in both the US and China. Every year, Shin Shin Educational Foundation spends about half a million dollars to fund various projects for schools in rural China.


Shin Shin Educational Foundation will use 100% of funds received to buy personal hygiene items (antiseptic bar soap, tissues, etc) for these children. The Shin Shin Educational Foundation volunteers in China will buy and distribute supplies to minimize logistic costs.


You can find more information at Shin Shin Educational Foundation’s website

http://www.shinshinfoundation.org/new_site/index.php/language/en/what-we-do/school-projects-2/. 


WHY LEFT-BEHIND CHILDREN?

Yes, children are less susceptible to coronavirus. However, this does not mean children do not get coronavirus; it only means that coronavirus is less harmful to them. As aforementioned, many of these children in rural China live with their grandparents or other older relatives. As a result, they may transmit coronavirus to their relatives. Studies show that coronavirus affects older people more severely. In addition, these children live in rural China, where lack of proper sanitation makes the contagious coronavirus a dangerous threat.


We also want to support these children because many of us have personal experiences with them. As part of our involvement in this organization, we teach classes to these underprivileged students in China, video conferencing during the school year (for more well-developed schools) and a visit to one school during early summer (https://tinyurl.com/ssygsummer). During our visit last summer, one child said his dream school was Harvard University. Despite their underprivileged social background, these children are incredibly ambitious, and the least we can do is to support their goals. Now, they are currently at home, trying to avoid getting coronavirus or spreading it to others. Instead, they should be going to school to pursue their bright futures and fulfill their dreams.


Please support my campaign, the left-behind children of rural China need your immediate help! Thank you, and I hope you have a wonderful day!