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  • Build/ renovate schools and dormitories to improve the learning environment
  • Grant scholarships and subsidies to poor students in rural areas and cities
  • Provide educational support for high school and university students
  • Conduct training for teachers and improve educational facilities
    
    

Xiao Yang's parents have moved to Beijing with her daughter in search of a better life. Xiao Yang faces problem going to public school. Her parents have no choice but to send her to a school for migrant workers' children. "We thank World Vision for providing us with pre-fabricated classrooms and scholarships." Zhou Yang says

• Construct clinics to provide medical services in remote areas
• Provide medical subsidies for poor and sick children to receive surgery and treatment
• Organise public education activities to raise people's health consciousness

Jiawei suffered from life-threatening congenital heart disease. She was so weak that she could not play with other children. She has now recovered after a heart surgery subsidised by World Vision. Her parents no longer need to move to the city to earn her medical fees. The little girl can now go to school. Being reunited with her parents makes her happiest of all.

• Arrange orphans to live with foster families to receive holistic care
• Provide rehabilitation, medical and education services for children with special needs
• Provide training for workers in local welfare institutes for strengthening of nursing skills for children with special needs

Jianbo, who suffers from cerebral palsy, used to be a silent and unhappy boy. But with World Vision's support, the social welfare institute where Jianbo lives could provide regular rehabilitation training for children with special needs. Being one of the beneficiaries, Jianbo has grown stronger and smiles all the time.

• Build water cellars and water supply facilities, as well as leveraging natural resources, for examples, biogas and solar energy to improve the livelihoods of villagers
• Set up children and youth centres to provide support for left-behind children in rural areas and street children in cities
• Provide vocational training for rural migrant workers to help them make a living

Since World Vision helped Mrs. He and her family to install a biogas system, they learnt how to utilise human and animal waste for generating power. Mrs. He says, "The biogas system brings us convenience on cooking and lighting. Now I have more time to take care of my grandson."