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Jiangxi Project
In 2005, the fledgling Aspire Education Foundation adopted the Springbud Scholarship
Program as one of its flagship projects. In the fall of 2006, we started two new
springbud classes in Jiangxi Province; one in Shang Gao County Shang Gao Middle School and the other
in Jiujiang County Gang Kou Middle School, each with 40 7th and 8th grade students. Yunnan Project
Luxi Scholarship Program was started in September 2005 in Yunan Luxi.
Currently, we offered 25 scholarships to 11th and 12th graders at Lu-Yuan High School
The scholarship recipients were recommended by teachers
and staffs based on family hardship and academic performance of the applicants. Luxi
project is operated through the help of our local Yunnan volunteer, Ms. Jia-Cui Lee, who is a
retired high school teacher. Ms. Lee visits and chats with all the scholarship students at
least 3 times a year. She also visits some of the students’ families in rural farming
villages to verify their financial hardship. Our US volunteers visit the students and school
with Ms. Lee once a year to make sure the project is operated smoothly.
An Hui Project  The An Hui Scholorship Program was started in 2007
with the donation from a group of donors in Northern California. With this program, we set up a merit-based scholorship in Anhui Occupational College of City Management to help
students with
financial need.
Currently, we are sponsoring 14 students
majoring in English, Tourism management, Insurance, business, and computer application.
A local teacher is responsible for the mangement and coordination of this scholorship program.
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In 2003, a Springbud Scholarship Program was started in Jiangxi Singzi through the help of Women’s Organization in China
. It started
out supporting 40 girl students at Liau-Hua Junior High School.
This group included twenty 7th grade, ten 8th grade, and ten 9th grade students who would have
dropped out of school due to financial hardship in their families. Liau-Hua Junior
High assigned a teacher, with no extra charge, to serve as the supervisor to provide guidance
and oversee their progress while they attended same classes as other students in school.
Currently, this program has 23 students remaining and they are now attending two high schools in Singzi
county. However, the total dollar
amount of financial aid has increased from $4,000 in 2003 to $6,000 in 2006. 