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kasumisou Apricot Nursery at Bayatala Middle school 巴彦塔拉苏木中学
School Information and Project
Location: Togliao Bayantala, 通辽巴彦塔拉 Inner Mongolia
Number of Students: 507
Number of Teachers: 45
Per Capita Income: ￥800/S97，50 (1999)
Tuition & Fees: ￥260/$32
Projects: Kasumisou Apribot Nursery 杏树苗圃
Project Chronicle:
- In Jan, 2000, the Kasumisou/Phelex Apricot Base Program for Bayan Tala Middle School started with a total donation amount of RMB 110,000 including Direct Tuition Aid Fund of RMB 10,000. Also, the program had received local government supportive fund of RMB 15,000 and local public donation of RMB 3,500.
- The program includes 650 mu apricot and 50 mu saplings.
- In 2001, the program produced 500,000 apricot saplings and 50 mu broomcorn.
- In 2001, The program income nearly reached ￥100,000 including ￥30,000 Yuan from sapling sales, ￥70,000 from Chinese ephedra seeds (ma huang zi) sales.
- In the spring, 2002, no any proceeds from apricot and sapling nursery because of rare snow calamity. The earning from Chinese ephedra seeds reduced.
- In 2003, the production of apricot and sapling was little, Chinese ephedra seeds market was decreasing. A difficult situation confronted the tuition aid program; the school was seeking for ways out.
项目细节：
捐资建设“霞草/惠黎山杏基地”，修建50亩苗圃，封育改造650亩自然山杏林。设立专项助学金，提供财务管理、社区议事会管理培训。
项目进展和其他材料:
- 2005 年助学项目获得收益 26,647 元人民币，系出售金盏花和租赁土地所得。 4 月，学校资助 83 人住宿生伙食补贴，人均 50 元，共计 4,150 元人民币。
- 2003年由于气候原因，山杏林产量甚微，麻黄籽市场日趋减小，助学项目面临危机，学校正积极寻求出路。
- 2002年春季，遭受罕见雪灾，造成山杏林地绝收。麻黄籽收益减少。
- 2001年，项目收益人民币近100,000元，其中，苗圃收入30,000余元人民币，麻黄籽收入70,000多元人民币。
- 2001年，种植60万株山杏苗，山杏林地中间种麻黄，20亩旱地种植高梁。
- 2000年1月，惠黎基金会与日本霞草基金会合作，捐资110,000元人民币，为巴彦塔拉中学建立了650亩的山杏林基地和50亩苗圃，其中，包括10,000元人民币的贫困学生专项助学基金。地方政府配套15000元人民币专项助学资金，当地民众自发筹集资金3,500元人民币。