herbs garden at shazhen elementary school 沙圳小学

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Location: lianping, 广东连平 Guangdong Province

Number of Students: 107

Number of Teachers: 5

Per Capita Income: ￥1,104/$135 (1999)

Tuition & Fees: ￥550/$67 

Projects:  Herbs Farm 山枝子基地

 Project Chronicle:

• In November 1998, the foundation Chairman visited the school, and the Shanzhizi (a type of herb) project proposal was approved as a solution for sustainable tuition aid source.
• In January 1999, the school started to clean up the field and applied fertilizers. Shanzhizi (a type of Chinese herb) was planted.
• The Phelex Foundation contributed full tuition assistance to needy students at the beginning of the project. (see the chart below)

• Hong Kong journalist, a Lianping county native donated RMB120,000 to the school for school building renovations.
• In Feb. 2000, 16 needy students received tuition-aid of RMB 50.00 of each. In March 2001, 7 students received RMB 450 tuition aid and 4 teachers received RMB 400 teaching award.
• In September, Hong Kong Yee Sing Enterprises Co. donated RMB 1,500 worth of clothing.
• In 2002, as an effort, the Guangdong municipal government offered RMB 3,000 to each needy family on the condition that they send all their children to school.
• In June 2002, the project gained RMB 1,350 proceeds, which was used for children's lunch program.

学校背景:
学校位于粤北山区粤赣交界山区，距广州257公里，是广东省贫困县。学校为村级小学。3名学童无力承担学杂费，32名学童长期交不起学杂费。 

 项目进展和其他材料:

• 1998年3月200亩基地划归学校所有。4月政府配套2万元人民币到位。
• 1998年11月，惠黎基金会会长周元先生访问了沙圳小学，学校提交了关于种植山枝子（一种中药材）的项目建议书。
• 1999年1月，项目正式启动，学校整理土地并种上了山枝子。

• 惠黎基金会设立了专项助学金使贫困学生得到救助。（见统计表）
• 香港《大公报》募集120,000元人民币，为沙圳小学建造了一栋两层楼的新教室。
• 2000年2月，16名贫困学生得到了50元的救助。
• 2001年3月，7名贫困学生和4名教师分别得到了不同程度的救助。
• 2001年9月，香港怡升制衣有限公司捐赠的一批价值1,500元人民币的衣物发放到贫困学生的手中。

• 2002年，广东省政府规定：每个贫困生家庭每年给予3,000元人民币的支持，以保证贫困生上学。
• 2002年6月，项目收益1,350元人民币，作为学生的营养餐资金使用。
• 由于生源锐减，自2006年9月起，沙圳小学正式并入镇长沙小学，原9名学童到新学校就读。