ANI Tibetan herbs farm at pu li elementary school 西藏德钦普利小学

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Location: Deqin, 云南德钦 Yunnan Province 

Deqin is located between the Hengduan Mountains and Lancang River, approx. 810 km from Kunming, the provincial capital, and 180 km from Zhongdian Airport 

Number of Students: 50

Number of Teachers: 4

Per Capita Income: ￥550/$67 (1999)

Tuition & Fees: ￥350/$43；+ ￥450/$55 boarding 

Projects:  ANI Herbs Garden 清源藏药材基地

Background: 

The school was founded 1997 by Ah Yong, a local Tibetan farmer. The school offers free tuition as well as room and board to local Tibetan children who cannot afford to go to public schools. The school currently has 50 pupils, including 7 orphans. In 1999, with a donation from the Phelex Foundation, the school started to admit girls, who now number 15.  

 Project Chronicle: 

• 2000: planted 1.5 mu Qingui, 0.5 mu caladiums and 23 mu potatoes. And the potatoes are growing very well. The preparation works are on the way.
• 2001: The proceeds of RMB 2,250(us$275) came from Qingui (a Tibetan herbal) and there are potatoes weighted 15,000kg . One-third of them was sold for RMB 7,000. The remaining potatoes and the vegetables from the garden provided the food for the pupils.
• In Nov. 2001: Mr. Fu Zhiqing, a Hongkong entrepreneur, donated to the School clothing valued at RMB 1,300 which was distributed to 18 pupils.
• Ah Yong's story

• In 2002, the program harvested 17, 000 jin potatoes, kept 10, 000 jin for students food, sold out 7, 000 jin and gain RMB 7, 000 proceeds.
• In the spring of 2003, Mr. Defu Dong, a volunteer (the original director of the management bureau of Maxueshan Natural preserve), self-compiled teaching materials and opened environment protection course in Tibetan language. His program gained ? 20, 000 Yuan sponsorship from the World Nature Foundation.
• In Aug. 2003, Shanghai National Accounting College launched donations on the Internet and collected RMB 54, 778.49 , books, clothing and some calculators.

• In 2003, Puli Tibetan Elementary School harvested 25, 860 jin potatoes, sold 15, 000 jin and gained RMB 15, 000 proceeds. The school also harvested 5640 jin vegetables. The vegetables and the remaining potatoes were supplied to the school dining room to improve meals.
• Based on that all school children were exempted from tuition fees, the program income in 2 successive years mainly funded 15 extremely needy children.
• In 2004, all the program proceeds of RMB 27, 500 funded 57 needy pupils.(Vegetable income was used for food supply and the distribution of nutritious meals.

• In 2004, Puli School amended teaching contents emphasized teaching in Tibetan language, Tibetan medicine, English and environment protection. Ms. Xiaonan Zhu, a Beijing volunteer, contributed her teaching at the school for more than one year and helped the school to establish the system of regulated teaching management.
• In 2004, more and more tourists visited the school, and expanded the school's experience to other areas while bringing in more information. More and more social sources were paying closer attention on the school development.

 项目进展和其他材料:

• 2004 年，更多的旅游者参观学校，他们为学校带来了信息并把学校的工作介绍到更广泛的地区，使关注学校发展的社会力量增多。
• 2004 年，普里藏文学校修改了教学内容，加强了藏语言、藏医和英文的教学，加入了环保教育。北京志愿者祖肖男女士在学校志愿服务一年多，帮助学校建立规范化的教学管理制度。
• 2004年度项目收入27,500元人民币,救助贫困学童57人，救助金额 27,500 元人民币(其中蔬菜的收入全部用于学生食粮的供应和营养餐的分配)
• 在免除所有学童学费的基础上,连续两年项目收益主要救助15名特困儿童。

• 2003年，普利藏文小学收获土豆25860斤，销售15000斤，实现助学项目收益：15000元；另收获蔬菜5640斤，蔬菜及未销售完的土豆全部用于学校食堂蔬菜的供给，改善了全校师生的伙食状况。
• 2003年8月，由上海国家会计学院发起的网上捐赠活动，为阿牛学校募得人民币54778.59元，图书、衣物、计算器若干。
• 2003年春季，志愿者董德福（原白马雪山自然保护区管理局局长）用自编教材开设环保课，以藏文授课，获得世界自然基金会2万元赞助。

• 2002年，收获土豆17,000斤，其中10000斤留做学生食用，7,000斤出售，收入人民币7000元。
• 2001年11月，傅志强先生向该校捐赠价值人民币1300元的衣服。
• 2001年4月，李伟女士向该校捐赠文具价值1900元。
• 2001年基地芹归收入2,250元；土豆30,000斤，出售10,000斤，收入人民币7,000元；白菜2,000斤，它们和未出售的20,000斤土豆用于该校师生的日常生活。
• 2000年种植芹归1.5亩0.5亩贝母及23亩土豆。