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   Hometown Education Foundation

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Hometown Education Foundation is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization
                    

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   The Hometown Education Foundation (HEF) was founded by Dr. Tonghai Yang in 2004 to help the poorest kids in his home county Ningguo, Anhui, China to continue their VERY BASIC

          Elementary through High School Education.

These kids are in danger of dropping out of school just because their family could not afford the mandatory school fees and book fees ($60-$150 a year). Some of them lost parent(s) due to accidents or diseases, others have a family member with severe chronic disease with a major medical bill, and others have a disabled parent. A little support goes a long way to help these kids establish a basic educational background for their future. A mere $60 helps an elementary school kid to stay in school for a whole year, and a mere $80 helps a middle school kid to stay in school for a whole year. Getting into high school is a big achievement for a rural student in China; only 50 percent of them can get into high school via a highly competitive entrance exam. $150 can help a poor high school student stay in school for a year. Your generous support will make a huge difference to the needy students and their families. Please be assured that your donation goes directly to the needy students 100 percent. Dr. Yang pays the overhead in US, and his colleagues in China pay the overhead in China. Your donation is tax deductible. To make a donation, please make a check payable to the Hometown Education Foundation, and send it to

  Hometown Education Foundation
  c/o Tonghai Yang
  9 W. Geneva Cir.
  Madison, WI 53717

You are also welcome to use google checkout (above) to make a donation. In that case, please drop me an email at thyang@math.wisc.edu so
I can send you a receipt with thank you note and record your donation correctly.

 Sponsoring one or more needy students are very welcome and greatly appreciated too if you prefer direct contact with students.   Please feel free to contact Dr. Tonghai Yang at thyang@math.wisc.edu or (608)263-4219.

   The Hometown Education Foundation is officially recognized by the IRS as a publich charity. 
  
   You can also help HEF by using Good Search for your online search and your online shop. Everytime you search using
www.goodsearch.com, it will donate 1 cent to the HEF. It is very simple. The first time you use it, you indicate that you are supporting `Hometown Education Foundation', then start your search. That is it.  Even though 1 cent is almost nothing, we could collect $3.65 a year from your effort if you use it once a day on average, which is real money fro the students in real need. From the webpage, you can click `goodshop' and shop online then as usual. The good part is that everytime you shop online from `goodshop', we will get a certain percentage donation from the retailer at no cost of yours (part of the retailer's charity donation).  Thanks a lot for your help in advance. As always, your check donation is greatly appreciated. Please spread the words to your friends too. www.goodsearch.com use Yahoo engine to search and has a clean front page similar to Google.  

 


Hui  Yu is a 8th grader during 08-09. She was born in 1994. She lives with her parents.  Her father has had two surgeries and can not do heavy work. Her mother has stomach problem and is slightly retarded. They depend solely on the farm income of about 2000 yuans ($300) a year,  plus a little subsidy from the government.  She is  quite helpful at home to her parents, and works hard in school. She is above average in study. She has been sponsored by Ho  Leung Au-Yeung since 2007.

 

 

Jia Ren (girl, 10 in 2004), 


a third grader in Jia Lu Elementary School.  She lives with her grandma (see photo).  Her father disappeared a few years ago and  Her mother remarried and left. 
She is generously sponsored by  Alejandro Adem and Melania Alvarez Adem.


                        

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