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Among 50,000 elementary to high school students in Ningguo County, Anhui, China, there are a little over 1000 students having difficulty paying for their school fees. Some are helped by family relatives and friends, and some others are helped by caring individuals and companies and government. There are still about 500 students getting no help and are in danger of dropping out of school. The Hometown Education Foundation and the Ningguo Sino-US Education Association are the only organizations to systematically help these students. Here are some photos of a very small portion of these needy students. Please click about boxes for information about over 200 needy students we collected.

Students I visited during summer 2004

Distribution of the financial aid---small ceremonies

Distributing the financial support---public announcement.

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	Jinpin He (1098), both she and her little sister are in Feng Cun Elementary School. Her parents are in poor health. She is making shoe brushes after school for money. She is generously sponsored by Jian-Shu Li.

	Jia Ren (girl, 10), 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.

	Jifeng Xu, a 10 years old boy at Feng Cun Elementary School. His father passed away, and he has to walk 3 miles everyday to school.

Please make your donation by writing a check payable to The Hometown Education Foundation (HEF), and send it to

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

We will update the donor list on the web periodically (together with donation amount) to show our appreciation of your generous help and the openness of the process. If you prefer to keep your donation anonymous, please let us know. We will keep it that way.

If you prefer personal contact, we can make arrangements for you to sponsor one or more students. We hope this will bring you even more personal satisfaction by seeing, first hand, how much of a difference your contribution makes. It costs you

$50 to sponsor an elementary school student for a year,

$80 to sponsor a middle school student for a year, and

$150 to sponsor a high school student for a year.

Here is how it works. You choose one (or more) needy student to sponsor for a year or more, and send the donation to HEF. We will give the money to the sponsored student and inform him/her of your support. We will report his/her progress to you. If you like, you are more than welcome to be in direct contact with him/her.

Again your help is greatly appreciated and will make a huge impact on the needy young lives. If you have any question, please feel free to contact me at thyang@math.wisc.edu or (608) 263-4219.