China: Danzhuang in Qinghai has a new school
Construction of the new primary school
building in Danzhuang, Shidacang County (Qinghai Province) was completed
last month. Danzhuang is a small village in a mountainous, almost barren
region, whose inhabitants are Tibetans. Almost all of them are poor - average
annual income per head is around CNY 1000 (ca. US$ 145). Its primary school
was built in 1982. The building wasn't well maintained because there was
never enough money for this, so over time it started literally falling
to pieces and was officially categorised as very unsafe.
The Amity Foundation cooperated with Suyuan Law Firm, which sponsored the construction of a new school building with 6 classrooms, a students' dorm and a teachers' room covering altogether 180 square meters. The new building has a courtyard and a toilet, too. 159 school-age children live in the village, 58 of whom attend first grade
To mark the completion of the new building, Suyuan Law Firm presented teachers and students with a batch of learning materials and sports equipment. In view of the cold weather, the company added 150 pairs of writing gloves as well as scarves.