China Youth Development Foundation
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The China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) is a national non-profit and non-governmental organization
founded in March 1989 in Beijing
. The CYDF works to develop Chinese
youth through education, science and technology, culture, physical education, health, and environmental protection
. The CYDF is best known for launching and managing its largest program to date, "Project Hope." Project Hope
has sought to help school dropouts in poor remote regions return to school and complete at least an elementary education
.
was gradually replacing a closed, centrally planned economy
, resulting in widespread social change
and breakdowns in the welfare system. No longer able to rely on the government to ensure job security
and social benefits, people became increasingly self-sufficient
and more independent. The rejuvenation in Chinese society created an unprecedented friendly environment for the development of China’s previously insignificant non-profit sector. As one of the earliest non-profit organization
s to be established, the CYDF has seen remarkable success.
Their success as a non-profit has prompted the CYDF to aid the development of other non-profit organizations in China by organizing and promoting international exchanges and cooperation. The CYDF hosted a conference to examine the development of non-profit organizations in China and the lessons that might be learned from Project Hope in that development. The CYDF is currently undertaking China’s first-ever "grant making" program in the area of education with the help of funds provided by international organization
s. The CYDF’s attempts to "professionalize" its own senior staff as well as other senior non-profit managers in China through the establishment of formal training programs at the People’s University and at the Chinese University in Hong Kong.
today and in the future have the opportunity to go to school. By the end of 2005 Project Hope had raised over RMB 3 billion in donations, helped 2.897 million children from poverty-stricken rural families continue their schooling, built 12,559 Hope primary schools and 200 Internet Schools in poor remote regions, presented over 13,000 Hope library kits and 3,000 film library kits to over 10,000 village schools in remote areas, and trained over 30,000 village primary school teachers. In addition, the foundation has set up a "Stars of Hope Award Fund" to support top-ranked Project Hope students in further studies and a "Hope Primary School Teacher-Training Fund" to allow teachers to sharpen their skills.
. Launched in 1999, the “Mother River Protection Project” aims to plant large numbers of trees near sources of the Yangtze River
and the Yellow River
and eventually in other environmentally threatened areas throughout the country. The Project has raised donations of RMB 300 million and has undertaken 1,196 programs across China, planted 412,000 hectares of trees, and organized over 300 million youth volunteers to participate in planting trees and other environmental protection activities.
and pursuit of excellence.
, entrepreneurship, and leadership through training and support. The leaders are expected reach out and with their expertise in business development
, benefit people in the neighborhood to achieve the ultimate goal of a harmonious society
.
and ten media groups including CCTV, in selecting “Ten Outstanding Chinese Youths” each year. The award goes to outstanding young people who have made great contributions and have made prominent achievements in the country’s development. CYDF is also involved in the selection of “Young Chinese Scientists Winners.”
The CYDF has established, together with the United Nations
Development Programme, an annual International Youth Prize for Poverty Elimination. This award was created in 1996 to enhance the development of young people in poverty-stricken areas and strengthen the determination to eliminate poverty. The award recognizes young people under the age of 25 who have made great contributions to underdeveloped areas.
The CYDF also recognizes excellent teachers who have been working for a long time for rural primary education and have made outstanding achievements in the implementation of Project Hope in poverty-stricken areas. This award is called “Project Hope Gardener”.
has a long-standing partnership with CYDF. From 1996 to 2005, P&G donated more than RMB 240 million in total, and built 100 Project Hope primary schools in 27 provinces, a record among multi-national companies.
In 2005, P&G adopted the theme “Caring for Children, Delight from the Heart” and donated RMB 1.5 million. It continued to promote the “Loving 1+1” campaign, built 11 primary schools and supported 600 students from poor rural families. At the Hainan Qiong Shan P& G Hope Primary School, the company launched the “Loving, Caring, Understanding – Volunteer Child Psychologist
visit to a Project Hope School” to provide continuing service for children there.
In 2002 P&G launched a new project entitled “The Double Hundred Hope School Project” to build another 100 schools with partners before 2010.
It has supported various programs and activities including providing support to get children back in school, building schools, supporting teacher training
, providing scholarships for outstanding students, building libraries and computer labs, and providing sponsorship for the children of migrant workers
in cities.
Motorola has placed its focus on direct participation; site visits and long term follow up for projects. It organizes senior leadership, outstanding staff and volunteers for annual visits to program beneficiaries. These visits have enabled those involved to obtain first hand
experience of the impact made on rural areas.
, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, and Guangxi. By the end of 2005, CYDF had organized ten GE-Project Hope training sessions and field-based training for about 4,800 school principals and teachers. About 40 volunteers from GE participated in the trainings.
program will take advantage of the CBA Season to set up the charity fund by hosting a series of activities designed to collect donations to build CBA Hope Schools and Hope basketball
courts and encourage Hope Schools to offer sports activities. The China Basketball Association donated RMB 1.31 million in start-up
funds for the program. ANTA (China) Co. Ltd, the major sponsor of the CBA season, donated RMB 1 million in cash and RMB 2 million in in-kind donations to the program. ANTA has committed RMB 1 from the proceeds of the sale of each and every pair of basketball shoes to the program through the end of 2007.
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...
founded in March 1989 in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
. The CYDF works to develop Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
youth through education, science and technology, culture, physical education, health, and environmental protection
Environmental movement
The environmental movement, a term that includes the conservation and green politics, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues....
. The CYDF is best known for launching and managing its largest program to date, "Project Hope." Project Hope
Project Hope
Project Hope is a Chinese public service project organized by the China Youth Development Foundation and the Communist Youth League Central Committee. Started on October 30, 1989, it aims to bring schools into poverty-stricken rural areas of China, to help children whose families are too poor...
has sought to help school dropouts in poor remote regions return to school and complete at least an elementary education
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
.
CYDF and the non-profit sector in China
The non-profit or "third" sector in China developed during a period of reform and opening-up. An open, dynamic market economyMarket economy
A market economy is an economy in which the prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system. This is often contrasted with a state-directed or planned economy. Market economies can range from hypothetically pure laissez-faire variants to an assortment of real-world mixed...
was gradually replacing a closed, centrally planned economy
Planned economy
A planned economy is an economic system in which decisions regarding production and investment are embodied in a plan formulated by a central authority, usually by a government agency...
, resulting in widespread social change
Social change
Social change refers to an alteration in the social order of a society. It may refer to the notion of social progress or sociocultural evolution, the philosophical idea that society moves forward by dialectical or evolutionary means. It may refer to a paradigmatic change in the socio-economic...
and breakdowns in the welfare system. No longer able to rely on the government to ensure job security
Job security
Job security is the probability that an individual will keep his or her job; a job with a high level of job security is such that a person with the job would have a small chance of becoming unemployed.-Factors affecting job security:...
and social benefits, people became increasingly self-sufficient
Self-sufficiency
Self-sufficiency refers to the state of not requiring any outside aid, support, or interaction, for survival; it is therefore a type of personal or collective autonomy...
and more independent. The rejuvenation in Chinese society created an unprecedented friendly environment for the development of China’s previously insignificant non-profit sector. As one of the earliest non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
s to be established, the CYDF has seen remarkable success.
Their success as a non-profit has prompted the CYDF to aid the development of other non-profit organizations in China by organizing and promoting international exchanges and cooperation. The CYDF hosted a conference to examine the development of non-profit organizations in China and the lessons that might be learned from Project Hope in that development. The CYDF is currently undertaking China’s first-ever "grant making" program in the area of education with the help of funds provided by international organization
International organization
An intergovernmental organization, sometimes rendered as an international governmental organization and both abbreviated as IGO, is an organization composed primarily of sovereign states , or of other intergovernmental organizations...
s. The CYDF’s attempts to "professionalize" its own senior staff as well as other senior non-profit managers in China through the establishment of formal training programs at the People’s University and at the Chinese University in Hong Kong.
Project Hope
Project Hope is the flagship program of CYDF. Founded in 1989, the goal of the project is to ensure that children in rural communitiesTypes of rural communities
Sociologists have identified a number of different types of rural communities, which have arisen as a result of changing economic trends within rural regions of industrial nations....
today and in the future have the opportunity to go to school. By the end of 2005 Project Hope had raised over RMB 3 billion in donations, helped 2.897 million children from poverty-stricken rural families continue their schooling, built 12,559 Hope primary schools and 200 Internet Schools in poor remote regions, presented over 13,000 Hope library kits and 3,000 film library kits to over 10,000 village schools in remote areas, and trained over 30,000 village primary school teachers. In addition, the foundation has set up a "Stars of Hope Award Fund" to support top-ranked Project Hope students in further studies and a "Hope Primary School Teacher-Training Fund" to allow teachers to sharpen their skills.
Mother River Protection Project
This project was created to help improve the ecological environment of ChinaEnvironment of China
The environment in the People's Republic of China has traditionally been neglected as the country concentrates on its rise as an economic power. Chasing the political gains of economic development, local officials in China often overlook environmental pollution, worker safety and public health...
. Launched in 1999, the “Mother River Protection Project” aims to plant large numbers of trees near sources of the Yangtze River
Yangtze River
The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...
and the Yellow River
Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He, formerly known as the Hwang Ho, is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest in the world at the estimated length of . Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into...
and eventually in other environmentally threatened areas throughout the country. The Project has raised donations of RMB 300 million and has undertaken 1,196 programs across China, planted 412,000 hectares of trees, and organized over 300 million youth volunteers to participate in planting trees and other environmental protection activities.
Action Red Ribbon
Launched in 2003, “Action Red Ribbon” attempts to increase HIV/AIDS awareness among Chinese youth to support the education of children in AIDS-affected areas. The program aims to construct 100 “Red Ribbon Clubs of Care” in areas of China, selected by the Chinese Ministry of Health. These clubs will educate rural populations, especially youth, on AIDS prevention. The goal is to increase awareness in these 100 areas to 70%.Chinese Ancient Poem Recital Program
The “Chinese Ancient Poem Recital Project” is intended to foster an appreciation for China’s traditional culture among youth. Over 4 million participants from different regions and provinces around China have participated in the program.Prospect Plan
Initiated in 1993, along with the China Association for International Exchange of Personnel, this project aims to empower underprivileged people in economically backward regions and promote development of the society by capacity buildingCapacity building
Capacity building also referred to as capacity development is a conceptual approach to development that focuses on understanding the obstacles that inhibit people, governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations from realizing their developmental goals while enhancing...
and pursuit of excellence.
Western China Talent Project
Initiated in 2000, the Project has so far trained more than 8, 000 talents for the development of western China through public demonstration with government’s support, promotion from civil organizations and participation of the general public.New Countryside Prospect Plan
To promote capacity building of the talented people in rural western China, the New Countryside Prospect Plan aims to support the poor and help the talented by empowering them through demonstration to make millions of people in rural areas turn wealthy.Rural Leader Capacity Building Program
This program aims to improve the capacity building of those in rural western China talented in business managementManagement
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
, entrepreneurship, and leadership through training and support. The leaders are expected reach out and with their expertise in business development
Business development
A subset of the field of commerce, business development comprises a number of techniques and responsibilities which aim at:1. Researching new types of business/products/services with an emphasis on identifying gaps in the mitigation of needs of potential clients .2. Attracting new customers3...
, benefit people in the neighborhood to achieve the ultimate goal of a harmonious society
Harmonious society
The construction of a Harmonious Society is a socio-economic vision that is said to be the ultimate end result of Chinese leader Hu Jintao's signature ideology of the Scientific Development Concept. It serves as the ultimate goal for the ruling Communist Party of China along with Xiaokang society,...
.
Happy Rural Family Hotel Program
The goal of this program is to help young people of rural areas in western China engage in tourism service and set up and run family hotels with rural features to alleviate poverty.Award Programs
Another activity of the CYDF is the presentation of awards and prizes that encourage Chinese youth to develop their talents. Since 1990 the CYDF has cooperated with the All-China Youth FederationAll-China Youth Federation
The All-China Youth Federation is an organization founded in 1949 that represents many youth groups in China, including the Communist Youth League of China...
and ten media groups including CCTV, in selecting “Ten Outstanding Chinese Youths” each year. The award goes to outstanding young people who have made great contributions and have made prominent achievements in the country’s development. CYDF is also involved in the selection of “Young Chinese Scientists Winners.”
The CYDF has established, together with the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Development Programme, an annual International Youth Prize for Poverty Elimination. This award was created in 1996 to enhance the development of young people in poverty-stricken areas and strengthen the determination to eliminate poverty. The award recognizes young people under the age of 25 who have made great contributions to underdeveloped areas.
The CYDF also recognizes excellent teachers who have been working for a long time for rural primary education and have made outstanding achievements in the implementation of Project Hope in poverty-stricken areas. This award is called “Project Hope Gardener”.
Procter & Gamble
As an internationally renowned corporation, Procter & GambleProcter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide range of consumer goods....
has a long-standing partnership with CYDF. From 1996 to 2005, P&G donated more than RMB 240 million in total, and built 100 Project Hope primary schools in 27 provinces, a record among multi-national companies.
In 2005, P&G adopted the theme “Caring for Children, Delight from the Heart” and donated RMB 1.5 million. It continued to promote the “Loving 1+1” campaign, built 11 primary schools and supported 600 students from poor rural families. At the Hainan Qiong Shan P& G Hope Primary School, the company launched the “Loving, Caring, Understanding – Volunteer Child Psychologist
Developmental psychology
Developmental psychology, also known as human development, is the scientific study of systematic psychological changes, emotional changes, and perception changes that occur in human beings over the course of their life span. Originally concerned with infants and children, the field has expanded to...
visit to a Project Hope School” to provide continuing service for children there.
In 2002 P&G launched a new project entitled “The Double Hundred Hope School Project” to build another 100 schools with partners before 2010.
Motorola
Since 1995, Motorola has contributed consistently to CYDF, giving more than RMB 33 million.It has supported various programs and activities including providing support to get children back in school, building schools, supporting teacher training
Teacher education
Teacher education refers to the policies and procedures designed to equip prospective teachers with the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and skills they require to perform their tasks effectively in the classroom, school and wider community....
, providing scholarships for outstanding students, building libraries and computer labs, and providing sponsorship for the children of migrant workers
Foreign worker
A foreign worker is a person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a citizen. The term migrant worker as discussed in the migrant worker page is used in a particular UN resolution as a synonym for "foreign worker"...
in cities.
Motorola has placed its focus on direct participation; site visits and long term follow up for projects. It organizes senior leadership, outstanding staff and volunteers for annual visits to program beneficiaries. These visits have enabled those involved to obtain first hand
First hand
Firsthand is obtained directly from the original source. The phrase may also refer to:* First Hand , the debut album released by Steven Curtis Chapman* First Hand Foundation, a non-profit organisation...
experience of the impact made on rural areas.
General Electric
The GE Foundation made a three-year grant of US$ 800,000 to CYDF in 2005 to train a large number of Project Hope school principals and teachers in 10 counties in Inner MongoliaInner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...
, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, and Guangxi. By the end of 2005, CYDF had organized ten GE-Project Hope training sessions and field-based training for about 4,800 school principals and teachers. About 40 volunteers from GE participated in the trainings.
Jeanswest
In July 2005, Jeanswest International (HK) Co. Ltd. Donated RMB 9 million to CYDF to create the “Jeanswest College Financial Aid Fund” to support more than 2,000 talented college students facing financial difficulties.China Basketball Association
In April 2005, CYDF and the China Basketball Association (CBA) launched the “Growing Up with the CBA Charity Program” and “ANTA Love Action” to promote sports development for young people in underprivileged regions in West China. This charityCharitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
program will take advantage of the CBA Season to set up the charity fund by hosting a series of activities designed to collect donations to build CBA Hope Schools and Hope basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
courts and encourage Hope Schools to offer sports activities. The China Basketball Association donated RMB 1.31 million in start-up
Startup company
A startup company or startup is a company with a limited operating history. These companies, generally newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets...
funds for the program. ANTA (China) Co. Ltd, the major sponsor of the CBA season, donated RMB 1 million in cash and RMB 2 million in in-kind donations to the program. ANTA has committed RMB 1 from the proceeds of the sale of each and every pair of basketball shoes to the program through the end of 2007.
External links
- China Youth Development Foundation - official website
- English version of official website