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Start from The Ground up, Develop Education and Related Programs in China<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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We had seen that students in mainland China, despite having a real thirst for knowledge, were not able to attend school because of their families\u2019 inability to bear the costs.\u00a0 The founding volunteers of our organization took on a mission to nourish the young,<\/em> established Sowers Action<\/em> and dedicated its effort to provide assistance and improve access to education in mainland China.\u00a0 In 1993, Sowers Action learned that a child fell to his death from the second floor of a broken-down wood-frame school building.\u00a0 Soon after, these volunteers started to plan and implement school construction projects, and later expanded into other programs related to the running of schools.<\/p>\n

Improving education is a long-term commitment that requires much planning, involving more than just having a physical school, teachers and students.\u00a0 As a result, Sowers Action took on a next step in 1999 to develop other enhancement projects, including training for teachers and special needs education fill the void.<\/p>\n

In 2013, to address the urgent needs to provide care for orphans and children living in poverty, we launched a Children Home<\/em> program and opened our first home in Yunnan.\u00a0 In these children homes, we adopt a whole-person education philosophy in their upbringing.\u00a0 In addition to providing for their basic needs, we pay special attention to developing their ethics and manners, sense of societal belonging, and physical and intellectual growth.\u00a0 In doing so, we want to make sure that they have good personal values and conducts, as well as practical skills to be able to integrate into and contribute to society.\u00a0 For children with special needs, our children homes have dedicated staff to give rehabilitation and mental health guidance to assist them.<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1554882722664{margin-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column]

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From China to the World<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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For years, Sowers Action have contributed to the improvements of learning conditions in rural China. With the recent rapid economic growth, the Chinese government has dedicated much resources in education and have achieved gradual improvements. In 2017, our volunteers switched their focus from China to assist other areas needing help around the world. We put our rich experience and collective resources to work in Southeast Asia \u2013 Myanmar, Northern Thailand, and Nepal \u2013 to assist children in impoverished communities, providing education opportunities and community services.<\/p>\n

In addition, we act as a platform, matching resources to support continuous development for the needy. Sowers Action will continue to apply its tried and true practices on program implementations \u2013 conduct local inspection to evaluate needs, fund and manage projects directly, and oversee long term follow ups and audits to assess project impact. We aim to provide equitable education access to children and sustainable development to communities in needs.<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1554882722664{margin-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column]

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From Education Assistance to Community Services<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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On the early days of international program development, what we witnessed in Laos and Northern Thailand far exceeded what we had expected. In some provinces, natural disaster, historic causes and local conflicts have ravaged many communities destroying and displacing countless families, homelessness is common. Those who survived lost their land and livelihood, some migrate or live under the roofs of relatives who themselves are also poor; others build shelters using scrap metals, bricks or thatch and canvas or bamboo as walls to weather the elements; some move to refugee camps relying on relief aids to survive. Their future look grim and hopeless. Under such circumstances, even if we were to improve children\u2019s education opportunities and conditions, no child can properly learn without sufficient food or a roof over his head.<\/p>\n

As a result, Sowers Action launch a \u201ccomprehensive assistance\u201d program that includes infrastructure building, education and child welfare, and other projects that benefit the community (without limitations on age group or program type). However, in balancing our efforts, we aim to give priority on projects that focus on education and child welfare, this emphasis falls in line with our founding vision to \u201ctransform baggage attributed to human population into human capital and resources\u201d through education. This does not, however, preclude Sowers Action in participating in poverty alleviation projects, especially when such program will simultaneously and ultimately help to improve education, our most concerned causes.<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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