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Sunshine Family Education Centre (2010/02/25 | No Comments »)
A Luoshui-based grassroots organisation develops parenting skills and improves children’s quality of life in disadvantaged rural areas.
Tianping Village Seniors’ Society (2010/02/24 | No Comments »)
Tianping Village Seniors’ Society arranges community-based activities for rural village seniors in an earthquake-affected area.
Nashville-Mianzhu Penpal Project (2010/02/19 | No Comments »)
SQR helped a quake-affected primary school in Mianzhu become penpals with students 8000 miles away in Nashville, Tennessee.
Xinlong Village Mutual Aid Centre (2010/02/16 | 2 Comments »)
The Xinlong Village Mutual Aid Centre was established in a small village in the earthquake zone to develop the independence and self-sufficiency of rural women through career education and literacy. SQR visited them last month.
Heart Starting Point (Xin Qicheng), grassroots disabled rights organisation (2010/01/20 | 2 Comments »)
Huang Li survived under the rubble of the earthquake for 96 hours, losing both legs and her left arm. She went on to found a disabled rights organisation in Dujiangyan.
Reconstruction progress in Jinhua Town, Mianzhu (2010/01/01 | 3 Comments »)
SQR visited the town of Jinhua, where 98% of the buildings collapsed in the quake, to see how reconstruction is progressing.
The Spirit of China NGO and the Santai School for Orphans (2009/12/24 | No Comments »)
SQR visited the offices of a local NGO in quake-affected Mianyang, and an orphan school they are supporting in nearby Santai.
Reconstruction progress in Yanyan Village, Qingchuan County (2009/12/23 | No Comments »)
An overview of how home reconstruction is progressing in one village in Qingchuan County.
Cargill’s Chengdu-based staff raise 122,500RMB for SQR and CSA (2009/12/23 | No Comments »)
Cargill Chengdu’s Christmas party raised 122,500 RMB in a matter of hours for SQR.
Abigail Washburn reunites with Afterquake schoolchildren (2009/12/07 | 1 Comment »)
Abigail Washburn made an emotional return to The Bookworm in Chengdu on Saturday evening for a special performance reuniting her with the children from Shuimo who performed on the fund-raising Afterquake EP. She also joined the following day’s CSA trip to Xiaoyudong.
Exceptional Exhibition launches to raise money for earthquake victims (2009/12/06 | No Comments »)
Five-time Oscar-winner Richard Taylor and the creator of The World of Dr Grordbort’s, Greg Broadmore, launch The Exception Exhibition in aid of earthquake victims.
Abigail Washburn and Kai Welch at The Bookworm (2009/12/02 | No Comments »)
Abigail Washburn (of Afterquake EP fame) returns to The Bookworm, Chengdu, for a one-off concert with new collaborator Kai Welch.
CIWC Christmas Bazaar this Saturday (2009/11/27 | No Comments »)
The annual Chengdu International Women’s Club Christmas Bazaar is taking place this Saturday, raising money for four good causes, including our very own Chengdu Sports Aid.
SQR “Re-granting” Project (2009/11/25 | No Comments »)
SQR’s “Re-granting” project will help incubate grassroots organisations by issuing small-scale grants to fund projects of their own devising.
CSA trip to Luoshui (2009/11/24 | No Comments »)
A glowing report of this week’s Chengdu Sports Aid trip from second-time volunteer John Fowler.
Posters show a brief history of SQR (2009/11/23 | No Comments »)
SQR posters available for download.
Chengdu Sports Aid outing to Luoshui (2009/11/12 | No Comments »)
SQR’s Outreach Coordinator Yuanyuan describes Sunday’s CSA trip to Luoshui.
EtonHouse school report (2009/11/11 | No Comments »)
Isabel Brough, School Community Liaison at Chengdu EtonHouse International School, has kindly provided her own take on their recent Chengdu Sports Aid trip, along with two of the accounts that the children wrote.
A message from one of our donors (2009/11/09 | No Comments »)
A message from the principal of Chiao Hsin Chinese Language School.
SQR and The Library Project install libraries in 14 Baoxing schools (2009/11/07 | No Comments »)
The long-standing partnership between SQR and The Library Project continued last month, as reported by SQR’s Development Coordinator, Li Jiehao.