Spring Bud Plan

Public welfare projects dedicated to improving girls' education
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The "Spring Bud Plan" was established by China Children's Fund It was launched in 1989 to help poor girls out of school return to school. [8]
In 1989 All China Women's Federation Under its leadership, the China Children's Fund launched the "Spring Bud Plan" public welfare project, which is committed to improving the education of girls from poor families. For a long time, with the high attention and care of the Party and the government, the active participation and generous contributions of all sectors of society Women's Federation The organization jointly organized the implementation of the "Spring Bud Plan", carried out various forms of financial support services around girls' education, girls' safety, girls' health, etc., and a large number of spring bud girls have grown into talents. [1] As of 2019, the project has raised 2.1 billion yuan of social love donations, with 27.84 million people donating, and more than 3.69 million people supporting spring bud girls nationwide. [2]
Chinese name
Spring Bud Plan
Foreign name
Spring Buds Project/Spring Buds Program [3]
Nature
Education and welfare undertakings
Date of establishment
1989
Country
China
Organization
China Children's Fund

Development history

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The "Spring Bud Plan" is a social public welfare undertaking launched and organized by the China Children's Fund in 1989 to help out out of school girls in poor areas to return to school. because natural condition Social, economic and cultural development out-off-balance , especially traditional custom There are still a few illiterates in China, especially in poor mountainous areas, and female illiteracy accounts for more than 2/3 of the total number of illiterates; Girls account for about two-thirds of out of school children. [3]
In 1989, under the leadership of the All China Women's Federation, China Children's Fund Initiated and organized a project to help girls out of school in poverty-stricken areas return to school Social public welfare Project - "Spring Bud Plan". By the end of 2007, the "Spring Bud Plan" had raised more than 600 million yuan, spread over more than 30 provinces, autonomous regions and cities across the country, built more than 600 spring bud schools, subsidized more than 1.7 million poor girls to return to school, and carried out Practical technical training [3]
Since 2005, along with the revised《 Compulsory Education Law 》The promulgation of“ Two exemptions and one supplement ”With the implementation of the student aid policy, UNICEF adjusted the funding focus of the "Spring Bud Plan" in time to compulsory education Subsidy for poor girls at different stages, including tuition Tuition and miscellaneous expenses Transfer to Cost of living The scope of assistance has also expanded from primary school and junior high school to high school and even university. In addition, in order to further implement the "Spring Bud Plan" Labor transfer In the city, it appears in the countryside“ left-behind children ”And“ Migrant children ”The "Spring Bud Plan" extended its focus to "left behind children" and "migrant children", and launched the donation of "Spring Bud" boarding schools ”Project, etc. The "Spring Bud Plan" has changed the fate of millions of girls in poor areas. "Spring Bud Plan" is to help girls return to school and protect girls Right to education , Maintenance social equity , Promotion Social civilization Great achievements have been made. "Spring Bud Plan" has become a folk project in China Public welfare organizations Promotion of girls Educational development The most successful and influential example of. In 2005, the "Spring Bud Plan" was awarded by the Ministry of Civil Affairs“ China Charity Award ”。

Implementation concept

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China Children's Fund It is believed that "today's girls are the future of the nation. The quality of girls affects the quality of the whole nation in the future. To improve the quality of women, we must start with girls' education, implement the" Spring Bud Plan ", and support girls to enter school. It is a basic project to improve national quality and benefit future generations, and it is also the ninth year of consolidation and popularization in China compulsory education A key step in eradicating illiteracy among young and middle-aged people. " [3]
To strengthen the girl child Competence Education To cultivate girls' ability to build their hometown by themselves, the China Children's Foundation also established“ Special Fund for Practical Technical Training of Spring Bud Program ”。 [3]
Children are the future of the motherland and the hope of the nation. To pay attention to children is to pay attention to the future and development. Orphaned children as a special group And need special care and help. Hold a spring bud, fight for a share of spring; Help a schoolboy win a piece of hope. Helping one of them will help a family, influence a group of people, drive a group of people and benefit generations. [3]
The Spring Bud Plan is realized through the economic support provided by the donor to the recipient. Its implementation has aroused people's conscience, conscience and good wishes conscientiousness The embodiment of Traditional virtues of the Chinese nation And excellent humanistic spirit An extension of. It directly faces the most basic groups of the society and opens the door to the growth of poor girls. [3]
The "Spring Bud Plan" hopes to get donations from people of insight and units at home and abroad to open more "Spring Bud Girls Classes" in poor areas across the country. [3]

Symbolic significance

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① The main idea is to hold the rising sun with one hand.
② The logo looks like a red flower bud just blooming in early spring. [3]
③ This sign also looks like a young seedling that has just taken root and drilled out of the ground, and the oval part on it looks like the embryonic leaf of the young seedling that has not yet been raised. [3]
④ Children are the future of the motherland. There is a red slash at the bottom left Sense of speed , it calls on the whole society to actively participate and invest, lend a strong hand, Pick up the sun of tomorrow

Main functions

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Implementation project

Funding standards:
  1. one
    Donate 1200 yuan to subsidize a girl's living allowance for primary school;
  2. two
    Donate 1800 yuan to subsidize a girl student's living allowance in junior high school;
  3. three
    Donate 4000 yuan to subsidize a girl's study and living allowance in high school;
  4. four
    Donate 6000 yuan to subsidize a female student's college study and living allowance.
Funding standards:
  1. one
    Donation of 1600 yuan can help a girl complete a short-term practical technical training; [3]
  2. two
    Donation of 80000 yuan can help 50 girls complete a short-term practical technical training.
Love harvest:
  1. one
    All donors shall apply for tax exemption with the "unified receipt for donations received by public welfare units" and issue certificates.
  2. two
    Keep in touch with the assisted students or hold corresponding exchange activities. [3]
3. Spring Bud Healthy Growth Project
4. Spring Buds Help Each Other
Funders One to one funding Poor girls complete primary, middle or high school. [3]
5. Spring Bud School
Funding standards:
From 500000 yuan, one can be donated“ Spring Bud School ”(You can donate teaching buildings, student dormitories, teaching and living auxiliary rooms, etc.) [3]
Donation process:
  1. one
    The donor provides a letter of intent;
  2. two
    The China Children's Fund provides the donor with application materials for school reconstruction;
  3. three
    The China Children's Fund signed an agreement with the donor;
  4. four
    The school construction fund is donated to the account of China Children's Fund;
  5. five
    The aided party shall design and provide drawings and capital budget in accordance with relevant regulations; After the approval of the China Children's Fund and the donor, the China Children's Fund signed a donation agreement with the recipient, and the school construction project began;
  6. six
    After the completion of the school, provide the donors with the Completion Report of Chunlei School, the Settlement Report of Chunlei School Project, the Quality Inspection Report of Chunlei School Project, and pictures of the new school; [3]
Love harvest:
  1. one
    All donors shall apply for tax exemption with the "unified receipt for donations received by public welfare units" and issue certificates.
  2. two
    Name the school or school building according to the wishes of the donor.
  3. three
    The school has invited donors to participate in the inauguration ceremony or organize corresponding activities.
  4. four
    According to the donation situation, the honorary titles such as "Chinese Children's Philanthropist", "Chinese Children's Charity Ambassador", "Chinese Children's Public Welfare Star Enterprise" and "Chinese Children's Public Welfare Enterprise" will be awarded, and the names will be engraved in Beijing Badaling Great Wall "Chinese Children's Charity Merit Monument". [3]
Funding standards
Donation of 60000 yuan can help 50 girls complete their three-year studies in the upper grades of primary schools;
Donation of 90000 yuan can help 50 girls to complete their three-year studies in junior high school; The donation of 200000 yuan can help 50 girls complete their three years of high school studies. [3]
Love harvest
① All donors are entitled to "public welfare unit" Accept donations Unified receipts "apply for tax exemption and issue certificates.
② , named after the Girls' Class of Donor's Will.
③ Keep in touch with the schools and students receiving assistance or hold corresponding exchange activities.
④ According to the donation, "Chinese Children's Philanthropist", "Chinese Children's Charity Ambassador", "Chinese Children's Public Welfare Star Enterprise", "Chinese Children's Public Welfare Enterprise", etc Honorary title , and engraved his name in Beijing Badaling Great Wall "Chinese Children's Charity" Merit stele ”On. [3]

Participants

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Celebrity funding

Ms. Zhou Jiebing, director of Hong Kong Huaxing Group, positioned her participation in social affairs at Women's work and Public welfare undertakings In 1992, she initiated the establishment of Zijing Society, a women's group, and served as the chairman. In order to rally women's strength and improve their social position Zhou Jiebing began to devote more energy to holding various lectures, exhibitions and exchange activities. [3]
Zhou Jiebing arrived in Beijing and visited All China Women's Federation When discussing how to further promote equality between men and women, I learned that women in the mainland are illiterate and underestimated; However, a large proportion of girls in poor areas drop out of school, which will also exacerbate the cultural and status gap between the sexes. [3]
She was deeply touched. After the exchange activities, the All China Women's Federation and the China Children's Fund launched the "Spring Bud Plan" aimed at helping girls who dropped out of school due to poverty to return to school on the basis of the original scholarships for girls to enter higher education. Zhou Jiebing immediately donated 1 million yuan, and became confused with the "Spring Bud". With Zhou Jiebing's first donation, the "Spring Bud Plan" was launched in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan and Sichuan experimental class About 800 girls who dropped out of school in poverty-stricken areas were subsidized to return to the classroom. Over the past few years, she has continued to provide generous financial support and actively raised special donations in Hong Kong, providing 500000 to 1 million yuan to the "Spring Bud Plan" every year. In order to implement the plan, she goes north two or three times a year to discuss with relevant departments, or go across mountains and mountains to check the implementation. [3]
Zhou Jiebing Goes to Guangxi Rongshui Miao Autonomous County Vocational technical secondary school experimental base, observing students of "Spring Bud Girls Class" learning flower cultivation techniques Situation of
Thanks to the support of governments at all levels and education departments, organizer With the help of Zhou Jiebing and all sectors of society, the rescue scope of the "Spring Bud Plan" has been expanded to 29 provinces, autonomous regions and cities, with 600000 person times of funding. [3]
Hundreds of girls in the first pilot class funded by Zhou Jiebing, especially cherish the opportunity provided by Aunt Zhou, and have successively completed primary and junior high school studies with excellent results. Some have entered high school or entered Teacher training school And other technical secondary schools; [3]
Some return home and become primary school students Substitute teacher Use the knowledge learned to "light" the "lamp" of hope of more poor children; Some go out to work, supported by the culture they have mastered at school, and wander around; Some go home to farm, teach their parents what teachers teach, and apply it to farming, forestry, and breeding. They gradually become guides for families, villages, and villages to get rid of poverty and become rich. [3]

social influence

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In order to scientifically summarize the basic experience since the implementation of the Spring Bud Program for 15 years, and comprehensively understand the social results Entrusted by the China Children's Fund, the China Research Center for Science and Technology for Development carried out a comprehensive study on the social benefits of the Spring Bud Program assessment China Research Center for Science and Technology for Development the United Nations Technical forecast With the Chinese member units of the Evaluation Association Social public welfare The evaluation of the project has a rich society Project evaluation Experience. The evaluation team is composed of researchers with rich experience in social project evaluation, and widely solicits Domain experts The specific evaluation scheme was approved by the expert group. [3]
The evaluation team believes that the Spring Bud Plan initiated and organized by the China Children's Fund has become Chinese society One of the most well-known social welfare brands. The implementation of the Spring Bud Plan has received extensive participation and support from all walks of life Interest groups and The public China enjoys a good reputation. [3]
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After 15 years of development, the Spring Bud Plan has become a region Coverage Very extensive and relatively mature social public welfare projects with geographical expansion. According to the statistical results of the report data filled in by UNICEF, provincial women's federations and UNICEF, the Spring Bud Plan had covered 312 prefecture level units and 2316 district level units in 30 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) of China by the end of 2003; It accounts for 93.9% of the total number of prefectural and municipal units (332) and 81.0% of the total number of district and county units (2861). [3]
According to China Children's Foundation and all levels Women's Federation According to the statistical results of the data in the report filled in by UNICEF, as of the end of 2003, the Spring Bud Plan had raised 583 million yuan“ Spring Bud Class ”The project helped 1.403 million girls in total. The number of girls rescued by the Spring Bud Program has reached a considerable scale, and compulsory education The poor girls in this stage are mainly. The funding of the Spring Bud Program has enabled a considerable number of out of school girls to return to school, enabling many girls who are about to drop out to continue their studies. In addition, according to the statistical results of the report data, as of the end of 2003, the Spring Bud Plan has also built more than 280 Spring Bud schools, effectively improving the school running conditions in the project implementation area. These have helped the government to promote the popularization of nine-year compulsory education to a certain extent. [3]
Compared with similar student aid programs, the Spring Bud Program has a relatively high amount of funding and a relatively long period of funding, which greatly reduces the financial burden of the assisted girls' families and can effectively solve the problem of poor girls' schooling. By ensuring that girls receive The right to education Li, the Spring Bud Plan has changed the attitude of many girls Life trajectory With the help of the Spring Bud Program, many girls have become outstanding Female talents [3]
Different from other similar programs, the Spring Bud Program has also set up a distinctive "Spring Bud Program" for the assisted girls Practical technical training ”The project helps girls acquire skills by providing rich "practical technical training" that meets local actual needs. According to the statistical results of the report data, as of the end of 2003, Spring Bud plans to train more than 400000 women and girls through various forms of practical technical training activities. Practical technical training has helped many girls and their families get rid of poverty and become rich, greatly deepening the implementation effect of educational aid in rural areas.
Spring Bud Program is dedicated to girls education The development of Development education , poverty alleviation and promotion Gender equality And many other public welfare responsibilities have had a good social impact. Spring Bud Plan has obvious impact on girls' education in project implementation areas, especially in poor areas where the project is concentrated Facilitation To a considerable extent, it has changed the backward concept of "son preference" in these areas, and increased the attention of governments at all levels and all sectors of society to girls' education. Spring Bud Program has become a non-governmental public welfare organization in China to promote girls Educational development The most successful and influential example of.
Since its launch and implementation in 1989, it has not only benefited millions of individual girls and families, but also achieved remarkable social benefits. As of October 2019, the "Spring Bud Plan" has handed over such a transcript: it has received 2.118 billion yuan of social love donations, 27.84 million person times of donations, directly helped girls more than 3.69 million person times, donated 1811 Spring Bud schools, provided vocational education training for 527000 person times of older girls, and issued Protection of girls 2.17 million sets of bud protection manuals with main contents. " The "Spring Bud Plan" covers 31 provinces, autonomous regions, cities and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps , including Southwest Northwest China The highest expenditure. According to the amount and number of grants, the top ten provinces are Sichuan, Guizhou, Gansu, Xinjiang, Yunnan Qinghai Jiangxi, Hunan Tibet Hebei. [5]
2019 is the 30th anniversary of the implementation of the "Spring Bud Plan". On October 26, the "Spring Bud Plan" sponsored by the China Children's Fund Adolescent education The project entered Chongqing and benefited 15000 girls in poor areas and counties. The sponsor of the project donated 954000 yuan worth of project materials to Chongqing, including experts of five adolescent education projects Video course 3 sets of teacher courseware, 15000 storybooks, 6000 guardian bags, covering more than 40 schools in Chongqing, and benefiting 15000 adolescent girls aged 10 to 14 in poverty-stricken areas and counties. Han Lina, director of the project liaison department of the China Children's and Adolescents Foundation, said that the "Spring Bud Plan" adolescent education project closely focused on the general requirements of "building morality and cultivating people" to help girls in poor areas establish correct values and guide their physical and mental health. [3] [6]
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President Jiang Zemin, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Li Peng, Vice Premier Li Lanqing, former Chairman of the All China Women's Federation Chen Muhua The leaders of other countries paid high attention and wrote inscriptions to support the implementation of the "Spring Bud Plan". The plan has been rated as one of the three major social public welfare activities in China, and has been included in the "Situation of Children in China" released to the world by China white paper [3]
In March 2024, the representatives attending the 68th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women paid high attention to China's "Spring Bud Plan" winning the 2023 UNESCO Girls' and Women's Education Award. Peng Liyuan, the wife of President Xi Jinping, was appointed as the special envoy of the "Spring Bud Plan" to promote girls' education, and promoted women to change their own destiny through education I deeply admire the achievements in realizing the value of life. [11]

Donation record

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On November 13, 2019, the sixth donation ceremony of the Armed Police Force to the "Spring Bud Plan" was held in Beijing. This donation was more than 33 million yuan. After this donation, the officers and soldiers of the Armed Police Force have donated more than 91 million yuan in total to help more than 10000 spring bud girls complete their studies [7]
On July 27, 2023, the seventh donation ceremony of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force to the "Spring Bud Plan" was held in Beijing. This donation was more than 40 million yuan [9]

Honors won

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On September 28, 2023, the Spring Bud Program won the 2023 UNESCO Girls' and Women's Education Award. [10]