Sunflower believes that education is the way to help children and their families out of poverty. We help to provide safer and better environment for the children to study in, by providing financial supports to rebuild/repair schools, establish library and buy desks and chairs for their classrooms.

Rebuilding Shahe Lianmeng Village Primary School

Shahe Lianmeng Village Primary School is located in Nanjiang County in the northeastern part of Sichuan Province. The school building was a wood and brick structure built in the early 1950’s. Due to the lack of funding for maintenance and erosion by heavy rains, the school building was terribly rundown and close to collapse when we visited it in 2004. Children attended school every day at the risk of their lives, in particular during the rainy seasons in spring and summer.

With the joint funding by Sunflower and the local government, the new school was rebuilt using concrete structure in 2005. The new school has 8 classrooms, providing a much safer and better environment for students from the surrounding villages. We are relieved to learn that the school building remains intact, and not a single child is hurt during the disastrous earthquake in Sichuan Province in 2008.

Former Lianmeng Village Primary School

Rebuilding Shahe County Central Primary School

The former Shahe County Central Primary School was located in Nanjiang County, Sichuan Province. The school building was a brick and concrete structure built in the early 1950’s. Over the years, the foundation of the building had cracked and shifted. The school also faced with dangers of landslides during the rainy seasons. Relocating and rebuilding the school was a must before any major accidents happened.

With the joint funding by Sunflower and the local government, the school was relocated to a safe new site and was rebuilt using concrete structure in 2006. The new school has 30 classrooms, housing hundreds of students from Grade 1 to Grade 6. The school building remains intact and not a single child is hurt during the disastrous earthquake in Sichuan Province in 2008.

Former Shahe County Central Primary School.

Building Fences for Qingchang Xingou Primary School

Xingou Primary School is located in Qingchang County, close to Bijie City in the northwestern part of Guizhou Province. A river runs beside the school, and the children were in danger of falling into the water during breaks and lunch time. The school needed help to build surrounding fences to protect the students. The school also needed new desks and benches for the students as the old ones were beyond repair.

With the joint funding by Sunflower and the local government, a 300 meters concrete fence was built around the school, and 80 new desks and benches were bought for the students in 2012. The students are now studying in a much safer and better environment.