Read to Feed
Organized by Heifer International Hong Kong, and fully supported by Hong Kong Aided Primary School Heads Association and Subsidized Primary Schools Council, Read to Feed is a reading incentive and service learning program that inspires students to read books while empowering them to make a difference in rural China by raising funds for the gift of livestock.
Read to Feed differs from other fundraising programs in the following ways:
- Promote "caring and sharing" and can be integrated with life education / moral education program.
- Provide FREE resources on poverty issue and Heifer's work in rural China, suitable for use in national education.
- Provide platform for cross-curricular integration such as General Studies, Languages and Reading to enhance students' all-round learning.
- Flexible in a way that each school can decide the program launching period and way of implementation to suit teaching and students' needs.
- Tangible and transparent use of donation, students and donors know exactly where will the money goes, number of families to be benefited, types and number of animals to be given.
Donations will help Anhui snowstorm victims rebuild livelihood
Funds raised through Read to Feed 2009-2010 will support the "Anhui Dabie Mountain Area Community Development Project". Dabie mountain area is located at the borders of Hubei, Henan and Anhui Province. Due to its remote geographical location and diversified landscapes, its infrastructures such as communication, transportation, education and health facilities are poorly developed. The Dabie mountain area within Anhui Province especially needs help because it accounts for 37% of the poorest population of the whole province. The disastrous snowstorm happened in Jan 2008 worsened the situation. Among the 5.97 million snowstorm victims most live in the Dabie mountain area in Anhui Province.
Heifer is going to help 400 snowstorm victim families from 3 counties of Huoshan, Yuexi and Taihu. Apart from high-quality livestock, Heifer will provide recipients with trainings on animal husbandry, community development, animal disease control, market knowledge, disaster resistance and Self-Help Group management. Women's participation in community development, and the raise of education level are two focus areas of the project. We have also gained support of the local authority who will help build methane gas well, decomposition pool and compost shed in order to improve the living environment. Another 590 families will be benefited by "Passing on the Gift" and receive animal offspring and raising techniques from the first generation recipients.
Key features
| Aim | Encourage reading, promote the virtue of benevolence, empower students to make a difference in the lives of those living in poverty. |
| Launching period | School can decide the launching period, suggested to be lasted for 1 month. Can be incorporated into existing reading programs or other service learning programs. |
| Donation method | Students invite families or friends to sponsor them a lump-sum or sponsor based on number of books read. No minimum donations. |
| Matching fund | Money raised by local schools (international schools excluded) will be matched by Heifer's donor so that more families can benefit. |
| Use of funds | Funds raised through Read to Feed 2009-2010 will be used in the "Anhui Dabie Mountain Area Community Development Project". |
| Resources provided | Provide Free resources on poverty issue and Heifer's work in rural China including :
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| Rewards & report |
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| Materials download |
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| Enquiries | 2368 0223 (Miss Lam) / yan.lam@heiferhk.org |
Please give a hand to end poverty !
Supporting Organizations :
 | Hong Kong Aided Primary School Heads Association |  | Subsidized Primary Schools Council |
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