Year 2018#

In end of December 2018, 24 people from 7 families visited Baiwan. They taught in local primary and secondary schools. Their lessons involved art and crafts, Chemistry experiment, microprocessor programming and English conversation. They brought food and gifts for some local families during their visit. The Baiwan Charity sponsored the school fees and living expenses of the children in a family in the nearby Huáng Huā Town. It also sponsored the Xiwang Primary School to re-paint 96 iron doors. Here are some commentsby the children who took part in this trip.

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(IMG_4645.jpg)In November 2018, thirty four Island School teachers and students visited Baiwan. They taught in local schools, visited some local villages and had basketball matches with the teachers in Hei Moong Primary School and Baiwan Secondary School students. They distributed scarves and hats to the students in Nan An and Hei Moong Primary Schools. The Baiwan Charity sponsored the scholarship for primary students who perform well in examinations. Before the group travelled to Baiwan, they visited Fengxia Middle School in Qingyuan and met the students sponsored by the Baiwan Charity.

A couple of the Baiwan community visited Baiwan at end of July. They visited some families whose children received sponsorship to further education in Qingyuan after the summer. On their way back to Hong Kong, they met with a group of young people in Qingyuan. Some of them were beneficiaries of the Baiwan Charity in past years and have started their career in Qingyuan or Guangzhou. Others are university students with the support of the Baiwan Charity.

Fifty MP3 were donated to the Baiwan Secondary School in March to help Y9 students to improve their English listening skills. A couple from the Baiwan Community visited the school at end of March. They were pleased to see that students find those MP3 very useful. They also sponsored the school to build the covered corridors between the various blocks of the school building.