Adopt a Library

The Library Project have developed "Adopt a Library" and "Adopt a School District" programs. Both of these programs are a great way for people to make a substantial difference in the lives of children living in the developing world. You will receive a Library Report, photos, and regular updates throughout the process of your libraries.

The following describes our 2007 projects and their adoption costs. If you are interested in sponsoring a project, please contact us to start the adoption process. Thank you!

Adopt a Library: As part of our Adopt a Library Program, you can establish a library within an orphanage or elementary school. Each of these libraries includes as many as 250-3000 local language and English language books (depending on the size of the school or orphanage). Your sponsorship also funds the creation of a fun and safe environment for the children to learn and grow in. This area will be filled with tables, chairs, mats, and shelves.

We will send you a full Library Completion Report for each of your sponsored libraries.

Please find a few of the libraries that we need sponsorship below.

A school in the Ba Qiao School District
Countryside outside of Xi'an, China

The Ba Qiao School District is just outside of Xi'an, China city center and is made up of nine smaller districts. Each district has on average eleven elementary schools for a total of about 100 schools.

The Library Project will only work with elementary schools that have been classified as a Focus School. A Focus School is a school that will be experiencing an increase in attendance because of school closures in the area. Of the 100 elementary schools in the Ba Qiao School District, 87 schools will be closed in the next five years, consolidating the education system to 13 Focus Schools. Because of these closures, it is estimated that attendance will double at each school. To accommodate for this jump in student numbers, schools are using their available funds to provide additional classrooms and dormitories for the children that live far from the school. School administration is not able to use their available funding to improve the education at their school because the student numbers are rising.

The Ba Qiao District was hit hard by layoffs due to the privatization of factories over the past twenty years. This privatization of factories caused millions of workers to lose their jobs in the ShaanXi Province alone. Today, the average annual income in the Ba Qiao District is just 2,000 RMB ($266 USD).

Recently there has been a trend in China to repurpose closed countryside factories as universities and trade schools. This may benefit the Ba Qiao District in the future because laid off workers will be able to open small shops and sell goods to the students attending the universities and trade schools.

Our goal is to provide libraries to all of the Focus Schools in the Ba Qiao School District. This will be a massive undertaking, and will create the kind of impact that we are looking to make in a community’s education system. We have provided libraries to the first three schools, but we are looking for additional funding to complete our goal.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Population: 500,000
Industries: Textiles, Agriculture, one large university, and training schools
Agriculture: Kiwi, grapes, cherries, milk, eggs, wheat and corn
Annual income: 2,000 RMB

EDUCATION INFORMATION
9,000 children attending elementary school
100 elementary schools
24 factory owned elementary schools
10 "Focus Schools"
87 elementary schools will be closed in the next 5 years

If you are interested in sponsoring a school in the Ba Qiao School District, please contact us to start the adoption process. Thank you!

		Adopt an Elementary School: $

Adopt a School District: As part of our Adopt a School District Program, you can establish a library within every elementary school in an entire school district. This is an incredible way to make a difference in the lives of every child that lives within that school district. Cost for this project depends on the size of the school district.

Each of these libraries includes as many as 250-3000 local language and English language books (depending on the size of the school). Your sponsorship also funds the creation of a fun and safe environment for the children to learn and grow in. This area will be filled with tables, chairs, mats, and shelves.

We will send you a full Library Completion Report for each of your sponsored libraries within the adopted school district.

Please find a few of the libraries that we need sponsorship below.

Ba Qiao School District
Countryside outside of Xi'an, China

The Ba Qiao School District is just outside of Xi'an, China city center and is made up of nine smaller districts. Each district has on average eleven elementary schools for a total of about 100 schools.

The Library Project will only work with elementary schools that have been classified as a Focus School. A Focus School is a school that will be experiencing an increase in attendance because of school closures in the area. Of the 100 elementary schools in the Ba Qiao School District, 87 schools will be closed in the next five years, consolidating the education system to 13 Focus Schools. Because of these closures, it is estimated that attendance will double at each school. To accommodate for this jump in student numbers, schools are using their available funds to provide additional classrooms and dormitories for the children that live far from the school. School administration is not able to use their available funding to improve the education at their school because the student numbers are rising.

The Ba Qiao District was hit hard by layoffs due to the privatization of factories over the past twenty years. This privatization of factories caused millions of workers to lose their jobs in the ShaanXi Province alone. Today, the average annual income in the Ba Qiao District is just 2,000 RMB ($266 USD).

Recently there has been a trend in China to repurpose closed countryside factories as universities and trade schools. This may benefit the Ba Qiao District in the future because laid off workers will be able to open small shops and sell goods to the students attending the universities and trade schools.

Our goal is to provide libraries to all of the Focus Schools in the Ba Qiao School District. This will be a massive undertaking, and will create the kind of impact that we are looking to make in a community’s education system. We have provided libraries to the first three schools, but we are looking for additional funding to complete our goal.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Population: 500,000
Industries: Textiles, Agriculture, one large university, and training schools
Agriculture: Kiwi, grapes, cherries, milk, eggs, wheat and corn
Annual income: 2,000 RMB

EDUCATION INFORMATION
9,000 children attending elementary school
100 elementary schools
24 factory owned elementary schools
10 "Focus Schools"
87 elementary schools will be closed in the next 5 years

If you are interested in sponsoring the Ba Qiao School District, please contact us to start the adoption process. Thank you!

		Adopt the Ba Qiao School District: $

Books on how to drive a car

Books available for grades 1 - 3

Lu Shun School District
Countryside outside of Dalian, China

The Lu Shun School District is located about an hour from the city center of Dalian, in the Liaoning Province.

There are 10 elementary schools in the Lu Shun School District that suffer from a lack of appropriate books for grades 1 - 3. Most of the books found in each library are university books and technical manuals on "How to Drive a Car."

The Library Project will be providing 500 hi-quality children's books in the Chinese language to each school. Supplementary furniture to fill out each library room will be provided on a case by case basis depending on their individual needs.

If you are interested in sponsoring this very special school district, please contact us to start the adoption process. Thank you!

		Adopt the Lu Shun School District: $