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Liu Lin Elementary School

The Liu Lin Elementary School is located ten hour from Xi’an, in the Shaanxi Province. It is located in a very remote region only accessible via boat and a 45-minute hike up a mountainside.

The Liu Lin Elementary School qualifies as a Level 3 elementary school by the Lan Gao School Board. A Level 3 elementary school qualification is the lowest a school can receive by the Board of Education. Any funding a Level 3 school receives barely covers wages, rent for the school building and utilities. Most Level 3 schools have only one teacher, very poor school conditions, and receive no dedicated funding to improve the education at their school.

The Liu Lin Elementary School has an incredible group of teachers and administrators. The school Principal, Mr. He, pays close attention to the educational development of each of his 48 students in grades 1-6.

As a result of the school’s incredibly tight budget, the Liu Lin Elementary School lacked a proper school library. The Library Project provided over six hundred Chinese language children's books, along with two bookshelves, a plant and a globe for Liu Lin Elementary School. The donated books were a wide range of high quality children’s books including: history, science, short stories, fairy tales, reference books and comics. We also provided a full set of children’s encyclopedias for older students and pinyin language books for the kids just learning to read.

Librarian Training was also provided to all of the teachers and staff at Liu Lin Elementary School.

It really was an amazing day for everyone involved!

The Library Project made a clear IMPACT in the quality of education the children receive at the Liu Lin Elementary School.

If you would like to get more involved, please contact Tom Stader, The Library Project founder, at tom@library-project.org.

  
   
 




 
GENERAL SCHOOL INFORMATION
School classification
Level 3
School construction
Mud, brick and cement
Number of students
48
Number of teachers and staff
1
Number of classrooms
1
Number of grades
Grades 1 - 6
ORIGINAL LIBRARY INFORMATION
Children’s books, grades 1 - 6
0
Relevant books per student
0 books

NEW LIBRARY INFORMATION
Children’s books, grades 1 - 6
600
Relevant books per student
12.5 books
 
         
 


Loading up the truck with books and shelving.


We drove for two hours from Lan Gao City to the port


Once at the port we loaded the boat with the school's new library.



The Library Project team: Belinda, Jenny and Gabby (our super volunteer). We took the boat for 30 minutes to the base of the mountain.


Unloading the boat at the base of the mountain. The school is about a 45 minutes walk up a dirt path. There are no roads to this community.


The school's 4th, 5th and 6th graders walked down the mountain to help carry everything up the mountain by hand and in wicker baskets on their backs.





Along the way the children stopped to read the books and take a break






The tiny community starts to show itself after about 30 minutes of walking.


The storage room in the school.


The school is made of mud and brick.


Taking a break in the restaurant next door.


The Library Project team organizing the books in the storage room.


Liu Lin Elementary School's new library.


Jenny, The Library Project's Country Director is introducing the students from grades 1-3 to their new library.


The books are hi-quality Chinese language children's books.




My favorite student.



The Library Project learned that our books can be used as hats.



When the school bell rings, the children all walk home. Some walk for over two hours to get to school. Up hill, both ways.



The Library Project founder signing and "chopping" (stamping) the agreement with the school administration. The document states that the books must be used on a daily basis.


After lunch I went for a hike up the mountain. The school is one of those tiny buildings.


The Library Project team, the school board, and the local charity officials.


Belinda and Gabby


  
       
 

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