UTC Volunteers Make an Impact
The UTC China Library Project
You can make a huge impact supporting small rural schools in Asia through the donation of local language libraries. United Technologies Corp. (UTC) is The Library Project’s (TLP’s) largest donor by almost every metric; annual financial contributions, number of libraries, books donated and children impacted. With that said, today I’d like to talk about one specific metric that often gets left on the side; volunteer involvement.
TLP has a very small team of 23 people scattered over three countries (Cambodia, China and Vietnam), and with that team we donate on average one library a day. We need the extra hands, the strong backs and the new perspective that volunteers provide. UTC volunteers have been at almost 100% of their (literally) hundreds of library donations over the years.
“We are so grateful for the thousands of hours that UTC employee volunteers dedicate to improving literacy in rural schools annually. It’s not just the time spent at the schools. It’s the long hours on trains, busses, planes, vans, boats and motorbikes that they must do to get to the rural schools found throughout the country. We can not thank them enough for their efforts,” says Tom Stader, Founder and Board Chair of The Library Project.
One of this week’s UTC library donations can be found in rural Hebei, China. Nichole He, TLP’s China Country Director, was there to lead the team. Take a look at the photos of this very special library donation.
Each library TLP donates has an individual Roadmap. I view the Library Donation Day as when our work begins. It’s the first chapter in a multiple year literacy journey for the students, teachers and local community.
关于图书馆计划
图书馆计划是一个501(c)(3)组织,向亚洲资金不足的农村学校和孤儿院捐赠儿童图书馆。我们有四个核心项目:阅读室、STEAM教室图书馆、儿童识字袋和教师培训。 迄今为止,我们已经捐赠了3000多个图书馆,培训了3万多名教师,分发了200多万本当地语言的儿童书籍,影响了100多万儿童。我们对我们的成果和我们对衡量成果的奉献感到非常自豪。 要了解您或您的公司如何参与,请访问我们的网站。