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Spring Bud Blooms | Yugu Ethnic Woman Shares Love of Spring Bud Project
April 3, 2023Editor's Note
With the care of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and under the leadership of the All-China Women's Federation, the China Children and Teenagers' Fund (CCTF) launched the Spring Bud Project in 1989, to help impoverished girls return to school, and to promote girls' education in disadvantaged areas.
Since the 18th CPC National Congress, in 2012, with the attention and concern of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, and with the strong support of Peng Liyuan, special envoy of the Spring Bud Project for promoting girls' education, the project has conducted various activities to care for and support girls, and it has focused on girls' education, safety and health. During the past decade, the project has supported 1.76 million girls, and it has provided one-on-one companionship services and personalized psychological counseling to 133,400 girls. After they receive support from the project, the Spring Bud girls never forget to give back to society. With love and various actions, the girls have demonstrated the Spring Bud spirit of "unremitting self-improvement, striving for excellence, developing stronger virtues and pursuing better lives."
Today, we introduce a new section, Spring Bud Blooms, to share stories about Spring Bud girls who have grown up and become contributing members of society, and to encourage society to care for the development of girls. An Xuelian is one of them.
Over the past two decades, An Xuelian, now a grassroots civil servant of the Yugu ethnic group in Northwest China's Gansu Province, has grown from a beneficiary of the Spring Bud Project into one of its donors, who shares the love of the program, and who helps girls stay in school.
An is from a mountainous village in Sunan Yugu Autonomous County. As she remembers, the villagers attached great importance to the education of their children. Her mother was no exception, as she did her best to support her four daughters' education.
An's mother became the family's only bread-winner after her father was afflicted with a serious disease, and left unable to work. Life was hard for An's mother, as she had to raise four daughters, take care of her mother-in-law, do household chores, and earn a living to support the family.
To ease their mother's burden, An's three older sisters chose to quit studying so they could find work and help support the family.
As the youngest child, An received more love and support from her family, and the opportunity to complete her studies. She showed a talent for studying, and she always performed well at school.
In 2002, An's score was higher than the admission mark of both the High School Affiliated to Minzu University of China, in Beijing, and Zhangye High School, in Zhangye, in Gansu Province, during the senior-high-school-entrance examination.
An told her parents the Beijing-based high school was her first choice. However, her family didn't have sufficient income to let her study in Zhangye, let alone in the capital.
Due to her family's financial situation, An had to give up the opportunity to study in Beijing, and instead she stayed in Sunan to study at a local school. After she heard from the school's administrators she was eligible to receive subsidies from the Spring Bud Project, An was excited, and so was her mother. They appreciated the support of the charitable project, and the caring people.
During the following three years, the donor who supported An through the project often wrote letters to her, to learn about her studies and life, and to encourage her to be brave and fight for a better life.
An Xuelian (second from right) visits a herdsman's family. |
In 2004, the donor visited An, and the other beneficiaries in Sunan. An says she still has the red coat she received from her donor during that visit.
With the help of the project, An finished high school, and, in 2005, was admitted to Minzu University of China.
"My dream has finally come true. I felt incredibly lucky and happy when I stood at the gate of the university for the first time," An recalls. She made up her mind to study hard, in return for the love and care of those who had helped her.
Thanks to her outstanding performance, An was chosen as a volunteer for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
After she graduated in 2009, An returned to Sunan, where she became a grassroots civil servant. An has worked hard and earned wide recognition from the people around her. For instance, she has cooperated with her colleagues to improve the one-stop service mechanism to provide efficient and convenient services to people and enterprises.
An is grateful for the project, and for the people who have lent her a helping hand. Several years ago, An contacted the local women's federation to express her desire to help a schoolgirl each year, by providing material and mental support through the Spring Bud Project.
"I want to bring hope to underprivileged girls, to help them grow up in the sunshine and benefit from the Spring Bud Project," An says.
Photos Supplied by CCTF
(Women of China English Monthly March 2023 issue)
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