The British School of Guangzhou annually raises around 200,000 RMB for charity, here are some of the things that we have supported in recent years:
Hopeful Hearts
Hopeful Hearts is a non-profit charity based in Nanjing, Chengdu and Guangzhou. Their mission is to raise money and fund life-saving heart surgery for children of low-income Chinese families. This is a new charity that the British School of Guangzhou will be raising funds throughout the year for. Hopeful Hearts Guangzhou mainly receive cases involving new-born babies who require major heart surgery, The British School of Guangzhou will be working closely with this charity to help fund these life changing surgeries. Once Hopeful Hearts receive a child in need we will be able to arrange visits to the cardiology department to see the benefits of your donations. Heart surgery for a new-born baby costs around 80,000-100,000 RMB. Hopeful Hearts will donate up to 30,000 rmb per case which means they are able to offer their support to more children and help to save more lives.
Huiling - Home for Persons with mental disabilities
Huiling is a non-governmental, non-profit organization for people with mental disabilities. It has 7 different services or facilities including: a kindergarten, a primary school, a training center, a sheltered workshop, an adult care residential center, many family homes and a farm.
Charity Committee Charter
The British School of Guangzhou’s Charity Charter outlines our involvement with charity and fundraising as a school community. At the British School of Guangzhou the charity committee work together to deliberate what charity to support each academic year. At bi-termly meetings the committee gathers information regarding events and initiatives that are taking place throughout the school and ensures regular updates are made in newsletter articles, the yearbook, Heads bulletins and yearly reports.
