Zhuanji Townships and Guozhuang Village Income Generation Projects

On 5 July 2007, we went to Zhuanji Township of Jieshou County where SC is helping renovate the sanitation system for a primary school in the village to improve the hygienic status for the school. We went to Zhuanji Township to assess the income generation activities of a local NGO which has been established with the assistance of SC. SC has provided a certain amount of money for seed funds, and poor families can borrow the money to buy seeds or to fund other income generation activities. We discuss the challenges faced by the villages on the last round of projects.

On 6 July 2007, we visited Guozhuang Village of Linquan County. Cologne University through SC has provided a certain amount of funds for living and/or education allowances for children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS, household based income generation/nutrition activities, including poultry, goats, pigs, calves raising and village enterprise of plaster products. The management includes community leaders and PLWHA which was formed through community participatory meetings. The money is provided to the beneficiaries as a donation and there is no need to return it to a core fund.

In Guozhuang Village we visited the Children Activities Center built by SC and the plaster manufacturing factory. We discuss the challenges faced by the plaster manufacturing factories and any other ways to improve the performance.

The special characteristic of Guozhuang Village is that all families in the village has the same family name "Guo". In Indonesia known as Kuok, Kwok, Kwee or Kwik.

Notes on the pictures:
(1) and (2) pictures taken in Zhuanji Townships

(3) Plastering products

(4) Children in the village and me.
(5) Plaster manufacturing factory

(6) PwC, SC, Women Federation and all children in the Children Activity Center

(7) Kevin, He Yao, me and the children.

(8) Villages in the Children Activities Center.