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各位热心的同事和朋友：
2010年9月25日，我和三位同事张璐、熊小锐、赵迎宾参加了“糖房村明日中华小学”的落成典礼! 有时间的可点这里看流水账版本。
以前的项目进度报告，您可以在此找到：公司内http://sharepointasia/sites/SichuanSchool, 公司外http://blogs.technet.com/b/chinahpc/archive/tags/VillageSchool 。如果您有任何建议和意见，请联系我。
谢谢!
Hi, dear warmhearted colleagues and friends:
On 25th, September 2010, 4 volunteers Stephanie Zhang, Sherry Xiong, Yingbin Zhao and I attended the opening ceremony of “Tang Fang Village China Tomorrow School”. Click here for more detailed trip report (Chinese version) if you have time.
You can find all previous status email on: Intranet http://sharepointasia/sites/SichuanSchool, extranet: http://blogs.technet.com/b/chinahpc/archive/tags/VillageSchool . Feel free to contact me if you have concerns, suggestions or questions.
9月25日，我和三位同事张璐、熊小锐、赵迎宾拜访了由各位热心同事朋友捐资修建的四川山区村小，与村民、师生欢聚一堂，共同参加了“糖房村明日中华小学”的落成典礼。
在我讲述走访村小的故事以前，废话几句。这个国庆我终于看了仰慕已久的一本书《三杯茶》，讲一个美国登山者Greg Mortenson，在攀登世界第二高峰K2失败后，饥寒交迫，又迷了路，幸而得到巴基斯坦村民的搭救。虽然村民们很穷，一年吃不上一次肉，还拿出了家里最好的东西，热情地款待了他。在那里养病过程中，他注意到该村的84个孩子坐在门外，用小木棍在泥地里扒拉着识字上课。这村子穷到连一天花一��元雇名教师都做不到。Greg离开村子时，他立誓一定要回来，为恩人们建所学校。他辛苦奔走，历时12年，迄今为止在巴基斯坦和阿富汗地区建了60余所学校。但故事绝不是一帆风顺的，Greg最初尝试写信给580位名人、商人和其他美国精英人士筹集钱款，结果只收到100美元，还需要面对恶劣的自然条件、地头蛇的算计和塔利班的监狱，对比一下我们项目的大事记（如下），我只觉得自己是多么的幸运啊。另外很受触动的是，我们并不需要等到很有钱了才能为公益慈善事业做很大贡献，因为钱从来都不是最重要的因素，很多事情看起来不可能，但这也许是因为我们对“关注圈”和“影响圈”的归类有些悲观，太容易找到借口说服自己接受“不能改变的事情”？
等村小修好了之后去看看，是我们大家共同的心愿，听听可爱的捐助人怎么说：
Claire Chen: I will take a 6 months rotation role in Redmond later this month so I would not be able to join you for this trip. Although I really wanted to. Can I donate some cash so that you can buy some pencils and books over to them? I know it’s gonna be heavy, but please do help to get something for them. I feel heart broken when I saw those kids with broken desks.
Wu, Jiajie (with Intel): Thanks for organizing this, it is a pity that I can not go this round as I am in the process of buying a new house, and I need to stay here in Shanghai next week in case anything come up on the load side. I missed the fund raising activity last Friday, but I would like to donate 1000 RMB to your account for you to take to the kids and buy them some new books, or clothes they need.
不过因为工作或家庭的原因，想要付诸实践并不容易。所以这次村小之行大家就被我们STBC的四位志愿者代表了：张璐(Stephanie Zhang, CTP)、熊小锐(Sherry Xiong, STBC ESSENTIAL)、赵迎宾(YingBin Zhao, Atlanta, STBC)和我(Zhen Wei, HPC, STBC)。最可惜的是闾烨（Lillian Lv）同学，机票都买好了，却因为临时的变故不得不取消行程，那白花花的银子，我都帮她心疼。据最终成行的其他三位代表说，品川菜之香则乐思蜀，爬山城之梯则心念沪，我把这次的成都-〉村小-〉重庆之行安排得井井有条，面对麻辣诱惑也没忘了一逞“口舌之快”，不去当导游真是入错行了，想去的同学下次报名请早啊，应该和这次一样，食宿还是自费，每人花费总计约为2500元。
从上海出发，3个小时飞机到成都，4个小时汽车到营山县，3个小时汽车到合兴乡，半个小时山路徒步到村小。9月25日，蒙蒙小雨，我暗暗埋怨“天公不作美”，有点担心是否能按照预想时间到达村小，山路会不会太泥泞难行，打电话给村小的阳老师，他却说是好日子就是要下点雨，这个日子是几个月内来最好的两个黄道吉日之一，好多村里人都高兴地等着我们去呢。一大早两辆轿车从县城出发，满载着我们从上海带去的衣服、书包、纸笔、橡皮泥和在县城买的乒乓球器具等，沿着弯弯曲曲的山路开往合兴乡，随行的还有县教育局的副局长、县外事台侨办主任和他们找来的电视台记者等人。十点多到了合兴乡，还好雨停了，车刚在路边停下来，就看见有好几个村民等着我们。原来一些热心的家长，听说我们带了不少礼物给孩子们，已经带着赶集用的竹背篼来帮忙搬去山里的学校。一个大姐兴高采烈地说“我们这些小孩子有福气哦，这些上海的叔叔阿姨这么远，给他们修了学校，还带礼物来。”然后我们就一大队人浩浩荡荡走向村小，除了我，另外几位志愿者都不是在山区长大的，走山路欠缺技巧，而且去村小的路上有好长一段下坡，没有像样的石阶，他们一路上滑倒好几次，看得我和村民都心惊肉跳。
远远地，就听到了村小里孩子们稚气而嘹亮的歌声--“爱心叔叔来了吗？爱心阿姨不怕苦，我们大家学习他，学习他们的好榜样，我们在学习上要努力，长大了不忘记，不忘记叔叔的爱心，学习他的好榜样。”和上几次来一样，廖老师指挥着孩子们唱着她自己作词作曲的歌欢迎我们的到来；和上几次来一样，我又被深深打动了。忘了是谁说的，这一刻开始觉得前面走那么辛苦的山路都是值得的。快步走到新建的村小校门，不太宽敞的校园已经被学生、家长和他们的欢声笑语挤得满满的，升旗台下搭了一排“主席台”，教室外墙张挂着大红的横幅，校门外准备了鞭炮，没想到村里把这个“糖房村明日中华小学”的落成典礼搞得如此隆重，安排了升国旗、嘉宾和学生代表发言、剪彩等环节，村小还送给我们捐赠方两件珍贵的礼物：一面锦旗和一个装有全部学生照片的大相册。细雨又开始纷飞，孩子们的头上都沾满了晶莹的白糖，仪式结束我赶快让老师把孩子们领进教室。
接下来，按我们的计划是给孩子们上一节课。幼儿园和一年级有小孩子在哭闹，幸好有像大姐姐一样亲切的熊小锐在廖老师的配合下带着小朋友们一起高兴地做游戏；赵迎宾按照备课给“高年级”的学生寓教于乐地讲解了“二分法”找数。可爱的孩子们面对镜头，有的兴奋，有的淡定，但那份纯真，是任谁看了心都要为之柔软的。教室窗外挤满了家长，大都是老人或妇女，也就是当地人自嘲的386199部队--包括妇女儿童和老人的留守群体。从他们殷切的眼神，不难看出，这些下一代就是他们的希望，他们在大山里辛苦劳作了大半辈子，多么希望儿孙能学有所成，改变这面朝黄土背朝天、靠天吃饭靠地收的命运。夫妻小学”的这对夫妻老师以前走家串户地苦口婆心劝说要让孩子们上学，现在已经卓有成效，邻近几个村的村民普遍认为应该要送孩子读书，老师们可以专心教书育人了，而我们则只需要有一分热，发一分光，努力帮助改善办学条件。
营山县建设工程质量安全监督管理站于7月6日现场考察，出具《关于合兴大垭口小学工程质量情况说明》，结论：该工程质量状况良好，满足使用要求。我跟县教育局副局长和县外事台侨办主任、合兴乡乡长、合兴乡小学校长、糖房村支书、委托监管人王全明副校长以及一些家长等仔细察看了校舍，对最决定建筑质量的基础材料辨识讨论，一致表示认可。与上次项目进展汇报相比，用电安全、室内粉刷、窗户玻璃等问题已经解决，购买的85套桌椅已经投入使用。水井还没完工，因山地条件限制，引自来水成本太高，村民基本都抽井水接水管使用，厕所也是砖瓦房，不过里面条件稍差，需要提桶冲洗，因地制宜建了化粪池，村民表示这样就够了，一是节约水二也方便收集农肥。我还拿到项目明细账目、汇款收据等原件，和施工方、王校长进行了一一核对，账目清晰详细，连钉子钱都一笔一笔计算在内，看起来没有问题。
中午，我们受邀在附近农户家吃饭，就是在我春节时去吃过“杀猪菜”的颜社长家。主人热情地准备了好多农家菜，新鲜质朴，连咸菜都那么香。下午我们驱车访问了合兴乡完全小学。我们捐建的“糖房村明日中华小学”是一所政府教育系统编制外的民办村小，位于合兴乡糖房村，招收了邻近四个村的八十几名学生，而这个合兴乡完全小学则是“糖房村明日中华小学”的上级主管公办学校，包括小学初中共9个年级，条件也好了不少。电脑教室有二三十台电脑，由国家财政几年前配发，但因为硬件落后、维护费用高，已经基本无法正常使用，灰尘蜘蛛网都能看到。多媒体教室配有幻灯机和投影仪，是最受学生欢迎的上课形式，每个班一周能上一两次。老师会议室里装了基于电视的远程学习系统，有时成都的老师通过这种方法向他们传授一些教学方法技巧。
我们几个志愿者回上海后聊了下一步的计划，建议项目的对象还是以村小为主，锦上添花，不如雪中送炭：
以下是张璐、熊小锐、赵迎宾几位整理的详细笔记，再次感谢几位可敬可爱的志愿者！
For Village School
Issue
Current Status
Needs of Improvements / Possible solution
Importance
Emergency
What Microsoft Volunteer Group Can Do
What local Gov / Community can do
Notes
The road to school is not good
There is only a mountain track students and teachers need to climb over on daily base, the road which vehicle can use is not standard one
Build up or improve the road
High
Low – the work of building up a road takes long time, money, resource and a lot of commitment from local gov, and the local residents are get used to the current situation, so the improvements on road can be hold on for a while when we have more funds
Remember to bring it up when the time comes
To get funds or utilize the funds to improve the road
Lack of basic stationary
There is lack of funds to support the basic stationary (Test book, exercise book, pen, etc), previous donations are used on school construction, desks & chairs etc.
Provide basic stationary
Donation stationary or gather funds to purchase items
Help to purchase those items, and deliver to school
Water Supply
No water supply in the school
Provide water supply
Bring it up to local community, provide funds if needed
Build up water supply system
Reading materials storage
The school has various books donated from others, however, it does not have a book shelf to proper store / display the books
Build up a book shelf
Medium
Bring it up to local community
Connections with outside
With electricity enabled, the school is be able to use broadcast, not sure if they can receive Radio signals (due to the physical location)
If can use the FM/AM Radio, then check if they have one, if not, provide one;
Magazine / newspaper subscription
Normal
Make the subscription for the school, ask local community to ensure the delivery
Make sure the delivery of the subscription
Teaching Resource
Only got 2 teachers (semi-funded) for 80+ students aged 6-10
Have more teachers especially after the current ones are too old to continue the work
Low
Need open for discussion
Provide teaching resource
School Construction Follow Up
Only build 2 class rooms and 2-3 small rooms in between, might need enhancement for earth quake, storm etc
Zhen is working on this with CTEF
Depends on the action items of the discussion
For Primary & Junior High School (完小)
Needs of Improvements
What local Gov can do
Lack of computers
Computers are too old to be used
New computers / skills for computer repairing
Check with Zizhu Council, Finance, LCA to see if we can donate the retired machine to the school
Ensure the delivery
Limited Remote Teaching Resource
Only one remote teaching center for training up teachers
Improve the teachers’ qualification, provide training to teachers as well
Check with SH local schools to see if we can get some support
Check with Zizhu Council to see if we can get some connection with local Unis
N/A
Sponsorship
Sponsorship from various parties ( local gov, Edu Department, Donations etc)
Set up Scholarship for students with high achievements ( in moral, scholarship etc);
Set up scholarship for students whose families are indeed need the economy help
Provide Funds or set up connections with various format of sponsorship ( like trip in ChengDu for the students and teacher etc)
Provide the information on students who need sponsorship; execute / monitor the sponsorship to ensure the help would reach those who need them.
最后，把锦旗和孩子的笑容送给大家。虽然锦旗上只写了“微软中国上海分公司”，但众所周知这个村小的建成，离不开许许多多微软上海以外的同事或朋友的关心和支持。这村小，是你们的骄傲，而你们，是我的骄傲！
抱歉因为我的休假和出差，耽误了项目进度的汇报。2010年8月19日，村小建成，师生从租借民房搬入新校舍!
以前的项目进度报告，您可以在此找到：http://sharepointasia/sites/SichuanSchool。如果您有任何建议和意见，请联系我。
Sorry for sending this report late due to my vacation and business trip schedule.On 19th, August 2010, the school construction is done; the teachers and kids moved to the new school house!
You can find all previous status email on http://sharepointasia/sites/SichuanSchool. Feel free to contact me if you have concerns, suggestions or questions.