捐建四川山区村小项目进展 10/13/2010 Sichuan village school building project status update 10/13/2010

(English version below)

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。

捐款情况
- 第一阶段与CTEF捐资合作20万元建校结束后，我们已经开展第二阶段捐助，具体内容需要和大家商讨确定，详见下“后续计划”。
- 第二阶段捐款来源：九月三日微软上海紫竹园区慈善义卖收入12841元，以及以下热心朋友的第二次捐款：Claire Chen 500元，Jessica He 600元，Wu, Jiajie (Intel)1000元，总计14941元。
- 第二阶段捐款使用：购买、搬运、组装85套桌椅11860元，乒乓球器具160元，已使用12020元，还剩2921元。
拜访村小
- 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，包括升国旗、嘉宾和学生代表发言、剪彩、由志愿者上一节课、受邀在附近农户家吃饭、访问合兴乡完全小学几个环节。
- 经实地考察，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。厕所条件较差，水井还没完工。因为对于建筑我们是外行，经多方咨询了解，随行政府官员和当地村民对建筑质量表示认可。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。
- 我们带去了慈善义卖中的适合小孩子穿的约30件衣物、乒乓球器具、3个微软TechEd书包、10盒橡皮泥、若干文具。
- 收到项目明细账目、汇款收据等原件，和村小送给我们捐赠方的两件礼物：一面锦旗和装有学生个人照片的一个大相册。
后续计划
- 需联系CTEF汇去最后一批工程款五万元，督促水井尽快修建完成。
- 10月召开一次项目会议，全面汇报项目情况，集思广益，讨论项目的定位和以后的方向，以及是否/如何申请微软亚太研发集团“小行动大视界公益在身边”种子公益基金项目。强烈期待您的参与！

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.

Donation
- After the 1st milestone “giving” partnering with CTEF to donate 200k RMB to build the new schoolhouse, we have started the 2nd milestone “giving”, of which the “how” is yet to be discussed and determined. Please refer to the “Next Step” section below.
- Donation source of the 2nd milestone “giving” so far: 9/3 Microsoft Shanghai Zizhu Campus Charity Sale: 12841元, and the 2nd round donation of the following warmhearted friends: Claire Chen 500 RMB,Jessica He 600 RMB, Wu, Jiajie (Intel) 1000 RMB, 14941 RMB in total.
- Donation usage of the 2nd milestone “giving”: buy, ship and assemble 85 suites of new desk and chairs: 11860 RMB, Ping Pang sports apparatus: 160 RMB, 12020 RMB used in total, 2921 RMB left.
School visit
- On 25th, Sep, 4 volunteers Stephanie Zhang, Sherry Xiong, Yingbin Zhao and I attended the opening ceremony of “Tang Fang Village China Tomorrow School”, including rising national flag, guest and student representative speech, cutting ribbon, voluntary teaching, lunch in a peasant family, and visiting He Xing Village Primary School.
- Through onsite investigation, we found that compared to the last status report, issues like the electricity security, wall painting, window glass, etc. are fxied. The new purchased 85 suites of desk and chair are put into use. The washroom has relatively poor condition. The well is not done yet. We are no judge of construction, so we consulted with mulitple channels for the schoolhouse quality. The government officers and local villagers like the schoolhouse construction quality. Construction Enginerring Quality Security Supervision Station of Yingshan County has done on-site check on 6th, July; and delivered the certificate for this school, concluding that the project quality is good, meeting usage requirement.
- We took about 30 children clothes from the charity sale, Ping Pang sports apparatus, 3 TechEd schoolbags, 10 boxes of plasticine and some other stationery.
- We received the detailed project expense, donation receipt and 2 gifts from the school: pennant and a big album of all student photo.
Next Step
- Contact CTEF for the last 50k RMB project expense. Push the well construction to be completed ASAP.
- Call a project meeting in this October, reporting project in details, brainstorming and discussing project value proposition and future direction, and if/how we should apply the Microsoft ARD Seed Grant Program. You participation is crucial and highly appreciated!