Unlike many recently established charitable organisations in rural China, Tianji Social Services Centre boasts some incredible achievements since it started taking shape in 2006. In such a small space of time its dedicated team have expanded their focus from a volunteer service that visited those in the local area living with AIDS, through to the education of orphans and poor rural children and the support of poverty stricken elderly people. This huge charitable endeavour is undertaken by six full-time employees who carry out their work from a well established office in Jilin City supported by an army of between 100-200 volunteers.
But like so many emerging charitable organisations in rural China, they find themselves drastically under-funded. Their care for the poor and those living with AIDS aims to help support them with many of the mental and some financial burdens that afflict these groups of the community for lack of work and/or family support. Although most of Tian Ji’s staff carry out all of this valuable work for free, it’s the training, transport and facilities needed that have resulted in costs the centre has found difficult to cover. Their efficiency is the backbone to the professional quality of care provided all over the city and so it is vital that they find the financial support needed to continue.
Tian Ji has also been offering stipends to see some of the local communities’ most underprivileged students through various stages of education. The annual fee of 3000 RMB (€360/£300/$440) can send one student to high school (6th form college) with greatly increased job prospects. This not only has a significant impact on the life of the child but also on the future of their families’ well-being.
BRICKS supports the vast and important work carried out by Tian Ji Social Services Centre and would like to see its network of care continue to make a difference on so many of its local communities. In the near future BRICKS would like to see Tian Ji raise the 54000 RMB necessary to cover 18 children through Chinese high school and thus make a lasting change to their lives.
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