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A SI group visited girls under the Legacy of
Learning Project in
Erduos City
Girls in Kalaqin Banner put on a short play
featuring the Legacy of Learning Project to
welcome the SI group.
ĦĦĦĦEver since its launch in September 2001,
the Legacy of Learning Project, jointly launched
by the ACWF and Soroptimist International, has
achieved remarkable results--about 300 impoverished
girls have returned to school. With the further
help of the project, the girls will finish their
three-year junior high school education and
at the same time receive training on practical
techniques.
ĦĦĦĦLocal governments, women's federations and
schools attach great importance to the project,
and offer valuable support. Local schools provide
the girls with classrooms and dormitories and
arrange the best teachers to take care of their
studies and daily lives. Meanwhile, nine training
facilities were built to meet their study needs--including
a greenhouse for growing vegetables and flowers,
a sty, a cowshed and a forage base.
ĦĦĦĦIn May 2002, Soroptimist International sent
a team to Inner Mongolia to inspect the implementation
of the project. The team had close talks with
the girls, and provided lectures on AIDs prevention.
ĦĦĦĦThe fund of Soroptimist International came
from its donation day for president's project
in 2000, when Dr. Jane Zimmerman was the president.
The three-year project will end in September
2004.
