Heihu Elementary School Launched - 壹基金官方网站 One Foundation

Heihu Elementary School Launched

2010/12/20/ Monday

November 24th, 2010, against an all-encompassing fog, staff from One Foundation and its philanthropic partner, Friends of Nature set off from Chengdu. Their destination is Heihu Elementary School in Mao County.

Early morning of the next day, members of the five major project supporters, namely One Foundation, Mao County Red Cross, Friends of Nature, Director of Mao County Education Department and Heihu Elementary school gathered together and witness the launch of the new campus. Campus designers, builders and supervisors also attended the ceremony.

The young pioneers stand in straight lines and salute. The flag raising ceremony marks the campus has come into service. During the ceremony, the designers cried a few times due to excitement. But the tears were soon replaced by a lively and cheerful atomosphere.

The new campus was completely in time. Neat stone walls, clean room, spacious playground accompany children’s laughter. The school is imbued with vitality and has become the most beautiful rural scenery of the Heihu village. The Heihu Elementary School boasts a brand new campus for the children in the disaster affected areas. It not only preserved cultural traits of the Qiang minorities but also made possible many green ideas. The construction used recycled, renewable, recyclable materials. The use of advanced technology guaranteed indoor comfort, energy conservation, scientific use of solar and biogas, and proper water and waste treatment. Friends of Nature colleagues continued to train school teachers and students of environmental protection how-tos to bring up the low-carbon awareness.

Many have walked the same path because the same ideal. More help are needed to develop education in the affected areas. Let’s hope the future for Heihu Elementary School will be even brighter.