Providing basic rights

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China at a glance

• China is the most populated country in the world.
  In its move toward
  globalization and change, the rural poor
  suffer from marginalization and neglect.
• Population 1.3 billion
• Average life expectancy 70.8 years
• (Life expectancy in Canada 79.3 years)
• (Life expectancy in the United States 77.4
  years)
• Population under the age of 15 312 million
• Average yearly income 1,100 US
• (Average yearly income in Canada 24,470 US)
• (Average yearly income in the United States
  37,870 US)
• Gross domestic product (GDP) 1.4 trillion US
• (Canadian GDP 856.5 billion US)
• (United States GDP 10.9 trillion US)
• Human Development Index 85/177

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China at a glance

• 48 of the population lives on less than 2 a
  day.
• more than 215 million people live on less than
  1 a day.
• 46 people out of every 1,000 use the internet
  (versus about 513 in Canada and 551 in the United
  States)
• Though health and education services in China are
  widespread they do not meet basic human needs.
• 30 out of every 1,000 babies die upon birth
  (versus 5 in Canada and 7 in the United States)
• 11 of children under the age of five are
  underweight
• 299 million people do not have access to clean
  water

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China at a glance Literacy rate
People aged 15 and above who can read and write
Percentage of people
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Lack of access in rural China

• Many rural communities do not have schools. In
  the few villages that do have schools, the
  buildings are extremely dangerous learning
  environments.
• It is not uncommon for the roof or walls to
  collapse, severely injuring or killing students.
• The Chinese government spends about 2 of its
  GDP on education. Canada spends about 5.2, and
  the United States spends 5.7.
• This means in one year
• China spends about 21.50
  
  per person on
  education.
• Canada spends about 1,409
  
  per person on
  education.
• The United States spends about 2055.50per
  person on education.
• GDP stands for gross domestic product,
  
  
  which means the total market value of all the
  
  
  goods and services produced within the borders
  
  
  of a nation during a specified period.

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Lack of access in rural China

• Lihua Ding, who lives in a village in the Gansu
  province, used to go to an old school in another
  village.
• The school was very dangerous. There was no
  electricity so, when it was dark, Lihua could not
  see anything on the blackboard.
• Lihua and her classmates had been warned by the
  principal that they might not be able to attend
  school if the walls collapsed. When it rained,
  the classroom was completely wet, preventing them
  from opening their textbooks and notebooks.
• They usually had to use umbrellas while listening
  to their teachers. The poor structure of the
  school made it very difficult for them to learn.
• Lihua now attends Fengshan Primary School, a Free
  The Children school right in her village.

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About Free The Children

• Free The Children is the largest network of
  children helping children through education in
  the world, having directly impacted over one
  million children in 45 countries through our
  programs.
• The organization was founded in 1995 by Craig
  Kielburger and a group of his 12-year-old
  classmates.
• The organization is the lead NGO partner with
  the United Nations Office of the Special
  Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.
• Free The Children has been profiled on Oprah
  (four times), 60 Minutes (twice), CNN (many
  times) and in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star,
  NY Times, TIME, People, The Economist and many
  other news and print media.
• The organization has received the Roosevelt
  Freedom Medal and the State of the World Forum
  Award. It has been nominated three times for the
  Nobel Peace Prize.

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A track record of success

• Through the voices and actions of young people,
  Free The Children has
• Built more than 400 primary schools in Africa,
  Asia and Latin America.
• Provided 35,000 children in the developing world
  with education every single day.
• Shipped 9 million US worth of essential medical
  supplies to 40 countries.
• Implemented althernative income projects,
  helping more than 20,000 poor women and their
  families.
• Delivered 200,000 school and health kits to
  students around the world.
• Provided 123,000 people with access to proper
  sanitation and clean water.

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Free The Children in China

• Free The Children began working in China three
  years ago, when 38 children between the ages of
  eight and 11 were killed in an explosion.
• They were putting together fireworks to pay for
  their schooling.
• In the last three years, Free The Children has
  built schools for more than 4,350 children in
  three provinces of China Heibei, Liaoning and
  Gansu.
• Gansu province, located in northwestern China,
  is extremely poor, with an average annual
  household income of about 90 US.
• Free The Children is committed to building more
  primary schools in this province to provide
  underprivileged Chinese children with primary
  education.

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Free The Children project locations in China
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How can you help?

• Through the Adopt a Village campaign, students
  will help poor and marginalized children and
  their families meet their basic human needs.
• This includes access to
• primary education
• alternative income projects
• health care services
• clean drinking water and proper sanitation
  systems

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Education Adopt a Village

• Education is a human right with immense power to
  transform. On its foundation rest the
  corner-stones of freedom, democracy and
  sustainable human development. Kofi Annan,
  United Nations Secretary General

• Free The Children believes that education,
  particularly for girls, gives the highest return
  of any social investment in the developing world.
  
• In the Education phase of the Adopt a Village
  campaign, you will share the gift of education
  with your peers by raising funds for
• building schools
• supporting teacher wages and training
• furnishing classrooms

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Poverty and child labour in China

• That so many children should be forced to
  workand endure the hardship and abuse that so
  often comes with itis more than simply
  unacceptable. It is unconscionable. These
  children need to spend time learning and
  developing, not labouring in a desperate attempt
  simply to survive."
• Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF

• there are more than 18.5 million child labourers
  in China
• more than 215 million people live on less than
  1 a day
• about 48 of the population lives on less than
  2 per day

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Alternative Income Adopt a Village

• Alternative Income projects provide poor
  families, especially women, with a source of
  income to support their families and to send
  their children to school.
• In the Alternative Income phase of the Adopt a
  Village campaign, your fundraising efforts will
  provide families, especially women, with a
  sustainable source of income through productive
  resources like
• milking animals (cows and goats)
• sewing machines

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Health care in China
"The health of mothers and children is part of a
much bigger picture. It is the foundation of the
well-being of our societies as a whole. When a
mother or a child gets sick, that foundation is
damaged. When children die, whole generations are
weakened the very generations whose strength we
count on to overcome poverty and build a better
future for all of us." Dr. LEE Jong-wook,
Director-General, World Health Organization

• China's growing economy continues to improve
  urban lives, but the divide between the rich and
  the poor, especially those in rural areas, is
  very visible
• 11 of the Chinese population (143 million
  people) are under-nourished
• 24 of births are not attended by a skilled
  health personnel

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Health Care Adopt a Village

• Health care programs are essential to any
  community's development. Proper health care helps
  reduce the prevalence of preventable diseases and
  allows people to lead healthy and productive
  lives.
• In the Health Care phase of the Adopt a Village
  campaign, your fundraising efforts will support
  
• construction of health centres
• family and health education
• shipping of essential medical supplies
• nutritious lunch programs

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Water and sanitation in China

• "We shall not finally defeat AIDS, tuberculosis,
  malaria, or any of the other infectious diseases
  that plague the developing world until we have
  also won the battle for safe drinking water,
  sanitation and basic health care.
• Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General

According to the United Nations Development
Program, in 2000
This refers to daily availability of at least 20
litres per person from a sourcesuch as a
household connection, protected well or spring,
or rainwater collectionwithin one kilometre of
the dwelling. This refers to adequate human
waste disposal facilities (private or shared, but
not public) that can effectively prevent human,
animal and insect contact with the waste.
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Water and Sanitation Adopt a Village

• Clean water and sanitation projects are vital to
  develop healthy communities. Safe water and
  proper sanitation helps reduce the prevalence of
  preventable diseases.
• In the Water and Sanitation phase of the Adopt a
  Village campaign, students will support the
  construction of
• community wells
• clean water systems for families

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Be the difference that makes the difference!

• Adopt a Village and help the children of rural
  China!

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• For more information on how to get involved
• in the Adopt a Village campaign,
• please contact the Youth Programming Team
• by calling 416.925.5894 or by e-mail at
  youth_at_freethechildren.com.
• Visit our website at www.freethechildren.com!