The following is the relevant information:
Zigen Foundation 65438-0988 was established in new york, USA, and was mainly initiated by overseas students from Taiwan Province Province and Hongkong. Later, Zigen Foundation was established in Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province. By 1996, Zigen's sister group, China Zigen Rural Education and Development Promotion Association, had also registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Chinese mainland. So far, Zigen has four sister organizations: American Zigen Foundation, Taiwan Province Zigen Foundation, Hong Kong Zigen Foundation and Beijing Zigen Foundation.
The concept of sub-roots is mainly to provide some nourishment for roots and seedlings in adversity. Nourishing the roots and seedlings of the motherland is a wish of overseas Chinese. Since the war, although the world has made amazing progress in science, technology and economy, at the same time, one fifth of the world's population is still struggling in extreme poverty for a long time. Since the 1970s, more and more people have realized that economic development has not given full play to the role of the world, and we must explore a people-oriented sustainable development path to eliminate poverty from the root. Although China's economy has developed rapidly, the gap between coastal areas and inland areas, urban areas and rural areas is still very large, the illiteracy rate is high, and the enrollment rate of girls in many areas is very low. It can be seen that poverty is not only a problem of the poor themselves, but also historical factors, the unequal international economic structure and some unreasonable development. Therefore, Zigen people believe that eradicating poverty is a problem for everyone, not just the poor themselves.
Zigen Foundation has the following four characteristics:
1. Funds from ordinary people
Zigen Foundation is funded by teachers, engineers, international students, domestic workers and ordinary citizens, and does not rely on donations from millionaires and celebrities. The foundation shows ordinary people's creative concern for other ordinary people in trouble.
2. Overseas and domestic participation, changing the fate of life.
Overseas members and volunteers are responsible for the development, fund-raising, management, publicity and liaison of the Foundation. The situation, direction and purpose of the foundation's assistance in the recipient countries and regions, and find that people who are capable, willing and familiar with the local area organize, plan, promote, check and report specific assistance projects and plans in the local area.
3. Diligence, independence and equality
The Zigen Foundation is not a multi-billion dollar foundation. Its working motivation comes from people's spirit of participating in and changing their lives, and the administrative cost is minimized, which saves the expensive cost of hiring experts for the master plan. Donors and recipients are people-to-people partnerships, and there is no distinction between rich and poor and sudden employment. It is an important belief and tradition of the foundation to respect and give full play to the subjectivity, active and vivid participation and creativity of the recipients.
4. People-centered development starts with small things.
People-centered development is not only an ideal, but also a concrete and accumulated wealth of knowledge, experience and knowledge. Zigen Foundation should not only put this knowledge and experience into practice.
Zigen Foundation mainly focuses on small-cost, small-scale, concrete and practical projects, and cultivates the awareness of trivial matters that will benefit local people for a long time.
The principle of Zigen is to fund some small, lasting and easy-to-popularize projects that are directly related to maintaining the basic life of people in poor areas, benefiting most people and allowing many local people to participate. These projects mainly give play to local enthusiasm in four aspects: basic education, medical and health care, ecological environment and women's income generation. The specific contents include:
1. Basic education/educational undertakings
(1) Subsidize out-of-school children, especially girls,
(2) School building maintenance
(3) the school library
(4) sports music equipment supplement
(5) Add labor technology classes, such as carpentry classes for boys and embroidery classes for girls.
(6) Work-study program to mobilize students to carry out labor income.
(7) literacy classes and training courses for floating population
2. Health care
(1) Drug Supplement in Health Station
(2) Health personnel training involves training relevant personnel to engage in simple medical work.
3. Popularize practical technology
(1) Agricultural Technology Training
(2) Small water conservancy projects, such as irrigation stations.
(3) Biogas demonstration
(4) Women's income generation
4. Sustainable development
(1) Promotion of small-scale ecological agriculture. Such as: fish farming in rice fields.
(2) Afforestation
Eliminating poverty is a long-term process, and extensive mass organizations and individuals must participate. Years of working experience in Zigen proves that people in poor areas are very capable. They are very hardworking and clever. With the help and support of the outside world, they can increase their output and raise their life to a new level. To achieve results in this work, we must rely on the efforts of friends from all walks of life and places. Only with their efforts can we change the backwardness of poor areas.
Zigen is not a charity organization, but a development organization. The sub-root foundation is funded by 10% of its members' salary, which is a veritable person-to-person subsidy. Only by relying on the local people's own strength can we really get rid of poverty.
For more than ten years, Zigen has carried out a large number of projects in China, especially supporting the construction of libraries. Moreover, Zigen has set up a floating population education and training center in Beijing to provide education and training for migrant workers free of charge. And achieved good results.
Major changes should start from the small things in front of us. You, I and he can participate in the cause of poverty eradication, contribute their own strength and do something practical. We believe that every little makes a mickle, and through the accumulation of folk love and unity, we can become a self-reliant poverty-stricken area.