The Library Project donated 18 rural elementary school libraries to the Shaanxi Province. These libraries were funded by a generous donation from GlobalHort based out of Xi'an, China and New Zealand.

These librares went into elementary schools that suround their kiwi farms in the Meixian and Zhouzhi Counties, in the Shaanxi Provinces. At every library donation, GlobalHort employees got involved as volunteers.

Have fun checking out the photos below. There are a lot of happy kids that have new school libraries in Meixian and Zhouzhi Counties.

19 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY DONATIONS
School Name	Date	Students	Books	Location
Yong He Elementary School	Winter 2009	229	>800	China
Xie Li Elementary School	Winter 2009	120	>800	China
Zhuang Tou Elementary School	Winter 2009	20	>800	China
Shang Yang Hua Elementary School	Winter 2009	230	>800	China
Xin Lian Elementary School	Winter 2009	218	>800	China
Wu He Elementary School	Fall 2009	180	>800	China
Jian Xing Elementary School	Fall 2009	150	>800	China
Zhang Zhai Elmentary School	Fall 2009	120	>800	China
Shao Bao Elementary School	Fall 2009	110	>800	China
Xi Zhai Elementary School	Winter 2008	480	>500	China
Qing Hua Center Elementary School	Winter 2008	420	>500	China
Hong Xing Elementary School	Winter 2008	158	>500	China
Jiao Fang Elementary School	Winter 2008	137	>500	China
Ning Qu Elementary School	Winter 2008	182	>500	China
Nian Jia Zhuang Elementary School	Fall 2008	311	>500	China
Zao Lin Elementary School	Fall 2008	285	>500	China
Li Wei Cun Elementary School	Fall 2008	140	>500	China
Di Er Po Elementary School	Fall 2008	32	>500	China
Liu Quan Gou Elementary School	Summer 2008	68	>500	China
Totals:		3,300	>11,900

A huge "thank you" to GlobalHort for making these libraries a reality.

Library Preparation

The Library Project and GlobalHort teams, with help from students, organize the libary donation at each school.

Donation Ceremony

Each Library Donation has a short Donation Ceremony. This helps to formalize the donation and gets the students and teachers inviolved.

Happy Kids

After the books are organized and the libraries are set up, the students get to dive into their new books. Each library contains between 500-800 Chinese language children's books. They are the best children's books on the market in China.

Activities

The Library Project conducts crafts and other fun activities at each library donation.

The Libraries

The libraries contain "kid friendly", sturdy and colorful bookshelving. Education toys, flash cards, plants and globs are also included in each library donation.

Mini-Bookshelves are placed into each classroom so that teachers can "check" books out of the library and put them into the classroom for the students to access and check out to read at home.

Group Photos