The Library Project, with the financial support of the Nexus, the Xi'an Foreign Business Forum and Web Wednesday Hong Kong, donated over 250 Chinese language children’s books, one bookshelf, a plant and a globe to the Lian Er Ping Elementary School. We also donated colorful paint for the old desks and stools, and white paint for the walls to brighten the classroom up.

Lian Er Ping Elementary School is located in rural Bayuan Town, Lantian County in the Shaanxi Province of China. There are 8 students that attend grades 1-2 that at Lian Er Ping Elementary School. Most of the student’s parents work locally as farmers.

Lian Er Ping Elementary School is one of twenty “Level 3” elementary schools in Bayuan Town. A Level 3 elementary school is the lowest level that a school can hold in China. This usually means that it is under-funded, remote, and has few educational resources found at the school.

Lian Er Ping Elementary School is in the Qin Ling Mountains, one of the largest mountain ranges in the Shaanxi Province. It is accessible via a winding paved road. The school construction is mud, brick, cement and wood.

Lian Er Ping Elementary School has an incredible school Principal who also acts as the only teacher. Mr. Wang teaches all both classes in one single classroom.

During our Pre Assessment we found that Lian Er Ping Elementary School did not have a library, or any books that could be used as a secondary curriculum.

ABOUT THE XI’AN FOREIGN BUSINESS FORUM
The Xi’an Foreign Business Forum is a non-profit organisation. The Forum exists as a stage for bringing the Xi’an foreign business community together socially, providing a support mechanism to its members and as a vehicle to be able to voice opinions and plans to local government”. To learn more about the Xi’an Foreign Business Forum, please check out their website at: http://www.xianfbf.com/

ABOUT THE NEXUS
The Nexus is a student organization founded by Stephany Phung and Emma Harada that was established in 2008 at the Shanghai High School International Division. The Nexus’ mission is to be an extension of The Library Project, reaching out to the people of Shanghai radiating from within the school. Their goal is to raise funds to support The Library Project’s mission.

The Nexus organized a book collection, and a book fair; they also sold Christmas Grams at SHS to raise funds, raising 1301 books and 7100 CNY. Over 60 students participated and became The Nexus members. To learn more about The Nexus, please check out their website at: http://www.library-project.org/nexus.html

ABOUT WEB WEDNESDAY HONG KONG
Mix with the movers and groovers in the digital media and internet industries in Hong Kong. A regular get-together and business networking event held on the first Wednesday of every month where you meet a wide range of people and participate in a casual but informative interview with guest speakers. Since being founded by Napoleon Biggs in June 2007, our community of “Asian Digerati” has grown to over 1,800 members in Hong Kong, Singapore and Guangzhou and the social mixer regularly attracts over 150 attendees. Web Wednesday Hong Kong hosted Matt Mullenweg, Founding Developer of WordPress, the blogging software that runs millions of sites around the world. Matt has been named one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web, Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web. 160 people attended the event that raised 1,200 RMB for the Lian Er Ping and Jing Ping Elementary Schools. To learn more about Web Wednesday, please check them out at: http://www.webwednesday.hk/, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

The classroom at Lian Er Ping Elementary School before The Nexus and The Library Project donated a library.

Paint was provided and the parents and teacher painted the classroom over a weekend.

Happy kids.

Over 250 Chinese language children's books.