Education Programme for Children and Youth in China

The programme aims at meeting the education need of children and youth in rural Mainland China. Education aid is provided to enable students from poor families to continue their studies. Support is given at school level to enhance teaching qualities.

Scopes of Programme

• Improve education and living conditions of primary school students in rural areas, e.g. supply of stationery, extracurricular reading and clothing; and improvement of students’ nutrition and dormitories;
• Provide subsidy for high school and university students to prevent dropping out of school due to unaffordable education fees and expenses;
• Subsidise education development projects to uplift the education standard in rural China. Scopes of projects include school construction, supply of education equipments, teachers’ training, etc.

Community Development

Infrastructure construction, education and training, healthcare, agriculture development are provided to help the people in the deprived areas to improve their livelihood and facilitate sustainable development.

Disaster relief and rehabilitation

The Army provides relief and rehabilitation services to communities impacted by natural disasters until the service is no longer needed by the community. When initiating a disaster relief operation, the first aim is to meet the basic needs of those who have been affected. The Salvation Army's primary goals are to offer

• Material comfort
• Physical comfort
• Spiritual and emotional comfort