扶贫先扶智，学前教育是消除贫困代际传递的根本手段。2017年全国农业普查数据显示，中国59万个行政村中，只有19万个有村一级幼儿园，贫困地区农村还缺少10万个村一级学前教育服务机构。

儿童早期教育干预的重要性已获得神经学和社会科学研究的充分证明。人的语言、社交、情感功能的大脑发育高峰均在4岁以前完成，因此3-5岁早期教育成为终身教育的一个关键机遇窗口。但根据中国发展研究基金会网站7省13县2018年的上报数据，在约5万名山村幼儿园受益儿童中，约40%为双留守儿童，父母都不在身边陪伴；20%来自精准扶贫家庭，约10%来自单亲家庭。

对农村幼儿家长来说，送孩子到乡镇上幼儿园是极大的负担，在贫困地区很难实行。公办园设在城镇，民办园不进村，农村幼儿家长要想让孩子上幼儿园，只能送他们到乡镇上才有的公办园。家长和幼儿或每天起早贪黑走很远的路，或在乡镇幼儿园附近租房陪读，负担较重，贫困家庭只能“望园兴叹”。

中国发展研究基金会发起的“一村一园”——山村幼儿园计划就是为贫困农村地区儿童提供学前教育服务、促进教育公平所做的项目。“一村一园”在村一级建立小规模园所，设一两个班，根据班级儿童年龄情况采用混龄教学方式，与其他学前教育资源形成互补，使偏远贫困地区的儿童受益。

2012年3月，贵州省铜仁市松桃县“山村幼儿园计划”启动实施。松桃苗族自治县地处黔、湘、渝两省一市结合部，属国家级贫困县，山村适龄儿童学前教育资源一度严重匮乏。“一村一园”实施初期设立了一百所山村幼儿园，其后通过两年的实践，成果在松桃全县推广，目前建成近五百所山村幼儿园。

2014年，铜仁全市推广松桃经验，建设了2005个山村幼儿园，近5万儿童受益，铜仁市学前三年毛入园率达到了91.7%。在全国，截至2019年2月，“一村一园”先后在青海、贵州、湖南等9个省（自治区）的22个县（市），设立山村幼儿园，让更多的山村儿童走进学园，接受教育。

帮助山区孩子走出大山

Training doctors and upgrading village health stations to help rural communities in China

A large portion of China’s 1.4 billion population lives in rural areas, yet many residents in remote villages lack adequate medical care. The Rural Doctors Program seeks to change that. The Program will train rural doctors in both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine and make much-needed improvements to sub-standard village health stations. With your support, we can improve the quality of healthcare and life for millions of rural residents in China.
 
 The Need
 
 Across China, there are 622,000 village health stations in rural areas. However, most of them lack resources and staff expertise to provide a modern standard of care. Only 26% of their doctors are fully qualified, and the stations often lack the supplies and technology to diagnose and treat patients. However, many rural residents are limited to this insufficient care because it takes too much time and money to get treatment from doctors and hospitals in major cities. These rural doctors need funding to receive better medical training, supplies, and technology to serve their communities.
 
 The Solution
 
 The Rural Doctors Program strives to train doctors and support these health stations through a four-part plan:
 
   Train doctors in traditional Chinese medicine, which has unique cultural advantages in rural China.
   Rebuild village health stations that were badly damaged in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
   Improve diagnosis capabilities by providing ultrasound technology and technical training
   Instruct doctors on diagnosing and treating childhood Leukemia, a tragic disease that must be caught early to allow good patient outcomes.
 
 The Impact

 The program will train thousands of doctors, provide essential technology and supplies, and support 1-2 million rural residents. Your support will help communities in rural China access the high-quality healthcare they deserve.
 
 For corporate and foundation giving opportunities, please contact our international grantmaking team. Give2Asia also offers employee giving through Benevity and other major platforms.
 
 Project Deep-Dive
 
 Rural communities in China are facing a dire lack of adequate medical care. 42% of China’s impoverished rural population loses their independence due to illness. With an aging rural population and isolated villages, the need for local healthcare is great.
 
 However, many rural doctors aren’t fully qualified to provide a modern standard of care, and their health stations lack the necessary equipment and supplies to treat common ailments locally. To meet the medical needs of these communities, the Rural Doctors Program intends to train and support rural doctors, improve conditions of health stations, provide high-impact clinical technologies, and increase diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities.
 
 Training Rural Doctors
 
 The Program is divided into four main projects. The first project is to teach rural doctors traditional Chinese medicine, which is uniquely trusted in rural areas. In addition to providing healing benefits, this initiative will build trust between doctors and local communities, while helping preserve traditional practices and wisdom. The program aims to teach 1,000 doctors with 1-2 million total beneficiaries in the Yunnan Dali area. It will cost 30,000rmb (US$4,300) to train each doctor, and this fund will cover training, financial aid, and future support in treatment.
 
 Rebuilding Rural Health Stations
 
 Village health stations are the primary point of care for rural communities. When these stations cannot provide adequate care, villagers have no choice but to forego treatment or travel long distances at great expense to seek treatment. Both choices put their health and economic wellbeing at risk. Additionally, many health stations have not fully recovered from the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake. As part of this Program, Give2Asia will work with the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) to rebuild stations in Sichuan Zhongjiang . Each station will cost approximately 300,000rmb (US$43,000) to rebuild and bring up to standard.
 
 Improving Diagnostic Capabilities
 
 The third project is to improve ultrasound diagnosis capabilities in rural communities. Give2Asia and the China Cardiovascular Ultrasound Association will purchase and distribute portable color doppler ultrasound machines, provide doctors with training, and fund remote consultation with experts. Ultrasound technology is a valuable tool for both routine and emergency care, but only if doctors are equipped with both technology and training. This project— focused in the mountainous region outside Beijing, in Yanqing and Pinggu—is projected to cost around 4m RMB (US$570,000) per phase.
 
 Leukemia Diagnosis and Treatment
 
 The fourth project is to improve childhood Leukemia diagnosis and treatment in Heyuan (Guandong province). Children here face a higher than average rate of Leukemia, and Heyuan lacks the resources to provide sufficient care. This causes many families to travel and spend exorbitant amounts of money. Give2Asia, working with the Henghui Charity Foundation, will work with trained medical experts to introduce advanced technology, train doctors, and build a system for topical education. The cost for this project’s 5 years of support is around 2m RMB (US$285,000).

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