Hope Scholarship Fund Inc

In 2005, current University of Massachusetts medical student Ted Mooncai was invited to pioneer an English teaching program at the Pang Liu Elementary School, a rural school near Xi'an, China. Ted was shocked at his firsthand experience with the living conditions and extreme poverty. He met children who lacked access to proper education and survived on one meal a day.

There is a cycle of poverty that occurs around the world, in which parents who do not have the opportunities to change their socioeconomic status pass on that disparity to the next generation. The family does not have the means to support the children's education, making higher echelon careers perpetually unobtainable, no matter how hard they work.

Over 20 million school age children, 40% of whom are living under the poverty line, have been relocated from their rural villages to the outskirts of cities so their parents can find jobs in the city. Since public schools in China only enroll students with urban residential permits, these kids are excluded. As a result, the children face the threat of illiteracy and continued deprivation of opportunities.

Ted founded The Hope Scholarship Fund to give children of families caught in the cycle of poverty the opportunity to pursue the life they wish to live. The students' drive and natural abilities, rather than their poverty, will be what determines the career path they can take.

The Hope Scholarship Fund is run entirely by volunteers and all business expenses are paid for by various grants. Other than a small Razoo platform and payment processing fee (which donors have the option to cover), 100% of your contribution will go to children in need.

Schools we are involved with:

• Dandelion Middle School for Migrant Children in Beijing, China
• Swordbridge High School in Beijing, China
• Pang Liu Village Primary School near Xi'an, China
• Beijing Foreign Language and Electrician Vocational High School
• Beijing Cambridge High School

 

Find out more at www.hopescholarshipfund.org!