“New Citizen Program” is launched by Narada Foundation, a non-government organization founded in 2007 under the supervision of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China. The objective of the program is to improve the growth environment of migrant children in China.
“New Citizen School Project” is a sub-project of “New Citizen Program”. The aim of the project is to construct non-profit schools to provide migrant children with equal opportunities of receiving quality education. The project explores a new school-running approach: schools are run by non-governmental sector, funded by the social organizations, subsidized by the government and supported by citizens as volunteers. The local governments provide the financial aid of no less than 30% of the local public education funding to the compulsory education of migrant children. The governments also make favorable land using policies for schoolhouses construction. Volunteers can choose to work with one or more local NPO. The Foundation cooperates with non-profit organizations in launching and supporting projects on moral cultivation, psychological health guidance, art training, social interaction guidance, volunteer teaching, research and policy support. The profits from projects bidding are donated to the construction of schools. The program also attracts university students by holding educational projects contest in partnership with China Youth Development Foundation. Mainstream media are also involved to provide publicity and fund-raising support.
The program effectively mobilizes social resources to address the problem of migrant children’s education. Narada Foundation has an objective for building 100 schools for migrant children in 5 to 10 years.
Narada Foundation organization framework
http://www.naradafoundation.org/english/index.asp?cc=1
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