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In the last year, "Five Loaves and Two Fish:
Action By Churches Together" sponsored the follow-
ing projects:

a. Back to School Project

Back to School Project" aims to send school-
aged children, who live in poor rural and mountainous
areas of hinterland China, back to school. In the 2001/
2002 school year, a total of 44,168 students were
3 projects of "Five Loaves sponsored, incurring a funding of HK$ 7,888,000. The
& Two Fish, ACT" were following statistics show the number of students spon-
featured on television and sored since 1994:
broadcasted by TVB
Limited. (Above) "Project
Torch" was highlighted on Year No. of Students
"Salute To Life", one of 1994/1995 1,113
units of "Good News 1995/1996
Communication" in Nanjing. (Left) The "Back to School 1,296
Project" and "Rebuilding Collapsing Schools Project" were 1996/1997 1,066
featured on the program "Friday Report" in Libo County, 1997/1998 2,068
Guizhou Province.
1998/1999 5,777
1999/2000 15,399
"Five Loaves & Two Fish: Action By Churches
2000/2001 30,388
Together" is the resources sharing project of the Hong
2001/2002 44,168
Kong Christian Council. Being managed by HKCC
Sharing and Church Witness Committee, this program
In the 2001/2002 school year, the sponsored stu-
has a history of 27 years. For the year of 2001/2002,
dents came from 49 counties in 13 provinces in China.
the total amount of donations to the project is approxi-
b. Rebuilding Collapsing Schools Project
mately HK$ 17.3 million, a rise of 26.7% in compari-
son with last year. The large increase in donations dur- In the last year, the "Rebuilding Collapsing Schools
ing a year of economic downturn in Hong Kong is Project" allocated HK$ 4,565,400 for rebuilding a total
exceptional. Donations for the last 9 years are listed as of 42 schools. The list of the schools is as follow:
follows:

Year Donations (HK$)
1993/1994 $2,872,827 —
1994/1995 $5,221,682 +81%

1995/1996 $3,166,975 -39%
1996/1997 $3,333,181 +5%
1997/1998 $4,040,259 +21%
1998/1999 $6,024,506 +49%
1999/2000 $8,398,971 +39% Love & Peace - Charity Art Auction Banquet", held at
2000/2001 $13,661,014 +63% the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on
January 20, 2002, raised $460,000 for the "Rebuilding
2001/2002 $17,311,178 +26.7% , Collapsing Schools Project".