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Church Witness Committee, this program has a history of hinterland China, back to school. In the 2002/2003 school year,
29 years. For the financial year of 2002/2003, the total a total of 48,041 students were sponsored, incurring a funding
amount of donations to the project is approximately HK$ 19 of HK$9,662,000. The sponsored students came from 65
million, an increase of 4.5% in comparison with last year. counties in 13 provinces in China. The following statistics show
The increase in donations during a year of economic the number of students sponsored since 1994:
downturn in Hong Kong is exceptional. Donations for the
Year No. of Students
last 10 years are listed as follows:
1994/1995 1,113
Year Donations (HK$) +/- % 1995/1996 1,296

1993/1994 $ 2,872,827 - - - 1996/1997 1,066
1994/1995 $ 5,221,682 +81% 1997/1998 2,068
1995/1996 $ 3,166,975 -39% 1998/1999 5,777
1996/1997 $ 3,333,181 +5% 1999/2000 15,399
1997/1998 $ 4,040,259 +21% 2000/2001 30,388
1998/1999 $ 6,024,506 +49% 2001/2002 44,168
1999/2000 $ 8,398,971 +39% 2002/2003 48,041
2000/2001 $13,661,014 +63%
B. Rebuilding Collapsing Schools Project
2001/2002 $17,308,984 +26.7%
Mr. Lu Kwong-fai is the Chair of the working
2002/2003 $18,090,110 +4.5%
committee.
In the last financial year, "Five Loaves & Two Fish:
Action By Churches Together" sponsored the following Poon Kwon-yung Primary
School, D ushan County,
projects: Guizhou Province
A. Back to School Project

Rev. Law Kit-choi is the Chair of the working
committee.
"Back to School Project" aims to send school aged
► Lim ing Prim ary School,
children, who live in poor rural and mountainous areas of Yu nan County, Guangdong
Province

Changjianglu Primary School,
Guizhou Province

► Gongtong Primary School,
"Back To School Project" working group and the sponsored L i County, Gansu Province
students in Wuding County, Yunnan Province.

X is h a n P rim a ry
S c h o o l , B a n q i a o
Village, Yongsheng
C o u n t y , Y u n n a n
► New VCD "Back To School Province
with Sm iling Faces" was
film ed in W uding County,
In the last year, the "Rebuilding Collapsing Schools
Yunnan Province.
Project" allocated HK$3,847,000 for rebuilding a total of 32