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(d) "For the Kids in the Mountains - Photo & Art Auction Nanjing University of Aeronautics 1 6
Charity Dinner Party", held at the Hong Kong Convention and Astronautics
and Exhibition Centre on January 26, 2003. Southeast University 22
Xian Foreign Language Institute 1
► Lutheran Church Christian
Education Committee made Guizhou Anshun Teacher Institute 1
a donation to "Rebuilding
Collapsing Schools Project". Chaozhou Hanshan Teacher Institute 1
Executive Council President
Rev. Yung Tsz-you a n d Guangzhou University 1
Com m ittee C h airp erson
Principal Wong Kwong-chi Zhanjiang Teacher Institute 2
d eliv ered the cheque to
Zhongnan Chinese Minority Ethnic 1
H K C C staff Mr. Philip Lam.
Institute
Chongqing Institute of Technology 2
Nanjing XiaoZhuang College 1
A " R e b u ild in g
Nanjing Art institute 2
Collapsing Schools
Project"exhibition in Jiangsu Polytechnic University 1
th e H o n g K o n g
I n s t i t u t e o f Guizhou Teacher Institute 1
Education
D. Rural China Orphan Sponsorship Project
C. Project Torch "Rural China Orphan Sponsorship Project" aims
to sponsor families in which orphans are left for care

in poor villages. It helps to provide a safe and healthy
► Som e o f the university
students who are sponsored
e n v iro n m e n t fo r th e o rp h a n s fo r g ro w th and
by "Project Torch"pose in
f r o n t o f the A m i t y developm ent. The sponsorship covers living costs,
Foundation's headquarters.
education, clothing and medical care. Since July 2002
when the project was launched, a total of 1,083 orphans
have been sponsored. The majority of them come from
Yimeng County in Shandong Province and Shangcai
County in Henan Province. In Shangcai County in
A Periodical "Xinhuoqingchun" is published Henan Province, most of the orphans are from families
by students o f "Project Torch" to share their
dream s in p a ssin g the torch through where the parents have died from AIDS. "Rural China
education.
Orphan Sponsorship Project" provided a total subsidy
of HK$1,277,000.
E. Emergency and Re-habilitation Projects
"Project Torch" sponsors financially disadvantaged
students in China for their university education. These
students would have been forced to give up their university
studies due to financial difficulty despite the fact that they
are very talented and bright. In the 2002/2003 school year, H K C C staff distributing
re lie f su pplies to floo d
the project sponsored 102 students, amounting to a total victims in Shanxi, China
funding of HK$850,000. The following chart lists the details

of the sponsored students:
Name of University No. of Students
► Flo u r to North Korea for
Nanjing University 21
disaster relief
Nanjing Agricultural University 29