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3 Senior High School Sponsorship From June 10-25, 2009, eight Yunnan Normal Sharingand
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Project University students were invited to participate in a service
exchange program in Yunnan together with young people
from Hong Kong. This program was funded by "The
This project started from September 2007 aiming
Commission on Youth".
to sponsor secondary school students from the poor Church
The annual Project Torch ceremony was held on
areas of China to complete their 3 years of middle school
June 13, 2009 at Nanjing Southeast University. More
learning. This project supplemented the 3-year higher
than 40 Hong Kong sponsors and volunteers attended
form education that goes beyond the 9-year compulsory Witness
the ceremony. There were 111 graduates this year, with
education. Each of the higher form students will be
96 graduates in Nanjing, 1 in Henan and 14 in Yunnan
sponsored for HK$ 2,500 per year. The Council will also
(with 8 of Yunnan graduates attending the ceremony in
accept partial sponsorship of HK$500 with 5 sponsors
Nanjing).
together sponsoring one student. 2008/09 sponsorship Committee
details are as follows:
The sponsorship details of 2008/09 is listed below:
No of student/ sponsor
Item
(Until Aug 31 2009)
No of student/ sponsor
1,632 Item
1 .Sponsored S tudent (until Aug 31,2009)
1,180
2.S ponsor 1 .Yunnan Area
3.D istribution o f the Sponsored students
A.University of Yunnan 2
1,148
A. H enan Province
B.Yunnan Minzu University 117
247
B.G uizhou Province
C.Yunnan Normal University
75 37
C .Yunnan (N ew P roject Site in 2009) (New Project Site in 2009)
53
D.Anhui (N ew P roject Site in 2009) D.Other university 6
109
E .S ichuan (N ew P roject S ite in 2009) Sub total 162
Sub total 1,632 2.Guizhou Area
A.University of Guizhou 45
4. Project Torch Sub total 45
3.Nanjing Area
This project sponsors financially disadvantaged yet A.University of Nanjing 39
talented students in China to complete their university B.Nanjing Southeast University 18
education. Donors in this project are encouraged not C.Nanjing Normal University 30
only to help students financially, but also to build up a D.Nanjing University of Aeronautics and
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mentor-friend relationship with the students. The cost of Astronautics
supporting one student is HK$7,500 per year. Most of E.Nanjing University of Science and Technology 39
the funds are allocated for students' accommodation and F.Nanjing Agricultural University 33
daily expenses. Their tuition fees are paid by students G.Nanjing Medical University 12
themselves through government loans. H.Other institution 1
Sub total 207
Program Highlights 4.0 th e r provinces
After extensive discussion on the future direction, A.Other institution in other areas 21
the Project Torch working group has adjusted its Total No of Sponsored Students 435
operations, effective October 2008. Projects in Nanjing Total No of Graduate Students 349
are able to manage on their own for future development. Total No of Current Sponsored Students 300

It was decided to continue sponsorship of the current Nanjing ：96

university students in Nanjing till their graduation. Yunnan ：14
Current Academic Year No of Graduate

Resources will be evenly allocated to other more needy Henan ： 1

1
areas such as Yunnan. Total ：11

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