💌 随着高考成绩的陆续放榜，多少人的青春伴着一张张充满汗渍的考卷、一件件洗干净的校服、以及随之而来的辞别，结出梦想的果实。 曾经在网上看到这么一句话：“在这个全民拼爹的时代，寒门再难出贵子。” 有媒体采访了今年68个高考状元，发现他们大都是普通家庭出身的普通孩子。只是他们的身后，都站着摆渡人。而在中国西部最贫困的山区，有很多女学生拿到的人生剧本比寻常学生更加艰难。幸运的是，她们的背后，是EGRC多年以来的爱心资助。 A girl's education changes everything, I was very lucky to have supportive parents who tried their best to provide me with the best education they can. But there are girls from rural area in China who can't receive education due to poverty and gender inequality. At the beginning of July, EGRC reached out on Instagram and asked me if I'm interested in their social media campaign #sponoragirl. The purpose of the campaign is to help raise fund for 5 girls' one-year education. I may not being able to sponsor a girl yet, but anything matters, even if it's just helping spread the message so more people can find out about EGRC. ❗写在开头 | Words From Amiee EGRC创始人田青青女士曾经说过：“我深信一个女人受了教育，她的后代也会受教育。使女人受教育是改变贫困，建立和谐社会的基础。” 作为一个曾经在学生时代因为性别原因而受到不公平待遇和质疑的女生，我深刻地意识到教育对一个女性的重要性是足以改变她的一生的！我非常幸运，有竭尽所能支持和鼓励我接受教育的家人。以及在我成长过程中遇到的那些为我指点迷津、帮助我变得更好的良师益友，为此我十分感恩，谢谢你们！ 自幼我的父母对我言传身教，在我心里埋下懂得感恩和关爱他人并不计回报的种子，高中时期更是受到老师和同学的影响，让我自学生时代开始便投身参与到不同的志愿者活动中，希望在积累更多经历的同时，可以回报社会和他人，坚持自己善良的品质。 今年因为疫情，发现自己一直做不了什么，而我的父母在疫情期间作为志愿者参与社区服务，相比之下我感到非常地惭愧。所以当ERGC的工作人员在Instagram上联系到我，希望我可以帮助她们发帖，让更多的人了解EGRC的时候，我毫不犹豫地就答应了。虽然我并不是有非常大影响力的网红博主，但我坚信再小的力量也可以创造大不同，星星之火可以燎原！ "Educating women is like a powerful hammer that can smash the cycle of poverty, inequality and dependency. It doesn't happen overnight and it doesn't happen easily. It happens one girl at a time." Grow up as a girl in China, my parents and I have received doubts from people around us, like why waste so much money and time on educating a girl since she will get married after college anyway. I am extremely grateful that my parents provide me with the best education they can with endless love and support. And big shout out to those teachers and friends from different communities who kindly gave me both academic and life advice. Without them, I can’t achieve and became who I am today. Our generation has the ability and the responsibility to make our ever-more connected world a more hopeful, stable and peaceful place. Hence, it is my great honor to be part of EGRC's #Sponsor A Girl campaign this summer! ❤️关于EGRC | About EGRC 创办于2005年的中国乡村女学生教育协会（以下简称 ERGC ），是在加拿大注册的慈善机构。在过去的15年里，EGRC已经在甘肃、贵州和青海的贫困山区资助了近1280名女学生的高中和大学教育，接受资助的学生毕业率高达99%，就业率100%。致力于通过经济资助和在学生成长的过程中给予心理和精神上的鼓励和关怀，使收到资助的学生们不仅能够顺利完成学业，还能在毕业后立足于社会，进而顺利发展其事业。对于那些来自中国西部最贫困地区的女学生来说，EGRC 不仅让她们接受高中和大学教育，更是让她们打破极度贫困的无限循环，改变自己的命运。 在浏览完大量的资料和视频后，我深深地被EGRC打动。EGRC则让那些生活在中国西部被遗忘角落的女孩们通过教育摆脱现实的奴役，而不是一味地去适应现状。EGRC在每个女孩子受教育的每一阶段都给予她们高度的关注和耐心的帮助，为她们的生活和前途都做出了实质性的贡献。 图为EGRC创始人田青青女士和加拿大总理 Justin Trudeau Educating girls of Rural China (EGRC) was founded in 2005 by Ms. Ching Tien in Vancouver Canada as a registered charity. Ching's life experience inspired her to found EGRC. She believes that educated women have educated children, and educating women is educating future generations, is the fundamental way to life people out of poverty and build better societies. EGRC have been sponsoring women education in Gansu and Guihzhou province since 2005. They have given more than 1300 girls from rural China to receive education in high school and university with an overall graduation rate of 99% and a stable employment rate of 100%. In fact, EGRC not only provides opportunities for those girls to study but also empowers them to determine the course of their lives and futures. 💸 “2020年是所有人都会铭记在心的一年，整个人类面临着前所未来的挑战，EGRC也同样面临着艰巨的挑战：如何确保今年九月入学的463名女孩继续在校学习。在疫情期间，许多项目中的女孩父母双双失业，这意味着她们比以往更需要和依靠EGRC的学费赞助。但令人无奈的是，我们无法像往常那样开展筹款活动。 在EGRC，资助一名高中女生一年的费用为6000人民币。这笔钱将用于支付这位女生的学费、住宿、书本和基本膳食。我们鼓励您资助一名或多名学生，但任何数目的捐款我们都会心怀感谢。我们感谢您愿意在这一艰难时刻慷慨解囊，与我们站在一起。” "This summer there are 30 university students and 98 high school girls have graduated, and leave 436 girls in our programs who need the sponsorship funds to continue their studies in September. Over 50% of the families of our girls’ financial situation have been affected by COVID-19. Their parents are either lost their work or the incomes have been reduced. They need your help! It's only 6K RMB per year (less than 1,000 USD), over the course of 4-5 years of study. " 💡 路虽远，行则将至。教育能通过改变一个人的价值观，进而改变ta的命运。如果你希望资助乡村女学生或参与到EGRC的项目里面，请点击阅读原文查看官网，或扫码关注EGRC的公众号噢~ Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough, give the world the best you have anyway. Find out more about EGRC, you can follow @egrchina on Instagram or visit their website @egrc.ca ! And if you can, please spread the word!
👧🏻I walk, I look, I seeI stop, I photograph 📸走遍大街小巷，跨过山河大海再重逢，依然如初见