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Rewi Alley
The most famous New Zealander in China.
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Gung Ho Co-operatives
International Committee for the Promotion of Chinese Industrial Co-operatives.
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Kathleen Hall
Our scholarship in memory of this courageous NZ missionary to China.
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Shandan Bailie School
We send teachers, equipment and other support to help this school live up to the ideals of its founder, Rewi Alley.
Projects
We invite you to make a donation to the New Zealand China Friendship Society's projects and directly help poor people in China improve their living conditions.
Please make your cheque out to New Zealand China Friendship Society and post to:
The Treasurer, Royden Smith, 2/10 Ngaio Street, Nelson, 7011.
Earthquake projects report - one year on
January 18, 2010 - 8:14pm — adminNZCFS Earthquake Projects in China, May 2009
The earthquake of May 12, 2008, with its epicentre in Sichuan, killed over 70,000 people, several million were left homeless, and many farmers’ livelihoods were destroyed. New Zealand China Friendship Society (NZCFS) made a major fundraising effort nationwide, in many places in partnership with other organisations such as the Chinese Association. A total of $36,741 was raised.
NZCFS executive members Sally Russell and Dave Bromwich spent several weeks in August last year in Sichuan and neighbouring Shaanxi province, which also suffered damage from the devastating earthquake. As an outcome of this visit NZCFS supported 3 communities in these areas with four projects. The sums raised were used to apply for further grants of$219,617 from NZAID emergency relief and community development project funds. These are the HAF, Humanitarian Action Fund, and KOHA, Partnerships for International Community Development Fund. The total sent was $256,358 to four projects either for reconstruction work or to assist rural people get their livelihood back on track.
NZCFS Poverty Alleviation Projects in Gansu
January 18, 2010 - 2:40pm — admin|
The population of Shandan is 200,800 of whom 68% are farmers. The level of agricultural production is low with factors such as the harsh climate, poor soil, low education levels of the farmers, small scale of farms and lack of farmer capital all contributing. In recent years, to increase family income, about 65% of men migrate to the cities or to the large construction projects in Gansu for work, leading to social problems for women and children staying at home. |
NZCFS Poverty Alleviation Projects in Guangxi
January 18, 2010 - 1:58pm — adminDr Don McKenzie Memorial Fund for Poverty Alleviation Projects in Guangxi
The Dr Don McKenzie Memorial Fund honours the memory of the late Dr Don by funding poverty alleviation projects in Guangxi.
The first project took place in 2002 in Sanzhiyang village and provided agricultural training for women farmers, working with the local Women' s Federation and Guangxi Institute of Botany advisers. This Fund strengthens links between the people of Hastings and Guilin, and has support from groups in both cities.
He Ming Qing (Kathleen Hall) Memorial Scholarship
January 16, 2010 - 10:32pm — admin
Kathleen Hall was a New Zealand missionary nurse in China who was swept up in the war against Japan. Not only did she nurse the sick and wounded, but time and time again she smuggled medical supplies through the Japanese lines to Dr. Norman Bethune, the Canadian surgeon who was in charge of medical services for the Chinese 8th Route Army.
The He Ming Qing (Kathleen Hall) Memorial Scholarship is established by the New Zealand China Friendship Society Inc. to provide three-year scholarships for Chinese from poor rural areas enabling them to complete nursing training in order to return to their villages and work for improved health standards. This scholarship replaces the previous Kathleen Hall Centennial Memorial Scholarship, which ran for ten years.