OCEF (Overseas China Education Foundation)

Our mission is to help disadvantaged children in rural China to realize their dreams of completing their education and to improve the education conditions of the schools in these areas.

Our mission is to help disadvantaged children in rural China to realize their dreams of completing their education and to improve the education conditions of the schools in these areas.

Overseas China Education Foundation (“OCEF”), formerly
known as SOS China Education Foundation, was founded in
California in 1992, and re-registered in Huston, Taxes in
2001. OCEF is a 501 (c) (3) charity recognized by IRS
(Federal tax ID: 76-0680540). All donations made to OCEF
are tax-deductible in the U.S. to the extent allowed by law.
OCEF is an independent, non-governmental, non-political and non-religious organization. The sole mission of OCEF is to help underprivileged children in impoverished rural areas of China receive education and improve the quality of education in rural China. Operated primarily by unpaid volunteers, OCEF keeps operational costs minimal. In 2010, the indirect operating costs accounted for about 4.6% of annual donation receipts.

OCEF has developed comprehensive operational procedures that ensure all OCEF funds are distributed diligently and transparently. OCEF operations in China are comprised of three main functions: (1) review of financial aid applications from students; (2) upon approval from the Executive Committee in the U.S. for funding, distribution of the approved funding; (3) follow-up inspections post distribution of funding. Inspectors conduct field trip regularly to visit beneficiaries and schools to monitor the fund distribution process. The majority of the local funding programs are inspected every other year. In 2010, ten inspectors visited 101 local funding programs in 37 counties and 16 provinces. OCEF members and donors are encouraged to participate in the operations of the foundation, including inspection
fieldwork.

Since the beginning of 2010, OCEF has initiated strategic
restructure of the funding programs, moving from direct
financial assistance to a more comprehensive support
system that aims at improving the quality of education in
rural China. In this new system, OCEF selects qualified
schools to aid comprehensive series of programs including
infrastructure improvements, teacher training, student
financial aid, advanced reading programs and health care
programs. These programs are tailored towards the needs
of the local school and will have more profound and
positive impacts on both the accessibility and quality of
local education in the long term

In the hinterland of China, millions of children still live in poverty and struggle for a chance to receive basic education. While you may take education for granted, these children have to pursue it with the utmost perseverance. In many areas, they have to hike miles in the mountains everyday to attend school. Young children sometimes take classes standing because there are not enough chairs around. To save on school supplies, the students often use sticks as pencils to write on the ground to practice writing and arithmetic...

For these children, a little help can go a long way. Since inception in 1992, OCEF, one of the leading grassroots organizations to support the education of disadvantaged children in China, has sponsored more than 26,000 Grade 1-9 students and over 2,000 high school students who may have otherwise dropped out of school to continue their education. And your care and generosity are crucial to the continuing support for these children and will help them not only to obtain the basic reading and writing skills, but to pursue even higher education. With your help, these disadvantaged children will have a much better chance to lift themselves out of poverty, and go on to pursue their dreams.

http://www.ocef.org
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http://www.ocef.org/organization/ira

1. 读书是每一个孩子的权利, 无论他的家庭如何贫困. Every child is entitled to education, no matter rich or poor.

2. 幼吾幼以及人之幼, -- 孟子。 Care for those less fortunate children just like we would for our own。 --Mencius

3. 再多帮一个孩子上学。Helping children one at a time, together we WILL make a difference!