Our Commitment to Charity: A  Ray  of  Hope  Shining  through  the  KWG  Art  Lab

On 16 July, KWG Art Lab greeted the beautiful Xingyi in Guizhou and donated more than one thousand sets of books and stationery to 2 primary schools in the remote mountain areas in the southwestern regions of Guizhou: Laowangpo Teaching Station in Canggeng Town and Jianshan Yecao Hope School in Yilong Experimental Zone. These are the 17th and 18th village schools for which libraries have been built under the KWG Art Lab Project since 2013. Leaders of Xingyi Municipal Government and Education Bureau, Xinyi Volunteer Federation and children in Naihui Village witnessed the act of kindness.

Most students of these 2 schools located in impoverished villages in Guizhou are left behind children. As KWG volunteers found out during their visit, over ten kilometers away from Canggeng Town Government, Laowangpo Teaching Station in Canggeng Town of Xinyi City is a village school with 6 teachers and 85 students at present. Jianshan Yecao Hope School is located in Yilong Experimental Zone with three teaching classes, i.e. grade one, grade two and grade four, available for 69 students and 2 teachers at present. Local students’ greatest wish is to grow up to work and earn a living as early as they can, and many have left school prematurely to find jobs. The inherent beliefs of their families of origin have compelled them to pursue financial well-being at the expense of childhood dreams and other alternatives, at an age when they are supposed to be nurtured in the world of knowledge.

“During our stay at Xingyi, we sympathize with the experience of these children after learning about their stories at these schools. We hope the books and stationery we brought this time will help them. We will continue focusing on schools in mountainous areas in the future and bring them love and hope”, according to Ms. Chen Shufen (Chief Brand Officer of KWG Property).She also stated that the KWG Art Lab Project offers village children nutrients, sunshine and the possibility to dream. In our corporate capacity, we have called upon all to share what they have with compassion and build a path of charity through initiatives such as book donation and library construction.

Through the KWG Art Lab Project commenced in 2013, KWG Property has extended the reach of its charity efforts to Guangdong, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Beijing and Hainan over the past 3 years, facilitating the building of more than 10 KWG Art Labs and the acquisition of a massive volume of books with its donations. These libraries have provided a better place for reading and have effectively given hope of a new life to children from impoverished villages.

KWG Property has always regarded the charity cause as a matter of undisputable responsibility. Donations from KWG Property include disaster relief, education funds, culture funds, and medical treatment. From disaster relief and education support to scientific research, from Hope School to the Foundation for Heroic Acts, from poverty aid to care for the orphans and aged, KWG Property has made persistent efforts to contribute the society with practical actions, notably its generous donations to disaster relief initiatives in the wake of the Wenchuan earthquake and the Ya’an earthquake, the construction of local infrastructure facilities in “Matched Aid to the Northern Mountain Areas”, educational donations to support school recruitment of teachers, the building of more than 10 Art Labs in mountain areas. The total amount of donations made is close to RMB200 million.

KWG Property will remain committed to the cause of charity going forward, as it continues to seek modest contributions to social development by bringing hope to all through the establishment of KWG Art Labs throughout the country.