Reprinted from CCTV Media Network: From Aid to Protection: Sunhope Public Welfare makes love precipitate in time with annual return visits and grants http://hn.cctvzyzg.com/#/detail?detailid=2493
Continuous companionship: Public welfare is not only about construction, but also about long-term protection
From the vast plains to the western Sichuan Plateau, a road paved with love has extended for over thirty years in time. Sunhope Public Welfare Foundation, adhering to the principle of "more than 30 years as a day", has spread the public welfare spark to 25 provinces, cities and autonomous regions across the country, and redefined the depth of public welfare with the action of "not only building, but also guarding" - it has never been a one-time investment of "building a school and ending it", but a long-term companionship that spans time, a return visit that comes every year as promised, a continuous grant for students in need, and a sustainable practice that allows every love to precipitate tangible results over the years.
Over the course of more than thirty years, the footprints of more than 140000 volunteers have measured the breadth of love, and the funding of the "Let Love Spread" project, worth over 65 million yuan, has supported the thickness of public welfare. 264 schools built with aid are like lamps of hope, illuminating the future of rural education; Over 110000 students have studied with peace of mind under the support of love and support; 173 "Sunhope Library", 224000 books worth 7.64 million yards, open the window to the world for the mind to learn. These figures are not static "achievement list", but a vivid footnote to Sunhope's public welfare concept of "replicable, sustainable, quantifiable and focused" - every campus built is not the "end point" of public welfare, but the starting point of "long-term protection"; Every investment of funds lays the groundwork for subsequent follow-up visits and funding, steadily moving public welfare from "one-time aid construction" to "sustainable empowerment".
Three public welfare projects of Sunhope Public Welfare Foundation
In this continuously expanding public welfare map, Heishui County in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province has become a new imprint. After months of in-depth research, Sunhope Public Welfare Foundation has invested nearly 1.2 million yuan to build a new support plan for 6 public welfare schools for this snowy hinterland with an altitude of more than 300 meters and educational resources in urgent need of nourishment. From Heishui County Junior High School, which was built after the "5.12" Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 and is still using the old desks and chairs that "have supported three generations of students for 15 years", to the reading room that needs to be upgraded in Zhawo Township Central School, Sunhope's help accurately anchored the urgent needs of local schools. But like all the aid positions, the planning of these six schools is not an "isolated new starting point", but a natural extension of Sunhope's sustainable public welfare territory - in the future, they will be included in the annual return visit plan, and after the hardware optimization, they will accompany the children here with continuous care and protection to grow up gradually.
Zhawo Township Central School Reading Room Renovation Project in Heishui County
At the time of Sunhope's annual public welfare season, the warmth of this "guard" is becoming more and more clear: Foundation staff and volunteers are rushing to every corner of the country on the way of return visits, from the campus in Changyi District, Jilin City, to the positions once built with assistance from Sichuan Province. Every follow-up visit is a 'review and departure of love': entering the classroom, watching the children straighten their backs and listen attentively in the improved environment; Sitting around and chatting, listening to them share their dream of "wanting to take the exam and see the world in a big city" with a glimmer in their eyes; Take out the scholarship to relieve the burden of worrying about not being able to pay tuition fees for students from disadvantaged families. This kind of 'long-term companionship' has made public welfare no longer a 'gust of wind', but a 'lifetime thing', and has strengthened the original intention of 'letting love spread' through repeated reunions and care.
Bi directional symbiosis: resonance of sustainable public welfare and sustainable career
Sunhope's "sustainability" has never been a unilateral "fight alone" for public welfare, but a "two-way rush" deeply bound to the development of the enterprise's own cause. On the one hand, Sunhope continues its journey for public welfare with its steady enterprise strength - over the years, the company has always integrated social responsibility into the core of its development strategy. From the stable allocation of public welfare funds, to the systematic establishment of volunteer teams, and to the regular operation of the return visit mechanism, every guarantee is solid and powerful, ensuring that the commitment of "annual return visit and continuous funding" is not a mere formality. Just like the assistance plan in Heishui County, there is not only initial funding investment, but also a complete plan for follow-up visits and scholarship distribution in the later stage, which is the confidence brought by the development of the enterprise.
On the other hand, the long-term protection of public welfare also nurtures the core value of enterprises. When the volunteers brought back the thank-you letters from the children "because they could continue to study because of the financial aid", and when they visited the children who had been shy and bowed down in the photos, they were now able to freely share the joy of learning progress. These real changes not only made Sunhope's original intention of "letting love spread" more significant, but also made the brand value of the enterprise more warm. Partners deepen their cooperation because of this recognition of social responsibility, employees enhance their sense of belonging because of their participation in public welfare, and users are more willing to choose because of their recognition of the brand concept - public welfare and cause nourish each other, resonate with each other at the same frequency, so that Sunhope's development path will be more stable and further.
Future outlook: Extend guardianship to deeper growth companionship
Standing on the node of more than 30 years of public welfare, Sunhope's vision has gone beyond the short-term goal of "building more schools and visiting more times", but is moving towards "deeper and more long-term assistance".
Photos of Public Welfare Follow up in Changyi District, Jilin City
In terms of the scope of participation, Sunhope has broken the traditional limitation of "public welfare only depends on enterprises", encouraged partners to participate together, and let more people become a part of "let love spread". In the future, Sunhope Public Welfare will change from "enterprise led" to "chorus" of "everyone involved", so that the power of love will continue to grow.
Using love as a lamp, illuminating a farther future
From 264 caring campuses that have been continuously protected to 6 new strongholds that are about to welcome warmth in Heishui County; From the bright voices of children in the plain and fertile fields to the expectant eyes of teachers and students on the snow covered plateau, Sunhope Public Welfare Foundation has used time to prove that the value of public welfare has never been only "how much has been built", but also "how long has been kept" and "how much has been helped". The hand-painted cards handed by children during each return visit, the smile of "being able to read with ease" behind each grant, and the cordial greeting of "Sunhope is coming again" in each old campus are more moving than cold numbers - this is the background of Sunhope's responsibility of "not only construction, but also protection", and also a vivid practice of "coexistence and growth of public welfare and cause".
In the future, this original intention of 'letting love spread' will continue to overcome geographical barriers and the test of time. Sunhope will take this perseverance to more places like Heishui that need help; With this warmth, we will take a more solid step towards the follow-up visit; With this belief, we will gather the power of public welfare even stronger. When the light of public welfare not only lights up children's learning path, but also their growth path and future path, Sunhope will also write a more long-term and thick pen in the era chapter of "responsibility and hope".