NPOs on the Rise

NPOs on the Rise

The 2008 International Sanitation Year embarks global initiatives to create awareness of proper sanitation and/or water supply, aimed toward mechanized improvement of health and quality of life of the community. A country that moves forward would not leave anyone behind. Therefore, Home Sweet Home (HSH), a company which incorporates values...

Read more: Hygiene in Rural China and Charities in Shanghai

NPOs on the Rise

Already 5 years of expatriation in Shanghai! When I left my little village in the Provence, I didn’t think I would melt so easily into this megalopolis. Of course the first months had been filled with questions and hesitation but with the passing days and the encounters made, I can say now that I love this country and the mystery that it still...

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NPOs on the Rise

Haniland Products/King Fishers

Behind the red door decorated with dragons and lanterns in Luchun alley we’ve discovered a courtyard where ten female workers are set in motion. Outside, multiple sifters are being prepared for filling with some paper grinded to a tee and mixed in great basins; in one room, shelves of already coloured and...

Read more: Paper recycling in Luchun, China

NPOs on the Rise

Behind the building sites and the mountains half eaten by the mechanical diggers, we discover the large wetlands. Traditional houses, stacked like the teeth on corn on the cob, sit imposingly in the middle of multicolored flowerbeds and amongst huge racks used to dry crops. A bit further on, there is the seasonal lake Napa, now almost dry...

Read more: Wetlands, education and water schools

NPOs on the Rise

Before, when we were promoting environmental protection movements, we resorted to the moral proclamation of ‘For the sake of our children.’ What we couldn’t foresee was that within these few years, the mass growth of world population and the combination of global economy and technology has induced the over-consuming of natural resources. For...

Read more: The Dentist Who Walks in Wilderness

NPOs on the Rise

‘Laonongfulehuocun’ (老農夫樂活村) is located in the countryside of Sanzhi. This ecological farm is a very pleasant place to spend one’s day, but most of all, it is a place which opens up opportunities for handicapped people.

Professor Luo had the idea a couple of years ago to open a place where handicapped people could work and be...

Read more: Baoyu: A farm where it feels like home