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Getting
Involved
Jian Hua Foundation Windswept sand is everywhere. Courtyards for the predominantly mud 
houses are practically clean, no sign of crop residue to be found.
The food storage in the houses reveal just a couple partially filled
bags of immature grain from their third straight year of sub-average
rain. Regardless of whether you see an at-risk, poor or moderately
successful household in this sumu (township), the yard, fields and
food storage are all very similar Ð food shortage for all.Life at the edge of the desert in Inner Mongolia is not an easy life. These people are seeking to sustain their livelihood in an ever-changing world. The Jian Hua Foundation (JHF) seeks to work with them and the local resources to help them have a future and a hope. JHF's primary emphasis is development. Helping these people discover their abilities and develop new skills that will allow them to adjust t  o
harsh climatological and ecological conditions and an ever-changing
global economic situation. Although walking through these villages
in the middle of drought conditions is a sobering reminder of the
magnitude of the challenges - we are encouraged. In some of our project
villages in Kulun Banner (County) we are seeing these once-nomadic
peoples learn how to raise livestock, grow trees and grass, work together
to dig wells and share resources Ð all in economically sustainable
and environmentally sensitive ways Ð and - with their ownership.JHF has been working in Tongliao District (of which Kulun Banner is one of the seven counties) since 1998. We initially entered through 
providing critical funding and management to rebuild over 600 houses
and 6 schools after a devastating flood. Since then we have slowly
brought hope to these people through a whole range of long-term developmental
projects. We have had a project office with on-site staff in this
Banner for over a year. Through our development projects (which include
rural agricultural loans, urban commercial loans, training village
teachers and English teachers and training village, township and county
doctors) we have seen small steps of progress. |
