Philanthropy

   

2016

  • Lotus Student Aid: Financially aided 4465 students in 22 counties in 12 provinces nationwide;

  • Lotus Primary Schools: Supported the construction of SF Lotus primary schools in Shuangjiang Bangmu of Yunnan Province, Tianzhu Jinji of Guizhou Province and Gangu Hongyagou of Gansu Province;

  • Liangshan Charity Class: Increased the number of SF charity classes to 12, and financially aided 620;

  • One Student One Desk Project: Provided 4143 sets of desks and chairs for 25 village schools in 6 provinces including Hebei, Henan, Guizhou, Jilin, Hunan and Yunnan;

  • SF-Adream Center: Collaborated with Adream Foundation to construct 4 SF-Adream Centers in Chongyi of Jiangxi province and Taihu of Anhui province, benefiting over 4000 students and over 200 teachers

  • Summer Education Support of SF-Beijing Normal University: Supported 218 volunteers of 25 teams from Beijing Normal University to teach along poverty-stricken areas under “One Belt & One Road” Initiative during the summer;

  • Higher Educational Institutions Scholarships: Awarded RMB 692,000 in scholarships to 273 outstanding impoverished university students from 16 higher educational institutions.

  • SF-Aiyou Childrens’ Fund: Donated RMB 10 million to support the medical treatment of children with leukemia and congenital heart disease;

  • Disaster Relief: Played an active role in flood relief in Hebei Shijiazhuang, Hubei Ezhou and Huanggang Qichun;

  • Poverty Alleviation: Assisted 23 families in poverty, and provided poverty relief funds of RMB 378,000.

  • Volunteer Service: Established volunteer associations in 12 areas. Pushed forward the volunteer management and initiated volunteer culture through information technology. Since the development of online volunteer management platform in March 2016, there are 12,721 registered volunteers with 82,789 service hours as of December 31, 2016.

  • In 2016, SF invested an estimated grand total of RMB 27.09 million for public welfare.

  • SF Express (Korea): Raised KRW 233000 through internal charity fundraising for donation to Haelim, an organization for the education of the disabled

  • SF Express (U.S.): Marin Grain Depot/Disaster Relief Department of San Francisco, U.S.: 2016 Thanksgiving food donation: Staff in SF U.S. donated 98 kg of food to the Maritime Grain Depot of San Francisco

2015

  • Lotus Primary Schools: Supported the construction of SF Lotus primary schools in Shuangjiang Bangmu of Yunnan Province and Tianzhu Jinji of Guizhou Province;

  • Lotus Student Aid: Financially aided 3008 impoverished students in 8 provinces including Gansu and Anhui;

  • Liangshan Charity Class: Increased the number of SF charity classes to 9, and financially aided 470 abandoned and impoverished students in Liangshan.

  • One Student One Desk Project: Provided 4026 sets of desks and chairs for 16 schools in Anhui, Jilin and Tibet;

  • SF Charity e-Classroom: Built 7 e-classrooms in Jilin, Qinghai and more;

  • Higher Educational Institutions Scholarships: Awarded RMB 580,000 in scholarships to 188 outstanding impoverished university students from 13 higher educational institutions;

  • A Teachers’ Day Present from SF: Donated RMB 3 million to collaborate with China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation to provide financial aid for outstanding impoverished teachers in 10 state poverty counties including Guizhou and Yunnan;

  • SF-Adream Center: Collaborated with Adream Foundation to establish 4 SF-Adream Centers in Chongyi of Jiangxi province and Taihu of Anhui province, benefiting 4200 students.

  • Aiyou Special Fund: Donated RMB 10.05 million to SF-Aiyou Special Fund, for medical treatment of 645 children with leukemia and congenital heart disease;

  • Disaster Relief: Arranged a private plane to transport 82 tons of disaster relief supplies from Chengdu to support the Nepal earthquake relief;

  • Sponsorship of Wenchuan Earthquake Orphans: Continuously sponsor 13 under aged orphans of the Wenchuan earthquake;

  • Poverty Alleviation: Assisted 27 families in poverty, and provided poverty relief funds of RMB 357,000;

  • Volunteer Service: 946 volunteers were directly involved in the project operations of SF Foundation all year round, and accumulated 53,825.5 service hours; Approximately 3000 participated in local volunteer association public welfare activities, and accumulated around 24,000 service hours;

In 2015, SF invested an estimated grand total of RMB 28.46 million for public welfare.

2014

  • Lotus Primary Schools: Completed the construction of SF Lotus Primary Schools in Hongyagou, Baiju, Zhangjiashan, Majiaxian and Yangjiawan in Gansu Province;

  • Lotus Student Aid: Financially aided 1125 impoverished students in 8 provinces including Gansu and Hunan;

  • Liangshan Charity Classes: Opened 2 new SF charity classes (primary school), and financially aided 8 classes in Liangshan for a total of 410 abandoned and impoverished students;

  • Aiyou Special Fund: Donated RMB 5 million to set up SF-Aiyou Special Fund, providing assistance to orphans and needy children with congenital heart disease and leukemia;

  • One Student One Desk Project: Donated 2895 sets of desks and chairs to elementary schools in Gansu, Guizhou and Jiangxi;

  • SF Charity e-Classroom: Built e-classrooms in Hunan and Gansu, benefiting over 2000 students;

  • Higher Educational Institutions Scholarships: Awarded RMB 857,000 in SF scholarships to 247 outstanding students from 19 higher educational institutions;

  • Disaster Relief: Played an active role in Ludian relief by supporting charity organizations with RMB5 90,000 for freight charges of disaster relief supplies;

  • Environment Protection: Collaborated with doyouhike to organize LNT (Leave No Trace) outdoor environmental protection training, and supported the mountain cleaning activities of 1023 doyouhike volunteers in few cities including Shenzhen and Guangzhou;

  • Poverty Alleviation: Provided poverty relief funds of RMB 370,000;

  • Others: Donated RMB 160,000 to the Tongmeng Special Fund to support arts education in poor areas; provided freight support valued RMB 60,000 to other social charity activities.
  • In 2014, SF invested a grand total of RMB 18 million for public welfare.

2013

  • Played an active role in disaster relief for Ya'an and Min County, and waived freight charges of RMB 27 million for disaster supplies from all over the country

  • Started the Lotus Student Aid and financially aided 516 students in Yongjing (Gansu province), Taihu (Anhui province), Baicheng (Jilin province), Tianzhu (Guizhou province), Chongyi (Jiangxi province) and Zhongfang (Hunan province)

  • Lotus Primary Schools: Under a signed agreement to build schools with Zhenyuan County and Gangu County of Gansu Province, SF donated RMB 12 million to build 5 SF Lotus primary schools in Gansu

  • Liangshan Charity Classes: Opened new SF charity classes in Xichang Girls’ Middle School and Zhaojue Sikai Primary School respectively

  • One Student One Desk Project: Donated desks and chairs to Longgou Town Heping Village Primary School and Longgou Town Central School in Jiangxi

  • Higher Educational Institutions Scholarships: Awarded RMB 640,000 in SF scholarships to 21 higher educational institutions;

  • Poverty Alleviation: Provided RMB 830,000 in poverty relief funds to sponsor orphans of the Qingchuan earthquake, care for the elderly and donate care parcels;

  • Environmental Charity: Disbursed RMB 400,000 to set up a platform for sharing unused items;

  • In 2013, SF disbursed a grand total of RMB 34.32 million for public welfare, which includes RMB 27 million for freight charges of disaster relief supplies;

2012

  • Initiated the Lotus Education Aid, and sponsored 200 students in Yongjing, Gansu and Taihu, Anhui

  • Founded the SF class in Jinyang, Liangshan and the girls’ high school class in Xichang, Liangshan

  • Supported the renovation of Hailong School’s basketball court in Yongxin, Jiangxi and the road reconstruction of Jiangfang Village, Liancheng, Longyan

  • Donated for poverty alleviation in Wangnan Village, Jitian Town, Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County and also contributed to Kong Zhenlan Orphanage in Shanxi

  • Invested over RMB 3 million through the year for the philanthropy fund;

2011

  • Provided “SF Scholarship” for 15 higher educational institutions with a total value of RMB 1.56 million ;

  • Invested approximately RMB 2.66 million to support the road construction of Anning Town, Youxi and the construction of the nursing home in Jiangba Village, Tagong Town, Kangding, Sichuan

  • Invested RMB 760,000 to support the renovation of school buildings in Hailong School, Jiangxi; the construction of sports venues in Kuixi Primary School, Guzhu Town, Zijin, Guangdong; the construction of Aixin Banfang Primary School in Dhaka Town, Zema; and the construction of a campus network for Beicuo Central Primary School, Pingtan

  • Founded the SF Charity Class in Puge, Liangshan and sponsored 50 impoverished students for 6 years with a total of RMB 790,000

2010

  • Supported the drought relief in Southwest China, the disaster reconstruction in Yushu, Qinghai and the construction of hydropower stations in minority villages

  • Founded the SF charity class in Meigu, Liangshan

  • Invested over RMB 16.5 million through the year for the philanthropy fund ;

2009

  • Invested over RMB 2.5 million for the philanthropy fund

  • Officially established SF Charity Foundation of Guangdong Province

2008

  • Donated RMB 10 million to the Wenchuan earthquake disaster area

  • Sponsored 44 orphans of the Wenchuan earthquake until the age of 18

2006 & 2007

  • Invested over RMB 2.5 million for the philanthropy fund.

2004 & 2005

  • Donated RMB 1 million for Project Hope
  • Invested a total of over RMB 2.5 million for the philanthropy fund

2003

  • Donated RMB 2 million for SARS prevention and treatment

2002

  • Awarded donation certificate for “Poverty Alleviation through Education” by Guangzhou Education Foundation