Wave Library is a real, non-profit project aimed at building libraries for floating children in China. There are an estimated 292.51 million1 rural migrant workers in China’s cities as delivery motorbike-riders, laborers, doorkeepers and at other jobs that urbanites avoid. The children of this floating population are called floating children. The families, holding a rural Hukou2 and on a tight budget, could only afford low-cost private schools which barely have good education resources, even books. Though some of these schools do receive donations, the lack of teacher and librarian hinders the daily operation of the school library. Here, volunteers from Wave Library take the responsibility by spending one or two days a week, sorting books, helping kids find the good ones and maintaining a rather safe environment to study. And they step even further: conduct both quantitative and qualitative research, reach out to publishing houses and enterprises about possibilities to donate, work with press and media, speak out at forums and conferences and so forth.
1 Source: National Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (Chinese)
2 Hukou, China’s household registration system, which divides population into two different statuses: agricultural and non-agricultural residency statuses. Yet China provides a wide range of public education, resources in cities, which means only city hukou holders could benefit from, are exceedingly more than schools in rural.
I volunteer in public communicating and have been onsite to help open one library in Beijing. It is a project that the public could truly witness and participate in.
100% of all proceeds via Buy Me a Coffee go to Wave Library. You could also make donations (money, books, hardwares…) directly through WeChat, Tencent fundraising platform, Alipay and Taobao. For all methods, please visit here (Chinese).
To keep in touch / find out more info, you could visit the official website, follow us on Weibo or WeChat (Chinese).
To know more about floating children, this article may help: The ‘floating children,’ adrift in China’s cities - Editorials & Commentary - International Herald Tribune by Yuen Yuen Ang (NY Times, 2006).
微澜图书馆是在城市边缘地带为流动儿童服务，开设在民办打工子女学校内的小型公益图书馆。流动儿童是跟随务工父母居住在城市，却因没有当地户籍，接受义务教育的权利受到侵害的孩子。微澜图书馆服务的主要是流动儿童之中，父母从事较低收入工作、户籍地大部分在乡村的孩子。
通过Buy Me a Coffee的100%所得将直接捐赠予微澜图书馆。您也可以通过微信公众号底部菜单、腾讯公益、支付宝以及官方小店等向其直接进行捐款、捐物。所有的捐助途径请访问此链接。
您可以在这篇推送文章了解更多，亦可以访问微澜图书馆（新公民计划）的网站、关注微博或微信公众号了解关于微澜图书馆的最新消息以及相关披露。
微瀾圖書館是在城市邊緣地帶為流動兒童服務，開設在民辦打工子女學校內的小型公益圖書館。流動兒童是跟隨務工父母居住在城市，卻因沒有當地戶籍，接受義務教育的權利受到侵害的孩子。微瀾圖書館服務的主要是流動兒童之中，父母從事較低收入工作、戶籍地大部分在鄉村的孩子。
通過Buy Me a Coffee的100%所得將直接捐贈予微瀾圖書館。您也可以通過微信公眾號底部菜單、騰訊公益、支付寶以及官方小店等向其直接進行捐款、捐物。所有的捐助途徑請訪問此連結。
您可以在這篇推送文章了解更多，亦可以訪問微瀾圖書館（新公民計劃）的網站、追蹤微博或微信公眾號了解關於微瀾圖書館的最新消息以及相關披露。
위란 도서관(微瀾圖書館, Wave Library)은 도시 주변 지역에 유동아동(流動兒童)을 위해 도시근무자 자녀의 사립학교에 세워진 작은 공익 도서관이다. 유동아동은 도시근무자 부모와 함께 도시에 살고 한편 도시 호구(후커우)가 없어서 의무교육을 받는 권리를 침해당하는 아동이다. 위란 도서관 지원자들은 부모가 저소득 직업에 종사하고 농촌 호구를 가지고 있는 유동아동을 위해 봉사한다.
바이미어커피(Buy Me a Coffee)를 통해서 받는 수익 100% 위란 도서관에 기부합니다. 위챗, 텐센트 공익, 알리페이와 타오바오 등 플랫폼으로 직접 도서관에 기부할 수도 있습니다. 전체의 기부 방법이 이 링크를 방문하시기 바랍니다.
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