Photo Journal
1. Seeing the Scholarship Winners
In this series of photos, we visited two recent high school graduates who were a part of REAP's scholarship research. We wanted to see what their lives were like and ask them in person what the scholarship meant to them.
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2. A Journey Through Chinese Schools Part 1
In Part 1 of this series of travelogue through rural Chinese schools, we visited poor schools in Northern Shaanxi. Though we kept our eyes open for all clues that will help us understand just what rural students need in terms of aid, our expectations and focus fell in the areas of boarding and nutrition.
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3. A Journey Through Chinese Schools Part 2
In Part 2 of the series, we see a larger variety of Chinese schools. These photos do not focus on any specific issue or problem but rather give context to Part 1. As the REAP website grows, we want to give more and more images and information to viewers so that they can better contextualize the central issues at hand.
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4. Migrant Schools in China
There is a growing segment of the population that does not fit neatly into the rural-urban dichotomy traditionally characterizing the economy and the school system. The children of the rural-to-urban migrants that are flooding China's cities have fallen into a conspicuous gap in the provision of public education.
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5. A Journey Through Chinese Schools Part 3
Six high school students from Deerfield Academy (MA, USA) and Xian GaoXin No. 1 High School (Shaanxi Province, China) explored pressing education issues in China during June of 2009. The students sought to further understand the complexity of challenges and identify key issues, in order to propose feasible options for how to better rural education under the constraints of a limited budget (with funds from Deerfield Academy and REAP).
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6. The Invisible Epidemic
We have embarked on an epic journey of epic proportions into the rugged wilderness of rural China. First stop-Shaanxi Province. According to REAP's representative baseline numbers, 39% of rural Chinese children are so deficient in iron levels that they are considered anemic. Why are these kids anemic? How can we try to help them? That's what we're here to figure out.
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