In 2008, we received more than 6000 project proposals from over 755 universities. After three rounds of judging
over the course of three months, 32 winning teams were selected to receive grants to pursue their projects.
During the summer of 2008, their social innovation ideas became reality through their efforts to leverage the grants received.
Let’s take a look (please click on each project’s photo for more information):
Project: Enlighten: Experiencing the World of Blind Children through Photography
Objective: To establish a connection between blind children and the world
University: Nanjing University
Team: 8 students
Location: Jiangsu Province
During the summer of 2008, their social innovation ideas became reality through their efforts to leverage the grants received.
Project list
Let’s take a look (please click on each project’s photo for more information):
Project: Enlighten: Experiencing the World of Blind Children through Photography
Objective: To establish a connection between blind children and the world
University: Nanjing University
Team: 8 students
Location: Jiangsu Province
Project: Entrepreneurship for the Disabled
Objective: To provide the disabled community with basic employment skills and emotional guidance
University: Sichuan University of Science and Technology
Team: 8 students
Location: Sichuan Province
Project: Migrant Worker Justice Project
Objective: To Educate Migrant Workers on their Basic Rights
University: Southwest University of Political Science and Law
Team: 22 students
Location: Chongqing City
Project: Google Rural Library Project
Objective: To build a foundation for sustainable reading in rural areas by collecting old books and building libraries
University: Hunan Institute of Humanities Science and Technology
Team: 6 students
Location: Sichuan
Project: Dream Card Project
Objective: To help orphaned and disabled children express and share their dreams
University: Fudan University
Team: 8 students
Location: Shanghai
Project: Ad Prints
Objective: To provide free printing for college students
University: Harbin Institute of Technology
Team: 4 students
Location: Shandong Province
Project: Blue Envelope Project
Objective: To connect abandoned migrant children with the world through a Pen Pal system
University: Zhongshan University
Team: 20 students
Location: Hunan province
Project: Conservation Stickers
Objective: To promote the importance and habit of energy conservation
University: Guizhou University
Team: 5 students
Location: Guizhou Province
Project: Western Dream Team
Objective: To promote development of the West through child education
University: Xiamen University
Team: 36 students
Location: Guizhou Province
Project: Dreams at your fingertips
Objective: To empower the disabled to develop self-supporting abilitie
University: Nanjing Special Education Institute
Team: 6 people
Location: Jiangsu Province
Project: A Greener Shanghai
Objective: To promote recycling through an incentive point system
University: Shanghai University
Team: 50 people
Location: Shanghai
Project: Hand in Hand - Looking after the “Left Behind”
Objective: To provide educational & emotional care for rural children left behind by their parents
University: Wuhan Institute of Physical Education
Team: 43 students
Location: Hubei Province
Project: Village Knowledge Mobilization Plan
Objective: To promote knowledge acquisition through books to children in mountainous regions
University: Sichuan University
Team: 15 students
Location: Sichuan Province
Project: With Love comes Hope
Objective: To promote the importance and value of Blood Donations
University: Chengdu University of Information Technology
Team: 15 students
Location: Sichuan Province
Project: Little Q – My Eyes, Your World
Objective: To promote and raise awareness for the usage of guide dogs
University: Harbin Institute of Technology
Team: 8 students
Location: Liaoning Province
Project: MuLian Restoration Project
Objective: To restore and retain historical cultural art
University: Huangshan University
Team: 3 students
Location: Anhui Province
Project: English Exchange
Objective: To open opportunities for rural children through English language and culture
University: Nanjing University
Team: 40 students
Location: Anhui Province
Project: Caring for Orphans
Objective: To continue to provide for children at the Wang Yu Disabled Orphans Home
University: Anhui University
Team: 20 students
Location: Anhui Province
Project: 100% Child Safety
Objective: To promote child safety and prevent daily hazards and accidents
University: University of Science and Technology of China
Team: 8 students
Location: Anhui Province
Project: Quilts of Love
Objective: To recycle unwanted fabric into quilts for the poor and needy
University: Hunan University
Team: 19 students
Location: Hunan Province
Project: Love, Translated
Objective: To enhance public understanding and awareness of leukemia
University: Fudan University
Team: 6 students
Location: Shanghai
Project: Supermarket Recycling Project
Objective: To prevent supermarket wastage and serve the poor with discounted goods, while further donating proceeds to victims of the Sichuan quake
University: Ningbo Nottingham University
Team: 30 students
Location: Zhejiang Province
Project: Saving One Mu of Land
Objective: To protect the threatened MinQin Oasis through awareness and fundraising
University: Nankai University
Team: 8 students
Location: Tianjin Province
Project: A Greener Yellow - Yellow River Delta Preservation Plan
Objective: To actively promote the preservation of the Yellow River Delta
University: Shandong University of Science and Technology
Team: 13 students
Location: Shandong Province
Project: Project Read
Objective: To open up a world of reading for Children Left Behind
University: Maoming University
Team: 8 students
Location: Guangdong Province
Project: Computer 101
Objective: To educate children from rural areas the basics of computer usage
University: Xian Jiaotong University
Team: 10 students
Location: Henan Province
Project: The Drip Project
Objective: To Build and Develop an interactive English-learning Model for Children in rural Shaanxi
University: Northwestern Polytechnic University
Team: 36 students
Location: Shaanxi Province
Project: The Blackboard Project
Objective: To Build a solid foundation for the educational environment for minorities
University: Guangxi Normal University
Team: 36 students
Location: Guangxi