Overseas China Education Foundation ("OCEF"), is an independent, non-governmental, non-political and non-religious organization. The sole mission of OCEF is to help underprivileged children in impoverished rural areas of China receive education and improve the quality of education in rural China. Operated primarily by unpaid volunteers, OCEF keeps operational costs at a minimal (~2%). To date, OCEF has helped more than 800 rural schools establish their own libraries and donated nearly half a million books in the process. In the meantime, OCEF has issued approximately 47,000 financial aid packages to elementary and secondary school students. OCEF has developed comprehensive oper... read more Overseas China Education Foundation ("OCEF"), is an independent, non-governmental, non-political and non-religious organization. The sole mission of OCEF is to help underprivileged children in impoverished rural areas of China receive education and improve the quality of education in rural China. Operated primarily by unpaid volunteers, OCEF keeps operational costs at a minimal (~2%). To date, OCEF has helped more than 800 rural schools establish their own libraries and donated nearly half a million books in the process. In the meantime, OCEF has issued approximately 47,000 financial aid packages to elementary and secondary school students. OCEF has developed comprehensive operational procedures that ensure all OCEF funds are distributed diligently and transparently. OCEF operations in China are comprised of three main functions: (1) review of financial aid applications from students; (2) upon approval from the Executive Committee in the U.S. for funding, distribution of the approved funding; (3) follow-up inspections post distribution of funding. Inspectors conduct field trip regularly to visit beneficiaries and schools to monitor the fund distribution process. The majority of the local funding programs are inspected every other year. In 2011, ten inspectors visited 102 local funding programs in 14 counties and 7 provinces. OCEF members and donors are encouraged to participate in the operations of the foundation, including inspection fieldwork.
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By OCEF | Project Leader
Dear Friends, This year, 2022, marks the 30th anniversary of Overseas China Education Foundation. It has been a long journey. After much consideration, and with great regret, we have made the decision... Read the full report ›By OCEF | Project Leader
Dear Donors, This past winter we have worked with several schools in the areas near Pingliang, Gansu. In addition to Xiaoqin Elementary School that we introduced to you before, Qiaogou Elementary... Read the full report ›By OCEF | Project Leader
In the school year of 2020, from Fall 2020 to Spring 2021, we supported 58 high school students with the fund from GlobalGiving, who will get 2,400 Chinese Yuan in each year. They were from 2 high... Read the full report ›