Meet our Guanlan Sister, Pei Xuan!
Introducing one of our Guanlan Sisters! #meether#girlslearn#guanlanscholarship#girlsempowerment#education
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Educate a girl today and she will create lasting change.
One girl, one village, many generations.
Providing Scholarships to Village Girls in China since 2000.
Our Goals and Purpose
Guanlan Scholarship Foundation is committed …
To award scholarships for K-12 schooling to village girls in remote China when their families can’t provide so they may change their life prospects and flourish .
To change a culture of restrictions on girls to complete an education which may contribute to their empowerment.
To guarantee Scholarship recipients funds that cover at least half of the required school fees or post-compulsory school tuition.
To work with our local partner NGO in conducting annual family visits to qualify new Scholarship recipients
To curate information on the progress of the scholarship participants annually and produce reports of impact.
"I saw father and mother suffer such hardship and wither away over time, while mother kept saying, ‘dad and I can bear more hardship and exhaustion, but … we still can’t pay your school fees.’ At this moment, when I thought I would have to drop out of school, the village received the news of your gift, Guanlan Mama. You can’t imagine how happy I was to hear that you would support our and my schooling. We won’t let you down.”
Excerpt from Guanlan Sister's letter
Guanlan Sisters' Stories
Schooling has provided the girls with identity, legitimacy, visibility, and respect in the eyes of their families and villagers.
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Guanlan Scholarship Foundation’s Impact
Educate a girl today and she will create lasting change. One girl. One village. Many generations.
139
Guanlan Sisters have received an education since 2000
92% increase
in the Guanlan Sisters staying in school beyond compulsory education.
89% increase
in the Graduation Rate of Guanlan Sisters from Senior Secondary School
59% increase
in the Tertiary Enrollment Rate of Guanlan Sisters
Help Change the Course of a Life
We value any donation no matter how small or large, anything will help and is very welcome.
About Us
Founders
From left to right: Pang Baoliang, founder of Shaanxi Benevolent Children’s Service Ctr, Vilma Seeberg, founder of Guanlan Scholarship Foundation, Shi Sendan, co-founder of SBCSC, Li Yu, coordinator of GSF, 2018-2020
How can you help?
There are many ways you can help support GSF’s mission of providing education to village girls in China.
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Guanlan Sisters Video
Guanlan’s Sisters: A Family Journal is the story of an American family’s efforts to help poor young girls in rural China break the cycle of poverty by getting an education.
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