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Denver Nuggets NBA Cares Legacy Project at the Chun Feng Migrant School in Beijing

Duncan Leung — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:03:38 +0000

(Post 2 of 2)

Apologies for the delayed post of the second half of the NBA community outreach event that I covered in Beijing on October 10th 2009. It was a busy two weeks at work, and then I ended up falling sick twice in the past week; stinks.
Just to recap on the CSR event, the NBA had funded several improvements for the Chun Feng Xue Xiao (Chun Feng School) migrant school located in a small community outside the fifth ring of Beijing.

In the first post, I addressed some of the issues that migrant children face in moving to the cities in China, and also posted some of the images that I had captured of the school and students before the start of the NBA CSR event.

This post will highlight the actual NBA CSR event and activities, where the Denver Nuggets participated in an English reading program, and also held several basketball activities for the migrant school’s students.

NBA Cares Legacy Project at the Chun Feng Migrant School in Beijing

The Chun Feng Headmaster with Two Students

A Student Peers Out into the School Courtyard

The Denver Nuggets Are Shown Around the Small Migrant Community

The Migrant Community Gathers at the News of the arrival of the Denver Nuggets

Security is Tightened Around the Chun Feng Migrant School Neighborhood

Students Tie Red Scarves Around The Denver Nuggets Players to Welcome Them

Anthony Carter Receives a Red Scarf from a Student

Chris Anderson Shakes the Hand of a Chun Feng Student

Renaldo Balkman Gives a Student A High-Five

School Staff Gather on the Balcony as the Denver Nuggets Arrive at the School

Phebe Loo, Senior Coordinator of Communications and Community Relations at NBA Beijing, Briefs the Denver Nuggets Team on the Social Issues that Migrant Children Face in Beijing

The Denver Nuggets Players Await the Start of the CSR Event

School Students Laugh At Their Classmate's Answer To One of the Denver Nugget's Player's Questions About the Student's Favorite NBA Player (The student's answer was, Kobe)

A Small Performance Is Held By A Group of Chun Feng Students For NBA Commissioiner David Stern, and the Denver Nuggets

A Group of Chun Feng Migrant School Students Hold A Small Performance To Thank the NBA for Their Donation

Chun Feng Migrant School Students Perform at the NBA CSR Event

NBA Commissioner, David Stern, and Denver Nuggets Guard, Chauncey Billups, Thank the Students for Their Performance

The NBA CSR Event MC Introduces the Denver Nuggets Team

Denver Nuggets Head Coach, George Karl

Denver Nuggets Forward, Carmelo Anthony

Denver Nuggets Guard, J.R. Smith

J.R. Smith and Arraon Afflalo Share a Quick Word

NBA Commissioner, David Stern, Gives the Opening Speech

Denver Nuggets Guard, Chauncey Billups, Encourages the Chun Feng Students About the Importance of Education

NBA Commissioner, David Stern, Is Brought Through the Chun Feng Migrant School

The New Chun Feng Migrant School Library is Opened With a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

NBA Commissioner, David Stern, Is Interviewed After The Opening Ceremony

Chauncey Billups Reads To A Group of Migrant School Students

J.R. Smith, Kenyon Martin, and Arron Afflalo Read, 'Clifford The Champion', To A Group of Migrant School Students

J.R. Smith Explains The Story of, 'Clifford The Champion', To Some Chun Feng Students

A Translator Helps Arron Afflalo Convey The Message Of the Story

The Chun Feng Students Discuss the Story of, 'Clifford The Champion'

A School Student Raises Her Hand To Ask Kenyon Martin a Question

Basketball Workshops Are Held By The Denver Nuggets Players and Coaches For the Chun Feng Migrant School Children

Carmello Anthony Plays Table-Tennis With A School Student

Arron Afflalo Teaches Some Dribbling Techniques

Assistant Coach John Welch Leads Dribbling Exercises For a Group of Migrant Students

Chun Feng Migrant Students 'Bring It In' After Their Basketball Workshop

Chris Anderson Passes Out Denver Nuggets Headbands To Chun Feng Migrant Students

Assistant Coach John Welch Leads a Team Cheer With a Group of Chun Feng Students

Chun Feng Migrant Students Exitedly Receive Denver Nuggets Souvenirs from Player Development Coach, Stacey Augmon

Assistant Coach Adrian Dantley Gets a Group Picture With a Group of Migrant Students

-Duncan

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NBA Cares Legacy Project at the Chun Feng Migrant School in Beijing

Duncan Leung — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:13:35 +0000

(Post 1 of 2)

This past weekend I had the amazing opportunity of covering one of the NBA’s community outreach events in Beijing, where the NBA funded several improvements for Chun Feng Xue Xiao (Chun Feng School), a migrant school located in a small community outside the fifth ring of Beijing. These improvements included the refurbishment of the school courtyard, the construction of a new basketball court, and the renovation of their school library and donation of children’s reading material.

This update on the CSR event will be broken into two posts.
This post will highlight some of the issues that migrant children face in moving to the cities in China, and will also show some pictures of the school and students before the start of the NBA CSR event.

A later post will highlight the actual NBA CSR event, where the Denver Nuggets participated in an English reading program, and also held several basketball activities for the migrant school’s students.

The Issues That Migrant Children Face in China

(Research and Information from: People’s Daily Online, CCTV Online, Compassion for Migrant Children)

China has seen rapid growth and development in the last few decades; but the expansion of it’s major cities, like Beijing, was only made possible by the manpower provided by the large population of migrant workers that flocked to the cities from the rural parts of China, hoping for a better quality of life. Along with a dream for a better life, the migrant workers who came to the cities also hoped of a better education for their children in the urban public schools. Currently, Beijing alone is home to over 5 million migrant workers, and 500,000 migrant children.

Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult for migrant children to actually attend these public schools due to high tuition, and also the discrimination within the schools. Thus, migrant communities began to establish and build their own schools, where headmasters within these communities were willing to lower or even waive the tuition fees for the children in these migrant communities.

However, according to a 2007 report by the Beijing Bureau of Statistics, of the 297 migrant schools in Beijing at that time, only 58 of them had government authorization. The remaining 239 migrant schools without authorization receive no support from the government, and are in poor condition with a multitude of safety risks abounding within the food, transportation and school buildings.

The quality of education of these migrant schools is poor, and there are only a few migrant schools in Beijing that offer education up to the 9th grade. This large population of migrant children will find it increasingly difficult to catch up with the future demand for skilled labor, with the lack of equal education available to them.

Two Students Enter into Chun Feng Migrant School in Beijing

Chun Feng Migrant School Entrance

Students Wait Excitedly for the Arrival of the NBA Denver Nuggets

A Migrant Student Waits in the School Courtyard

A Decorated Wall in the Renovated Chun Feng Migrant School Library

An Empty Classroom at the Chun Feng Beijing Migrant School

Migrant Children's School Work Posted on the Classroom Wall

School Books on a Desk at Chun Feng Beijing Migrant School

An English Story Book for the Younger Migrant Students for the NBA CSR Event

A School Teacher and Her Baby at Chun Feng Migrant School

A School Teacher's Daughter Waits by a Classroom Door

A Migrant School Teacher Brings Her Lunch Upstairs

Two Migrant School Girls Share With Each Other as They Wait for the Event to Start

Several Chun Feng Students Enjoy the Attention from the NBA Visitors

Student's Spirits Are High in Light of the School's New Facilities

Community Residents Crowd onto a Balcony Overlooking the New School Courtyard as They Wait The Arrival of the Denver Nuggets

Students Gather Before the Arrival of the Denver Nuggets

-Duncan

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