Dongxiang, an autonomous county in Gansu, is cool in late autumn. It has deep valleys and ravines in its grey-brown mountains. On November 12, volunteers participating in JIC Leasing's "Green Windmill" project came to Orchard Middle School in Dongxiang County, Gansu to carry out the donation and provide charitable support for local education.

Dongxiang Autonomous County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, is the only county in China in which Dongxiang people are the main residents. A deeply impoverished area in the "Three Autonomous Regions and Three Autonomous Prefectures", its transportation infrastructure is backward and industries grow slowly .

"Green Windmill" Donation

Many schools in Dongxiang County enroll students from several surrounding villages and towns, and many of the children live on campus because their homes are far away from the school. To ensure the safety of children during after-dark activities, JIC Leasing donated 100 solar-powered street lamps to 10 schools in Dongxiang County. Moreover, volunteers who participated in the "Green Windmill" project also brought books, stationery and sporting goods donated by company employees to the students in Orchard Middle School.

"Green Windmill" Charitable Classes

"Green Windmill" volunteers from Beijing and Shanghai delivered new and interesting classes on environmental protection science and creative painting for the students in Orchard Middle School. The volunteers were deeply moved on seeing the attentive, curious and shy children and their innocent and creative drawings, and hearing their hopes and dreams.

"A Date with the Future": Essay and Speech Contest

"Green Windmill" volunteers also worked with the school to organize an essay and speech contest, "A Date with The Future". The children's essays were full of the hope for a green future:

"I have a wish. I hope that when I grow up, I can invent a robot that recycles waste and turns it into treasure, so that our global village will have much less waste and our Mother Earth won't get sick and lose her blue coat."

"There are grey and bare mountains everywhere in the Orchard Township. I hope that one day, there will be clear rivers, dense forests, and green grasslands, and that it can be a real orchard."

"Green Windmill" is on the move: during the past seven years, the "Green Windmill" charitable project of JIC Leasing has been implemented in numerous schools in Qinghai, Ningxia, and Gansu. It aims to promote green ideas, pass on love and hope, and provide help and support for children in poverty-stricken areas in western China.

Green is the future, green is hope. We believe that every effort is sure to make a difference. Let’s join hands and pass on this love and hope to create a better world!