Winter Cloths Distribution in QNNP

The QNNP is known as the Third Pole of the Earth, and it is freezing cold during the winter. In order to warm up QNNP's school children in winter, the Pendeba Society has applied to the Snoopy Love Foundation and was donated 2000 winter coats, 2000 scarfs, 300 sweaters and 200 hats, which were distributed to 2000 more poor school children in QNNP's four counties. To ensure fair distribution, the Society has consulted with local governments and communities to identify the most needing villages and schools to receive the donation. During the course of the distribution, the Society was in charge of transportation, distribution and outreach activities of the donated clothes. We also invited local TV to report the event to make it more known across the region. In the meantime, we also updated our project via various channels including Weibo to ensure a trustful and faire distribution.

Representatives from the Foundation were invited to join the distribution event, and they expressed their continued support to the project. In the later days, with local stakeholders, the Society organized distribution activities in the identified schools, and gave the clothes in the hands of school children. Because the project covered a large area, and the Society was monitoring the whole event, the project lasted for 2 months. The Society visited each identified schools and gave the clothes, and made detailed donation record. According to the types of the donated clothes, we identified the villages and number of school children to form a donation list. With each school's location and we decided the time to distribute the clothes among nearby villages. Each child was given a winter coat and scarf, while for poorer children; they were given a hat and sweater more. After the distribution, we also collected all the package trash to set examples for students to care about the environment.

By Jan 6, 2013, with help from local government and communities, the donated winter cloths were successfully distributed. The work was highly recognized by local people and governments. Concerned villagers and children also got to know the Pendeba Society better, and it helped us gain more support from the communities in our future projects. In the meantime, the Society also took chances to conduct need assessment with local government and village leaders to gather information for our future projects.