Organization: Sower’s Action
Introduction: Sower’s Action believes that education is a partial cure for poverty and that transforming the burden of a huge population into an intellectual resource is beneficial to the progress of society. Through concrete action, such as financing the re-construction of dangerous school buildings and planning the upgrade of teachers’ quality and ability, the sowers endeavor to help children of China’s impoverished mountainous regions to resume schooling by creating for them a safe environment for studying. Its development strategy is “Help people to help themselves”, and their slogan is “Education is the cure to poverty”.
Year of Establishment: 1992
Leading Campaigns: School Rebuilding, Students Sponsorship, Teacher Training
Service: Relief of poor people
Region: Hong Kong
Source: Sower’s Action’s website
