The MCF Christmas Bazaar took place at BCIS in Shuangjing yesterday and what a wonderful day it was! Christmas shopping, delicious food, a bouncy castle, face painting, and lots of other fun games for kids of all ages. Lots of money raised, our name promoted and all this thanks to MCF’s very own Jayne and […]
CONTINUE READING2015年11月21日， 正好赶上急剧降温的日子。一大清早，志愿者一行就都裹着厚厚的棉衣，出发前往听障中心和一所打工子弟学校。在听障中心，我们见到了七个可爱的孩子。 其中一个叫讯讯的小男孩一看见我就冲上来拉着我的手，向我展示他的画作和玩具，全然没有初次见面的生涩腼腆。
CONTINUE READINGElsewhere in Beijing another MCF session was being held by Fun With Science, led by David Evans, which gives students a chance to learn about Chemistry, a subject not included on their normal curriculum because the schools do not have the resources, the labs, etc. At the same time the hard working students of MCF@CUFE […]
CONTINUE READINGWe’ve hit the £10,000 (100,000 RMB) mark in our Xiaoyun campaign – amazing! £4000 has come from fundraising and donations from our Friday and Saturday volunteer teachers, £5000 was donated by fellow Beijing charity Roundabout and £1000 was donated by Xiaoyun’s colleagues at the migrant school she teaches at. Thank you so much to all […]
CONTINUE READINGBig morning for Li Qin today! On Friday 20th November, MCF volunteer Angie met with Li Qin at 8.30 in the morning outside subway. It took them around one hour to get to the school where Janice was waiting for them. Not only did Li Qin have her first ride on the subway but she […]
CONTINUE READINGAn update from Jane at the Canadian International School, Beijing: “The School Supply Drive is going great! One more day and it is over though. Here is a picture of me and my peers with some examples of what we got and the poster I made about the School Supply Drive along with a picture […]
CONTINUE READINGIn mid-November, MCF Founder Helen Boyle was galvanized into action upon finding out that a grade 4 migrant teacher – Yang Xiaoyun, 33, was suffering Stage 3 Breast Cancer that needed immediate treatment. MCF Manager Lorna Snuggs promptly social-media-ed a poster asking for urgent help. And help came! Thanks to a substantial donation from Roundabout, […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Canadian School-MCF Kids’ Club has been delivering music and English lessons to students at one of our Migrant schools for over a year now thanks to the drive and organisation of one of its Year 11 students, Linus. But this week I’ve had the opportunity to meet more of CIS’ inspiring students. First was […]
CONTINUE READINGBSB Sanlitun have been working hard with one of our schools recently to make sure the students understand good hygiene. The parents association have collected, made and are in the process of delivering hygiene packs to every student at one of the migrant schools MCF works with – that’s 900 students! The packs have been […]
CONTINUE READINGThe snow this morning didn’t stop MCF students or teachers getting to school and having some great classes on numbers, the weather and friendship. Thank you to our excellent volunteer teachers and their assistants for their hard work. A+! Lorna
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