Educate girls
today and it
will create
lasting
change for
the next
generation
-     
Save the
Children,  
2005.
The
Guanlan Scholarship
 Foundation   
 An IRS tax exempt 501(c) (3) organization
"Making a difference, one
girl at a time."

Overview

In the mountains of Shaanxi Province, every year ten new 4th
grade girls, who would not otherwise be able to go to school,
receive a scholarship to take them through to graduation,
potentially twelve years.  This pays for their school fees and books.
The families contribute the remainder, while they try to do without
the girls’ labor around the house and farm.
Making it through the “junior high gate” is the only way for young,
poor, rural girls to escape a life of hardship in the village or on the
rough streets of the cities. Making it further through the “senior
high gate” gives them and their families a future.
Educating China's Village Girls
Village home of
Guanlan Sisters
Village School Assembly Awards Ceremony,
2001
Village Classroom, 2001
Two of Guanlan's Sisters

    Dear Guanlan Mama,

            When I was standing on the land thousands of miles
    away from you, I am writing to thank you from the
    bottom of my heart for your help.
            I saw father and mother suffer such hardship and
    wither away over time, as mother kept saying, “Peng, Dad
    and I can bear more hardship and exhaustion, but … we
    still can’t pay your school fees.” Just at this moment,
    when I was facing the fact that I would have to drop out
    of school, the village received the news of your gift,
    Guanlan Mama. You can’t imagine how happy I was to hear
    that you would support our schooling. We won’t let you
    down.        
            Guanlan Mama, the families of the 20 Guanlan
    scholarship girls were desperately in need and extremely
    grateful for your generosity. The two simple words,
    thank you, cannot possibly express our deep feelings, and
    I can’t find the words to tell you what is in my heart….
         - 6th grade student in 2003; jumped the “Jr. High
    Gate” into 7th grade in 2004, “Sr. High Gate” into 9th
    grade in 2006.
The Guanlan Scholarship
Foundation, Inc.

The Guanlan Scholarship Foundation, Inc. is a tax exempt 501(c) (3)
non-profit organization, created by Dr. Vilma Seeberg, in the name of
her daughter, Zoë Guanlan to fund scholarships for girls in rural China.

Since 2001, the Seeberg family and friends have celebrated Zoë
Guanlan’s life events by donating to the scholarship.  For us it is one
way that Zoë Guanlan can cross a bridge to her birthplace, and for us
a way to share something of our great fortune in living in America.

If you would like more information on the project please contact Dr.
Seeberg by clicking on the link below:

Information-Guanlan Scholarship Foundation