The Guanlan Scholarship
Foundation
"Making a difference,
one girl at a time"
Dr. Seeberg, Zoe and
several Guanlan sisters
and their families in the
village of An Jin
g Gou,
July 2010.


Dr. Seeberg, Sept. 29,
2004 with  four of six
students who have made
it through the “junior
high school gate”. These
eager, 14 year- old
students,  two years later,
in 2006, successfully
jumped the “senior high
school gate”.
About the Project
Zoë Guanlan at the bird
market, 2004
History

In April 2000 the Seeberg
family visited the historic
capital of China, Xi’an in
Shaanxi Province, for Dr.
Seeberg to address a
conference on girls’ education.
While there, two colleagues at
Shaanxi Normal University
(SNU), happened to mention a
scholarship project furthering
girls’ education in poor rural
villages.  
The professors described the
effect the scholarships had
not only on the girls but the
whole village. They talked
about how the girls’ inspiring
example brings a newfound
respect for girls as “little
scholars” and spreads hope as
the families look to them to
provide for their future.
Out of that discussion was born

The Guanlan Scholarship
Foundation!
Zoë Guanlan helping
out in the village, 2010