VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM | CHINA | END POVERTY

Hope never got lost here!

Xu Xikui turns 70 years old this year. He and his wife have a son who is married with two children. His two grandsons are studying in the City of Kaili an hours drive from their village. They are in Grade 3 and Grade 8. Their son and...


VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM | CHINA | END POVERTY

Why sustainability is ALWAYS the best way forward for poor villages

(by Andrew Colquhoun - Captivating Co-founder & CEO) 12 Stones - A Documentary About The Cornerstones of Heifer's Work Around the World from Read the full article...


VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM | CHINA | END POVERTY

Thank you, Captivating!

"My name is Yang Yi and I am 13 years old now and I am studying in Grade 6 at Daxi Primary School. I live in a big family in which there are 15 people. We live in a mountainous area where most family’s major income is...


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A time to be honest

A Captivating Kaili Village Development Update - Guizhou Province. Duoji, a small village near Panghai town, Kaili City, consists of more than 100 households. The average farmland is less than 0.08 acre (0.5 mu) per capita and water supplies are quite unstable...


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From POVERTY to PROSPERITY - Wu Chaowen's story

Story by Francine Zhang (Project Manager, Captivating Village Development Project, Guizhou Province) Daxi villager Wu Chaowen and his wife have two lovely children, one son and one daughter.  This is considered a great blessing in a Chinese family. But, this great...


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Yuan Dacheng's Story - Written by Francine Zhang (Project Manager)

Yuan Dacheng is one of the local farmers in Censer Mountain village. He is suffering from poor health, the whole family living depends on breeding 13 geese, 16 ducks and planting 10 mu (1.6 acres) of vegetable land. Yuan’s younger daughter stays at her aunties’ in...


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Life is hard, but don't lose your hope!

Wu ZhimeiWu Zhimei is a 5th Grade student of Daxi Elementary school and she lives with her Dad and Grandpa. Every day after school Zhimei helps the family...


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Lusheng Group Development - Kaili Village Development

Lusheng is a reed pipe wind instrument which is popular with the Miao minority, Dong ethnic groups in southwestern China.  Play and dance using this instrument is one of the Miao nationality traditional culture activities and has been done for more than two thousand years.  ...