Children are natural-bornhelpers.When charity and giving areincorporated into the curriculum and school life, students feel a sense of responsibility to support and involve themselves.

孩子天生愛助人，當慈善活動和奉獻精神被納入學校課程和學生活動時，學生們感到了自己身上的責任，會大力支持、積極參與。

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As part of Grades 7 and 8’s exploration of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, they were moved to ask teachers how they could help children who struggle to have their basic rights met.

在探索聯合國《兒童權利公約》時，我校七年級和八年級的同學們非常觸動，開始詢問老師并開始思考他們應該如何幫助那些正掙扎在貧困線邊緣的兒童們。

So they decided to start a fundraiser to purchase basic goodsforchildren who come from families suffering hardshipsdue to over-stretchedfamily budgetsor because of physical disabilities.

同學們決定發起一場籌款活動，籌得款項將全部用于為家庭困難的孩子購買生活用品。他們或由于父母為殘障人士，沒有足夠的經濟來源支撐家庭基本生活，或由于家庭成員眾多，父母承擔著巨大的贍養老人和撫育兒童的重擔，以至于無法為孩子提供必要的生活用品。

CISK contactedtwelve families with children ranging in age from 6-17. We learned about their situations, their hobbies, and their clothing sizes and then we started planning.

CISK聯系了12個需要幫助的家庭，在這些家庭中，孩子的年齡在6-17歲之間。在了解了他們的情況、愛好和衣服尺寸后，我們開始計劃如何幫助他們。

From November 28th toDecember 15th, 2022, our Grades 7 and 8 studentsheld fundraisers during recess for one day per group. While fostering a spirit of love and altruism, the students learned interesting things about starting their own businesses when deciding what to sell and why, concepts such as “supply and demand”, “markup”, “profit margin” and “overstock”. They had to figure out how to have students and teachers pay and how to advertise their sales so theirproducts would sell out.

2022年11月28日到12月15日期間，7年級和8年級的學生在課間休息時組織義賣活動來進行籌款，在培養愛心及利他精神的同時，學生們學到了關于創業的有趣知識，比如“供求關系”、“加價”、“利潤率”和“庫存過剩”等概念。學生們必須知道如何讓學生和老師們愿意掏腰包，以及如何為他們的銷售做廣告，以便銷售完所有產品。

After nearly one month of their combinedefforts and activities, our project has managed to raisea total ofRMB7650.40 . On January 17th 2023,the 7th and 8th-grade students were pleased to deliverthe clothes, toys, and basic necessities purchased for the families to the Charity School. If any parents or companies would like to make further donations, please callus.Thank you for your kindness! All donations are gratefully received.

經過近一個月的努力，我們的募捐項目最終籌得了7650.40元。學生們用這些善款為需要幫助的孩子們及其家庭精心挑選并購買了適合他們的衣物、玩具和生活用品。2023年1月17日，七、八年級的學生們把為這些家庭選購的物資交給了愛心學校。若有任何家長或公司愿意進行更進一步的捐贈，請致電，感謝您的愛心。

Philanthropic activities build ourempathy and enhance interpersonal communication and understanding, which is an emotional capacity we need as members of society.At the same time, these activities are crucial to developinga sense of citizenship – in terms of individual engagement, participation in collective school activities, and generatingabroader sense of social responsibility. Well done, students!

慈善活動可以建立我們的同理心，加強人與人之間的溝通與理解，這是我們身為社會中一員所需要的一種情感能力。同時，慈善活動也對培養公民意識至關重要--在這樣的個人與集體活動中能產生更強的社會責任感。