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September 16, 2011, Friday
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ZHANG Liping's six-year-old son is just learning to walk. Most children his age are already running, jumping and playing with their peers, but the cerebral palsy Yin Bangli was diagnosed with five years ago prevents him from doing so.
Fortunately, a small-business fund jointly launched by the All-China Women's Federation and Mary Kay China has allowed Zhang to start her own business and pay for treatment for her son.
"Without this project, I didn't know how I would make enough money to pay for his treatment," said Zhang.
When Yin was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, Zhang and her husband were earning a combined total of 1,200 yuan (US$188) per month.
Zhang heard about the project in March 2009 and applied for a 40,000-yuan interest-free loan to set up her own advertising company in her hometown of Deyang, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Zhang's company has expanded rapidly over the last two years. She now earns more than 4,000 yuan a month, has paid off her original loan and spent an additional 40,000 yuan on Yin's medical care.
The fund has helped more than 36,000 impoverished women in 20 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions since being established 10 years ago.
"The program helps to improve the social status and life quality of poor women," said Qin Guoying, secretary-general of the China Women's Development Foundation.
However, a researcher from the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has found problems with the program, after conducting research in south China's Sichuan and Shanxi provinces.
"The fund is limited as each county can only get 100,000 to 200,000 yuan," said researcher Du Xiaoshan.
Paul Mak, president of Mary Kay China, said on Wednesday that his company will donate an extra 6.4 million yuan to the program, bringing its contribution to 19.7 million yuan.
Rebeca Grynspan, under-secretary-general of the United Nations and the associate administrator of the United Nations Development Program, said it will start contributing to the project in order to "develop an even more effective organization."
Fortunately, a small-business fund jointly launched by the All-China Women's Federation and Mary Kay China has allowed Zhang to start her own business and pay for treatment for her son.
"Without this project, I didn't know how I would make enough money to pay for his treatment," said Zhang.
When Yin was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, Zhang and her husband were earning a combined total of 1,200 yuan (US$188) per month.
Zhang heard about the project in March 2009 and applied for a 40,000-yuan interest-free loan to set up her own advertising company in her hometown of Deyang, a city in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Zhang's company has expanded rapidly over the last two years. She now earns more than 4,000 yuan a month, has paid off her original loan and spent an additional 40,000 yuan on Yin's medical care.
The fund has helped more than 36,000 impoverished women in 20 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions since being established 10 years ago.
"The program helps to improve the social status and life quality of poor women," said Qin Guoying, secretary-general of the China Women's Development Foundation.
However, a researcher from the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has found problems with the program, after conducting research in south China's Sichuan and Shanxi provinces.
"The fund is limited as each county can only get 100,000 to 200,000 yuan," said researcher Du Xiaoshan.
Paul Mak, president of Mary Kay China, said on Wednesday that his company will donate an extra 6.4 million yuan to the program, bringing its contribution to 19.7 million yuan.
Rebeca Grynspan, under-secretary-general of the United Nations and the associate administrator of the United Nations Development Program, said it will start contributing to the project in order to "develop an even more effective organization."
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