Announcement

December 2, 2005

Richard Ivey Hong Kong Raises Money to Build a School in China

Putting Ivey's mission statement into practice, Ivey's Hong Kong EMBA class of 2004 raised $174,000 HK (just under C$30,000) and chose to build a school in Mangde Village, Yunnan Province, China through a charity organization called Sowers Action.

Along with four Ivey alumni, Kathleen Slaughter, Associate Dean, Asia & Executive Director, Cheng Yu Tung Management Institute, Richard Ivey School of Business and her husband, Ron Slaughter traveled to the opening of the school last week.

The alumni are Benson Pau, Charity Au, Jody Cheung and Edwin Luk. They were also accompanied by Dexter Young of Sower's Action.

They flew to Kunming and then on to Lincang. Then took a six-hour drive to Yungde. After a tour of the city of 40,000 and a meal, the party transferred to a jeep for the steep, final 45-minute climb to the school.

They met with the 180 children who attend the school, as well as Mr. Xue, Mr. Li and Mr. Au, representing the Education Department and the Communist Youth leagues and the headmaster Mr. Yeong.

Seventy-six of the children live at the school because their homes are too far away to walk every day. The children range in age from pre-kindergarten to late elementary.

Their new school is a three-story concrete building.

ABOVE: The banner reads "Mangdu Village Ivey Alumni Association Sowers Hope School Unveiling Ceremony"