SAFAM Gazette

November 2013

Writing for a better future!

For many students, learning doesn’t evoke passion in their minds, and that’s an issue more prominent in the case of migrant worker children, because most of them do not have an aim when learning, and many drop out before finishing middle school for various reasons. This lack of enthusiasm for learning, the diffidence in addition to the already present social prejudice converge together to create ambivalent, aimless children whose futures are just as ambiguous.

Top students from Xinli School for Migrant Children received

special certificates and mementos from the

Writing for a better future.

The passion for learning is in all of

us.

By

SAFAM城市梦联盟

At SAFAM, one of the principles is to increase the level of confidence in migrant worker children; by creating brighter minds, more confident and socially active children, we are changing the lives of these children. The ultimate result starts with the most fundamental of the learning process-passion for learning. That’s why the “Write for Dreams” project was initiated at Xinli School for Migrant Worker Children in Beijing, China, by local SAFAM members. The goal is to engage students in critical thinking and writing through competition.

The topic was to write about their own lives, which is especially unique considering the status of these children, and by looking at their own stories we are looking through a portal to a previously unknown society, one that’s wildly different from our average “city person”. It is touching to see that even under these circumstances the children are still mostly optimistic about the future, and still have that inner passion for learning. The writing competition is just the beginning of a long line of programs aimed to open up a new world to the kids and reinvigorate their inner passions: for learning and for life.

“This seemingly small competition tackles the root of

the migrant worker children issue.”

To learn more about our most recent endeavors, visit SAFAM.org