Colorful labor skills courses in Chinese school build up confidence, hands-on ability

STORY: Colorful labor skills courses in Chinese school build up confidence, hands-on ability DATELINE: May 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: LANZHOU,China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of studentsSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG XIANG, Principal of Fulongping Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TANG MINGJUN, Six grader of Fulongping Primary Schoolvarious of students STORYLINE: Since 2019, a primary school in Lanzhou, northwest China, has been teaching various practical labor skills to students, including carpentry, handicraft, cooking, household appliances repair, vegetable planting, and alpaca raising. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG XIANG, Principal of Fulongping Primary School "We aim to develop the children's self-confidence and hands-on ability, and make them pursue happiness in life. Meanwhile, their interest in learning is also boosted. Through labor skills courses, we promote development of our students in all aspects." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TANG MINGJUN, Six grader of Fulongping Primary School

GLOBALink | Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia

STORY: Chinese charity brings smiles, hope to rural students in NW Cambodia DATELINE: April 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the schoolvarious of studentsSOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): CHAN VANNA, Area program coordinator for Life With DignitySOUNDBITE 2 (Cambodian): KHONG THEANG, Principal of the Khlaing Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 3 (Cambodian): TUON KANHCHANEATH, Sixth-grader at the Prey Thom Primary SchoolSOUNDBITE 4 (Cambodian): SOU LYHONG, Sixth-grader at the Prey Thom Primary School STORYLINE: A shortage of school materials and appropriate toilets and sanitary facilities used to be the key challenges for some primary schools here in the far-flung area of Bavel district, roughly 90 km west of Cambodia's Battambang provincial town. But the issues have been gradually addressed since 2019 after the Amity Foundation, a Chinese voluntary organization, has provided scholarships to students and helped build basic infrastructure such as toilets and handwashin