NZCFS Projects and Tibetan Communities Tour 2011
October 11 to November 1This tour has now been completed.The tour incorporated activity based around NZCFS projects in Shaanxi and Gansu, and included visits to Tibetan communities in four provinces. A very good group of 15 included a very welcome participant from Ottawa China Friendship Society enjoyed 21 days in China. NZCFS Projects activity highlights included: • Meeting with Shaanxi Women’s Federation in Xi’an, and visiting the health and cooperative projects in Fengxian with the Feng County … Read More
NZCFS Evaluation Visit to Shaanxi Rural Women’s Health Project
With the one year NZCFS component of the Rural Women’s Health project, funded by Auckland Branch and KOHA fund now ended, NZCFS Projects team Deborah Rhode and Dave Bromwich spent three days in Baoji district, and visited two project villages in each of Qishan and Fengxian counties. For background and project design outline, visit the Shaanxi Rural Women's Health Project page. In each village they met with members of the ‘backbone team’, women representing the core group of 200 women trained, and women from other … Read More
NZCFS 2011 National Conference Reports
Conference Report from Bernie Richmond, Conference Convenor The NZCFS Annual Conference was held in Wellington over the weekend of 27-29 May 2011 hosted by the Wellington Branch. The Theme was “China & New Zealand: The Next Decade”. The opening on Friday evening by the Deputy Mayor of Wellington, Councilor Ian McKinnon was preceded by a Drinks & Nibbles hour after which the Wellington Branch President welcomed the delegates, the National President Eric Livingstone spoke and the Deputy Mayor opened the … Read More
Tours to China
NZCFS 60th Birthday Tour – September 2012
In 2012, NZCFS turns 60! To celebrate our 60th birthday, we are planning a unique tour. It will combine a classic Silk Road Tour starting in the very west of China, with a highly acclaimed Projects Tour, where we will look at how we are expressing our legacy in Rewi Alley, Kathleen Hall and … Read More...
NZCFS Photographers China Tour – April 2012
23 Days in China. This tour, with iconic scenery and cultures, is filling fast. The specially selected destinations offer amazing photographic opportunities to spend time in a range of different environments, from terraced hillsides and minority villages to modern cityscapes; from peaceful scenic … Read More...
Poverty Alleviation Projects in China
NZCFS Poverty Alleviation Projects in Northwest China
NZCFS have delivered a range of projects in the NW of China. They all started in Shandan, situated in the Hexi Corridor, Gansu. Shandan is situated in the Hexi Corridor, Gansu. NZCFS has a long standing friendship with the Shandan Bailie School through the work of Rewi Alley and with the Gung Ho Co-operatives of Shandan. In 2005-6 and 2007-8 there were two … Read More...
NZCFS Poverty Alleviation Projects in Guangxi
Projects in Quanzhou County, Guilin NZCFS has been working for several years in Dongshan Village, four hours drive north of Guilin. Dongshan is a Yao area with women at home farming while men go to the cities to work. Many people do not speak Mandarin Chinese and extension staff do not speak Yao, so the project targeted 400 women and encouraged them to … Read More...
New to New Zealand?
Advice for International Students and Hosts. We hope the following may be helpful to all concerned, especially educational institutions with Chinese students as part of their pastoral care programme.These days very large numbers of Chinese are coming to New Zealand to study and most find … Read More...
Major Ongoing Project Areas
He Ming Qing (Kathleen Hall) Memorial Scholarship
Our scholarship in memory of this courageous NZ … Read More...
Gung Ho Co-operatives
Gung Ho is the slogan and nickname of the International Committee for … Read More...
Shandan Bailie School
The NZCFS sends teachers, equipment and other support to help this school live up to … Read More...
Teaching Jobs in China
Teachers for Cambridge Eagle Educational School
Teachers are required for this private … Read More...
