Danian’s team is in the process of collecting the 2021-2022 school results from the various local schools. 1241 school results have already been transmitted and we have just added them to the sponsor portal. This mainly concerns elementary school and some rural colleges for the moment, but represents nearly 54% of the sponsored girls. As…
Position to be filled for the NGO Couleurs de Chine: Project Manager, based in South China, Guangxi province Start date: July 2022 You wish to commit yourself in a project in the field of education, You would like to get involved in an action for the benefit of young girls from ethnic minorities in China,…
The elementary school children are back in school! In Danian, some schoolchildren are boarders and arrive with their suitcases and bags to be ready to move into the dormitories. In the meantime, students and their families are having a last meal to celebrate their departure to university. Chinese railways have scheduled special trains for students…
The start of the school year is scheduled for Monday 30 August 2021 in Guangxi and in particular in the Danian area (dependent on Liuzhou – prefectural city). Due to the health conditions, the provincial authorities have asked schoolchildren to follow the barrier measures during the 14 days prior to the start of the school…
Like every year, June is a very busy month for our Danian team and all the volunteers in France. Even if we try to automate more and more procedures, it is still necessary to carry out control and regularisation tasks. Two years ago, the Board of Directors of Couleurs de Chine endorsed the decision to…
Miao embroidery has a history of over 2000 years. It is an essential and important aspect of Miao culture. In the past, embroidery was a form of language used to narrate legends, past events, to express feelings or simply to illustrate daily life. Thus, each generation left a trace of its history through embroidery. Elements…
The Qingming celebration (清明节) is an occasion for Chinese people to honour their dead. This year, Qingming took place on April 5th. It is the equivalent of All Saints’ Day, and allows families to come and visit the graves, clean them, make offerings while burning incense and “fake money”, and it is often followed by…
The NGO Couleurs de Chine, represented by its representative office in Guangxi (China), is pleased to announce its cooperation with SOCF (Shanghai Overseas Chinese Foundation) which will strengthen its charitable causes in Guangxi, China. The main mission of Couleurs de Chine, created by Françoise Grenot-Wang*, is to promote access to education for young people from…
Wherever we have been during the past year, we will all have unforgettable memories. Some say that it was a very difficult year, marked by natural, social and humanitarian crises… that it was a year of losses, for many people and for human society. Others, more optimistic, say that 2020 was a year of rediscovering…
48 hours before the New Year, Danian’s school organises its gala to move on to 2021! All the parents are there to attend and share this festive moment when the students do their dance demonstration.
