{"id":115,"date":"2009-07-11T12:43:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T16:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=115"},"modified":"2009-07-11T12:43:15","modified_gmt":"2009-07-11T16:43:15","slug":"charity-in-china-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/charity-in-china-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity in China, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is a fairly regular occurrence that I see \u4e5e\u4e10<\/strong> (beggars) and \u8981\u996d\u7684<\/strong> (beggars – see below) on the streets of Beijing- particularly in areas with high tourist traffic.\u00a0 This got me to wondering- how do people help others in China?\u00a0 Of course, in many cases it is \u4fe1\u7528<\/strong> (credit) which restricts individuals from getting a loan to help themselves.\u00a0 Sometimes, the help from \u6148\u5584\u4f1a<\/strong> (charities) may not be the type which suits them best.\u00a0 However, either because the \u8d2b\u6c11<\/strong> (poor (people)) in question may be \u6587\u76f2<\/strong> (illiterate) or because he\/she cannot find a \u62c5\u4fdd\u4eba <\/strong>(guarantor), it is difficult to\u00a0 ultimately secure funding for a plan.\u00a0 Recently, I have come to know of some sites where this can be handled \u5728\u7ebf<\/strong> (online) with \u7ebf\u4e0b<\/strong> (offline) real world results.\u00a0 Note that I am not a specific endorser in any way of these sites, just that I am mentioning them.\u00a0 To my knowledge, www.kiva.org does not yet have operations in China, but the below do:<\/p>\n

www.wokai.org
\nwww.51give.com 51 = \u6211\u8981 (see below)<\/p>\n

\u4e5e\u4e10 qi3gai4 – beggar
\n\u8981\u996d yao4fan4 – to beg (lit. “want food”) but adding \u7684 changes it to a noun form
\n\u4fe1\u7528 xin4yong4 – credit
\n\u6148\u5584\u4f1a ci2shan4hui4
\n\u8d2b\u6c11 pin2min2 – poor people
\n\u6587\u76f2 wen2mang2 – illiterate
\n\u62c5\u4fdd\u4eba dan1bao3 – guarantor
\n\u5728\u7ebf zai4xian4 – online
\n\u7ebf\u4e0b xian4xia4 – offline
\n\u6211\u8981 – 51 (reads as “wu3yao1” which sounds like wo3yao4) – used in Chinese domain names such as 51job.com, 51give.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is a fairly regular occurrence that I see \u4e5e\u4e10 (beggars) and \u8981\u996d\u7684 (beggars – see below) on the streets of Beijing- particularly in areas with high tourist traffic.\u00a0 This got me to wondering- how do people help others in China?\u00a0 Of course, in many cases it is \u4fe1\u7528 (credit) which restricts individuals from getting…<\/p>\n

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