The Spring Bud Project was inscribed on the list of 2024 China Top 10 Public Welfare Brands (non-corporate category), according to a press release by the Southern Weekend Public Welfare Research Center on November 25.

The Spring Bud Project was launched by the China Children and Teenagers' Fund (CCTF) in 1989. During the past several decades, the project has met the diversified development demands of girls in adolescent education, mental health and the protection of their lawful rights and interests, provided in-need girls with studying and living allowance, and carried out various activities focused on girls' education, safety and health.

The project has held training on practical technology and digital literacy for girls, organized thematic classrooms and growth camps, built girl-friendly spaces, and offered adolescent education as well as mental health guidance in a move to enhance girls' comprehensive quality and ensure their healthy growth and all-round development.

By the end of 2023, the Spring Bud Project had raised 3.2 billion yuan (US $451 million) of social fund, provided education assistance to 4.22 million girls of 56 ethnic groups in 31 provincial-level regions, held practical technology training for 527,000 girls, and delivered one-to-one companion services and personalized mental health consultation services to 190,000 girls.

The list of China Top 10 Public Welfare Brands was launched by the Southern Weekend Public Welfare Research Center in 2017. It selects over 400 public welfare foundations and projects every year for relevant observation and research. The annual list comprises top 100 Chinese public welfare foundations and top 100 Chinese public welfare projects. 

(Source: CCTF/Women of China)

Editor: Wang Shasha