In partnership with UBS Optimus Foundation, YFP funded a series of programs in Shaanxi province, beginning in 2018.
Vision
Helping marginalized children with myopia to gain access to eyesight protection services. Interventions include setting up an Optical Center at a local government hospital, where kindergarten and primary students can access eyesight protection services including free glasses. The local county government has committed to continue the services with public funding.
School based social worker
Social workers embedded in schools aim to decrease the dropout risk for students aged 13-15. At-risk students in target schools are screened, and a prevention plan and tailor-made services are delivered, including conditional cash transfer, career planning and solution-focused group therapy. GDS has also empowered local NGO’s to replicate the program with external funding.
Vocational training
A series of life skills courses (including financial literacy, career planning and sex education) have been developed and delivered to students of a vocational training school in Ankang city, Shaanxi province. In addition, the teachers at the vocational training school have been trained to teach the life skills courses, for greater knowledge transfer and program sustainability.