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Sichuan earthquake school project

The Freudenberg Group has rebuilt the Ke De Bao Primary School in Haijin village near Jiangyou, one of the towns that was hard hit by the terrible Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2008. As a measure of help and solidarity for the affected people, the German family-owned company launched this long-term aid project, exceeding RMB 3 million, together with the local education authorities. The project was set up and is managed by volunteers from the Group.

Ke De Bao Primary School

A two-storey classroom building of nearly 1,000m² accommodates up to 300 children. The school grounds include a canteen of 120m², a playground, a sports ground and a boundary wall. As an emergency measure, employees of Freudenberg had already donated winter clothes in December 2008 to enable children to attend school in the unheated temporary buildings. The school was officially opened on August 31, 2009, in time for the beginning of the new school year as one of the first reconstructed school buildings from foreign donors.

Freudenberg`s support for this school has not ended with its opening. During a 7-day Summer Camp in July 2010, 60 Freudenberg associates from all Business Groups in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, came in groups to the school to teach Chinese Traditional Culture, English and Sports – mostly at their own expense and giving up their free time. In addition, 4 professors and 4 students from Tsinghua University in Beijing participated and gave English lessons to the teachers and students of the school.

Ke De Bao Primary School Ke De Bao Primary School

Sichuan earthquake school project

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