Mini Nonprofit Project Turns 3 Years Old / 微公益项目已经三岁了
Student Reporter: Zhang Hanyu (12 years old, United Nations International School) /
小记者：张瀚予 (12岁，联合国国际学校）
On November 10th, 2019, the wind was chilling outside, but in the conference hall of Great Neck house, it was a scene of enthusiasm. 32 parents and children from various families participated in the 2019 annual conference held by Mini Nonprofit Project.
During the annual conference, Sarah (now a 7th grader in the Great Neck South Middle School), the founder of the micro-public welfare organization, introduced the two main projects of the organization and the annual plan for 2020.
The first project is Kiva project. Kiva is an international non-profit organization dedicated to helping poor entrepreneurs around the world access interest-free loans and start-up funds, or helping economically disadvantaged students to continue their studies. During each Kiva event, Kiva team members firstly choose a project from Kiva.org, conduct research, write an article through research, gives a speech and presents his/her research to all the team members showing everyone who they choose and would like to fund. Finally, the project team will vote for the project to be sponsored.
The second project is Kids’ Finance and Cashflow (K.F.C.) competition. This activity mainly focuses on IQ games to train elementary school students and improve their problem solving, mental math, logical thinking, and teamwork skills. In this way, the children can learn a lot, and at the same time, have a lot of fun.
So far, Mini Nonprofit Project has organized more than 30 community events with more than 400 entries, funded 21 Kiva projects in 17 countries, sponsored an elementary school student in Sichuan, China for two consecutive years to help her continue school studies. For the second year in a row, they have also partnered with Rosa’s Fresh Pizza to hold a “Heartwarming Day” on Christmas Eve providing free pizza for the Wanderers in Philadelphia.
During the event, Mini Nonprofit Project also announced the first, second, and third place winners of 2019 Kids’ Finance and Cashflow Competition, namely Katherine, Athena, and Catrina. Sarah awarded the trophy and prizes to the winners.
Mini Nonprofit Project hopes that more parents and children will participate in the activities in the new 2020. Together, we can always DO Good to help promote public welfare, love the public good, help more people, make the world full of love, and help people live a better life.
2019年11月10号，室外寒风瑟瑟，可是在Great Neck house的一楼会议厅里却是一番热情高涨的景象。32位来自各个家庭的父母和孩子，参加了Mini Nonprofit Project微公益项目的2019年会。
这次年会，首先由微公益项目的顾问孙先生致开场白，接下来由微公益项目的创立人Sarah(现为大颈南初中7年级学生)介绍了两个主要项目的内容、以及在2020年的年度计划。
第一个项目是Kiva项目。Kiva是一个国际公益机构，致力于通过众筹方式，帮助世界各地、贫穷的创业者获取无息贷款和启动资金，或者帮助经济困难的学生继续学业。每次Kiva活动中，每个项目成员通过研究，写一篇文章，然后进行公众演讲，展示给众人他们想要资助的人。最后，项目组会以投票的方式选出要赞助的人。
第二个项目是现金流比赛。此活动是用游戏的形式开始的，通过各类智力游戏，培养小学生们的解决问题、数学计算、逻辑思考、和团队协作能力。这样，孩子们参加这个活动，就玩游戏与学习两不误了。
在年会活动中，微公益项目还公布了2019年度少儿财务和现金流比赛的冠、亚、季军，分别是Katherine、Athena、和Catrina，Sarah为获奖者颁发了奖杯、和奖品。
迄今，微公益项目已经举办了30多场社区活动，超过400多人参与。微公益项目的Kiva项目已经资助了来自17个国家的21个Kiva项目。除此之外，微公益项目已经连续2年资助中国四川的小学生，帮其继续完成学业；连续2年，与Rosa’s Fresh Pizza合作，在圣诞节前夕为费城的流浪者提供免费披萨。
微公益项目希望在新的2020年里，有更多的家长和孩子参与到活动中来，也希望大家一 起，宣传公益，热爱公益，帮助更多的人们，让世界充满爱，变得更美好。
