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The Gwen Moore Children of China Fund traces its origin to 1995, when Gwen Moore was drawn to the needs of children living in a remote mountainous area in southwestern China. She read a story in the New York Times1 about the sad realities of poverty in this part of China, far away from the prosperous coast.

Soon after reading the story, she was able to work through translators and make contact with a teacher in the village portrayed in the Times story. By the fall of 1996, Moore had begun an informal arrangement of financial support to make it possible for 50 of the poorest children to go to school. The children were from families who often end each year with no money at all and found it impossible to pay for even the basics their children would need to go to school.

Trip to China Huge Success
Gwen Moore, along with Jennifer Xu, Fund Advisory Board member, and friend Craig Dietrich, journeyed to China from April 21-May 6, 2009. They visited several schools, met with children supported by the Fund and some of their families, sat in on a women’s literacy class, and held meetings with local education officials.students looking for Gwen
  • Click HERE to read an article by Craig about the trip.
  • Click HERE to see pictures from the trip.
  • Click HERE for the itinerary for the trip.

The main purpose of the Fund is to benefit children and families in Luodian County in Guizhou Province by supporting education for children and building literacy in peasant women.

The Fund also supports selected healthcare and economic development projects.

Today, the Fund supports literacy in rural China by:

  • Providing funds to enable 100 children in Luodian County to attend school each year who would not otherwise be able to do so.
  • Supporting a program of women's literacy for 150 women, also in Luodian County, which is operated by a Beijing-based Chinese organization with extensive experience in rural literacy.

1Tyler, Patrick. "Deng’s Economic Drive Leaves Vast Regions of China Behind." The New York Times,
27 December 1995, cover, A6.