| Administrative History | Programme spending in 1993/94, 1994/95; see later annual reports for subsequent allocations.
In 1912, the Imperial dynasty was overthrown and a republic proclaimed. Conflict followed between the Nationalist Kuomintang and local warlords, and later, the Communists. In 1932 the Japanese occupied Manchuria. In 1937 war broke out with Japan and the Japanese occupied a large area of China. In 1945 the Japanese surrendered. Civil war followed and in 1949 the Communists achieved victory and set up the People's Republic of China.
The first SCF allocation to China was in 1919/1920, when £250 was allocated for famine relief. Again in 1930, 1931 and 1932 grants were made for flood and famine relief, the 1932 grant being based on an appeal which brought in over £1,000. In 1936 there was a small grant for victims of the Yellow River floods. In 1938 there was an allocation of £610 for war victims, and for refugees in 1939. Some of this came from Canada, and some from China itself.
Work in China recommenced in 1988, when SCF was invited to support integrated pre-school work for disabled children in Anhui province; the Gantang kindergarten in Hiangshan was opened in December 1989. SCF's projects in Anhui also included work with children in care in Guangde and HIV/AIDS peer education.
SCF also supported a rural aid programme in Yunnan province, providing financial support for an electrification scheme and later road building. In the 1990s SCF's work in Yunnan province included medical training schemes, sexual health education and HIV/AIDS prevention.
In Tibet in 1990, SCF took part in the World Food Programme's agricultural development project in the Lhasa river valley and coordinated surveys to monitor the effects of the project on health, nutrition and drinking water. The project focused on water supply and sanitation in the Lhasa Valley. SCF's programme in Tibet also included projects relating to education and teacher training, literacy, and health worker training.
From 1991-2002 SCF was involved in a street children development programme in China. In the late 1990s SCF's child rights programme focused on the rights of migrant children, juvenile justice, and prevention of child trafficking. |