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Thank you for your interest in sponsoring a Shanghai Sunrise student! As you may have read from our website (www.shanghaisunrise.com), Shanghai Sunrise was started in 1995 to help remove families from the poverty cycle through educational sponsorships. We believe that it is every student's right to have an education, because it is education that will enable these students to create opportunities for themselves and become contributing members to society. Since its inception, Shanghai Sunrise has sponsored over 1600 students and currently supports over 500 students. All students are sponsored on a one-to-one basis and all sponsorship monies donated are used for education purposes.

You have indicated in your application form that you are interested in sponsoring a student. The sponsorship is RMB 3000 per student per year but as we are in the middle of the School Year, we will be collecting RMB 4500 to cover for the student's 2nd semester fee for School Year 10-11 and for the full School Year of 11-12. Once donation is received (please see attached for the donation instructions), we will assign a student to you and provide you with the student information within two weeks.

We have a twice a year pairing ceremony for new sponsors where you will get a chance to meet your student and the next one is set for February this year at the Hilton Hotel. We will inform you of the specifics when the date has been set. It is quite an experience to meet the student that you are sponsoring. Of course, if you would like to meet your student any other time, we can also arrange for that.

Finally, Shanghai Sunrise is a 100% volunteer-run expat operation so if you are interested in volunteering 8 or more hours a week, do let us know!

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to hearing from you soon!