Epic Systems Corporation is a privately held healthcare software company founded in 1979, headquartered in Verona, Wisconsin. To support rural education in China, Epic develops a cheerful long-term relationship with OCEF in the last 10 years.

From 2004 to 2014, Epic has donated $119.9K to OCEF in Student Financial Aid Project, School Building Project, School Desk/Chair Project, School Library Project and Teacher Training Project, etc. More than 1,000 students and teachers have been benefited with Epic’s resources.

OCEF gratefully thank Epic and its employees in improving educational equity in rural China.

We also thank the dedicated campaign coordinators from Epic:
Nianqing Wang (2008-present)
Hansong Wu (2005-2008)
Yiyun Chen (2004-2005)

For more information on OCEF projects, please contact Epic employee Nianqing Wang at .

• 2014 ($15,900)
  Supported OCEF reading summer camp in August 2015 in Luanchuan, Hebei Province, in which about 100 key teachers were trained for leading reading program.
  该资金用于支持2015年8月在河北栾川举行的暑期教师培训项目，近100位阅读种子教师接受了培训。

  
  

• 2013 ($11,300)

Desk/Chair Project, Wumiaoxiang Elementary School, Jianyang, Sichuan ($5,000, 四川成都简阳武庙乡小学课桌椅/办公桌椅项目). Leftover will be used in other projects soon.

100 sets of double-seated student desks/chairs and 15 sets of teacher desks

New desks for students and teachers.

Bye, old desks.

Thank Epic!

• 2012 ($12,300)

Playground Surface Hardening, Donggang Elementary School, Pingjiang, Yueyang, Hunan ($11,039.36, 湖南平江县东港小学操场硬化). (Leftover put in general fund and supported many students.)

Poor Kids! Would you like to do exercises in such a muddy playground?

Binggo! What a difference made by OCEF and Epic!

• 2011 ($13,200)

Epic Adream Center of Daping Elementary School, Wuchuan, Zunyi, Guizhou (￥35,000, 贵州大平中心小学Epic梦想中心). (Leftover put in general fund and supported many students.)

“Adream Center”, is an uniquely designed multimedia classrooms for rural schools. Each Adream Center is equipped with: 3000 books (including 1000 new books and 2000 second-hand books), several colored movable tables and chairs, a number of networked computers, a 55-inch LCD TV or a projector and a 500G mobile hard disk. In Adream Center, the wall is not necessarily white and can be painted with children's imaginative pictures. Classroom desks are not necessarily side by side; instead, they can be arranged in a fairy tale fortress mode. Books and the Internet are available at any time so that children can get together to explore the unknown world if they want to. The podium is in bright color but low enough for children to stand in front of the whole class and give a speech.

In such a modern and vibrant-colored classroom, children can not only open their eyes, but also intrigued in what this classroom has to offer them. With increased curiosity, and psychological effect of warm-colored desks, chairs, and walls, learning in Adream center has become an enjoyable experience. (from adream.org)

With Epic’s funds, an old and empty classroom became a wonder world for kids.

• 2010 ($15,000)

Stuffed 12 rural school libraries (为12所乡村学校图书室购买图书). (Leftover put in general fund and supported many students.)

• 2009 ($13,000)

Epic United Library (Epic爱心图书室)

• 2008 ($11,300)

Sponsored high school students and rural area teachers (￥2,000/per person, 支持了多名高中学生和乡村教师)

• 2007 ($6,600)

Sponored 25 high school students (￥2,000/per student, 支持了25名高中学生)

• 2006 ($10,400)

Funded GeSangHua's (another NGO) Desk/Chair Project (helped purchase 250 sets of desk/chair for schools in Zaduo Tibetan, Qinghai 为青海杂多藏族自治县几所学校购买250套课桌椅) (More Photos)

98% residents of Zaduo are Tibetan. Zaduo has great scenes, rivers, mountains, flowers, pastures, snows, but it’s not easy for living in a 15,000 ft high plateau. Thank Epic for providing resources for minorities!

Contract between OCEF and GeSangHua on Funds for School Desk/Chair Program

海外中国教育基金会与格桑花西部助学网课桌椅项目合作协议书

甲方：海外中国教育基金会

乙方：格桑花西部助学网

项目合作目的：

经双方友好协商决定在信息和资源共享的基础上，共同开展西部助学。目前选择青海省杂多县作为合作试点开展课桌椅资助项目，以后将视可能逐步扩大受助范围。

杂多县情况简介：

杂多是距青海省会西宁市最远的一个县，县城距西宁市1084公里，距州府结古镇223公里。2006年以前，杂多县是全国唯一的无电县。2006年11月龙青峡电站建成并投入运行发电，结束了杂多县城无电的历史。但目前杂多县仍是国家扶贫工作重点县之一, 贫困人口多, 贫困程度深, 牧民群众脱贫致富难度相当大。受历史、自然条件的影响，杂多县每平方公里的平均人口不足1.6人。牧民居住分散, 教育、医疗服务半径大，致使群众受教育程度低，劳动者素质不高，文教、卫生、科技事业发展缓慢。乡村教育存在着校舍不足、师资力量不足、经费不足等问题，严重制约着乡村教育的发展。据统计，由于两免一补落实后大量学生回校读书，2007年秋杂多县学校课座椅总缺口为765套（详见杂多县教育局统计及其他文件）。

格桑花：

负责为杂多县学校募款，公告询价结果，决定厂家，安排运输等，并与杂多县教育局合作确保课桌椅如数运到受助学校。

负责及时把下列反馈资料提供给OCEF：询价期间提供课桌椅样本的照片及询价资料；发运后一个月内提供课桌椅厂家收据和运费收据等必要的单据（可以是电子版，）课桌椅运到杂多县学校后一个月内提供课桌椅使用的照片。

负责和杂多县教育局及厂家合作，在OCEF捐助的课桌上印上如下字样：

格桑花（名字由格桑花自定）

海外中国教育基金会（OCEF）

美国Epic Systems, Corp.

OCEF：

负责捐助一万零四百美元以解决部分杂多县缺口的课桌椅。格桑花询价，决定厂家并正式通知OCEF以后，OCEF将上述款项寄到格桑花在网上公开的银行账号。

甲方：海外中国教育基金会 乙方：格桑花西部助学网

代表（签名）David Xu (许汉卿) 代表（签名）洪波

2007年7月5日

• 2005 ($7,200)

Funded school building project of GuoJiaZhai Elementary School in Guizhou Province (贵州郭家寨小学的建校项目)

This is the beautiful new school. Although it’s not fine decorated because of tight budget, it definitely improved the school functionality. Many benefited students are minorities: Bouyei Ethnic. Thank Epic! (More Photos of New School)

This is how one of the old schools looked like. It rented a villager’s house as the classroom. (More Photos of Old School)

• 2004 ($3,700)

Helped 74 struggling students to pay tuition (支持了74名贫困的初中、小学生交纳学费). The participated employees made individual decision on student selection through OCEF 1to1 student sponsorship program).