GANG FANG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT 
 
Gang Fang Village
 
 
There are two ways to get to Gang Fang, one is on the dirt road which winds off the main road to the Jinshangling Great Wall in Luanping County, Hebei Province. Another way is on foot, the starting point at the Simatai Great Wall. At the 11th tower take the left exit and walk for two hours through fields and villages. Gang Fang (literally translated as Copper House) was probably named after the trade common for the area once rich with copper. These days it is just an ordinary village with a thousand plus people, two shops, one market, and one school. Surrounded by hills, a narrow stream divides the village from cornfields and great views of Wangjing Tower and Simatai Great Wall.
 
 
Gang Fang Elementary School
 

Since 2001 Small Steps Community has been learning and growing together with Gang Fang children. Project after project has occurred,  and from initial donations (pencils, books, maps, footballs, basketballs, etc.) we started to focus more on projects that would enable the school to catch up with the development by raising awareness and preventing the further influence of the already sore migrant issue.

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Next steps:

 
Sustainability of the Open Class Room and Environmental project through teacher training

The main goal of this training is to enable teachers to use the Open Classroom methodology which will help the children to develop their creativity, their self learning ability and their understanding of the surrounding environment and how they can help safe the environment for the future

This is a necessary next step towards sustainability of both projects

 
Facilities repair and upgrade

Further painting of the class rooms and campus

Improving the garbage dump by providing doors for it

Repairing damage to the roof