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Integration

Posted by John Jofre at Mar 20, 2006 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )
Every Child deserves a Chance – Schools for Migrant Workers’ Children Who are Shanghai’s migrant workers’ children? They are children whose parents come from other provinces to look for work in the big city of Shanghai. They have often no way of leaving their children in the care of relatives in their hometowns and villages and so they bring them to Shanghai. Why don’t they go to the municipal schools? In China, not all children living in the cities can attend municipal schools free of charge. In Shanghai, municipal schools are only free for the children who are registered as permanent residents and have the Shanghai “HuKou” (However, books and lunch fees are not free). There are also simply not enough municipal schools to accommodate the ca. 320,000 migrant workers’ children living in Shanghai. What are migrant schools? These schools are private initiatives aiming at providing migrant workers’ children with an education. As privately run schools they do only receive very little financial support from the government and have to ask for school fees in order to cover their expenses. Typically, the fee for one semester at such a school would be around RMB 500 – 600, with lunch fees and books included in this figure. How does Integration help? We collect donations and pay the school fees for 79 children at present. Working closely together with both the principals of five migrant schools that provide a good level of education and the Education Commission of the respective districts, we sponsor children whose families’ monthly income is RMB 500 or less. These children deserve an education – we can give them this chance! Who are the people behind Integration? We are a group of currently 11 ladies from China, France and Germany. All members of our team work for Integration on a voluntary basis, there is no ‘overhead’ nor office nor salaries…just a private group of people who think that each child should be given the chance to get primary education. We get a lot of support from the German Chamber of Commerce, both financial and in terms of PR: they graciously host our project on their website: http://www.china.ahk.de/chamber/shanghai/charity/ In 1998, Dr. Sabine Rudischhauser started this project together with some friends after noticing children running about on the streets of Shanghai at a time when they should have been at school. Her inquiries with Chinese friends alerted her to the problems migrant workers face when coming to the big cities and she decided to do something about the fundamental aspect of their children’s education. From this idea over the past 8 years Project Integration has grown to the above mentioned 79 students supported in this semester (Jan.-Jun. 2006), a number we are planning to enlarge to 100 students by next semester, thanks to the ever increasing support from our donors, both private and organizational! We will gladly answer any additional questions you have. Simply e-mail to: projectintegration@yahoo.de Thank you for caring. image
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Integration

Posted by John Jofre at Mar 20, 2006 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )
Every Child deserves a Chance – Schools for Migrant Workers’ Children Who are Shanghai’s migrant workers’ children? They are children whose parents come from other provinces to look for work in the big city of Shanghai. They have often no way of leaving their children in the care of relatives in their hometowns and villages and so they bring them to Shanghai. Why don’t they go to the municipal schools? In China, not all children living in the cities can attend municipal schools free of charge. In Shanghai, municipal schools are only free for the children who are registered as permanent residents and have the Shanghai “HuKou” (However, books and lunch fees are not free). There are also simply not enough municipal schools to accommodate the ca. 320,000 migrant workers’ children living in Shanghai. What are migrant schools? These schools are private initiatives aiming at providing migrant workers’ children with an education. As privately run schools they do only receive very little financial support from the government and have to ask for school fees in order to cover their expenses. Typically, the fee for one semester at such a school would be around RMB 500 – 600, with lunch fees and books included in this figure. How does Integration help? We collect donations and pay the school fees for 79 children at present. Working closely together with both the principals of five migrant schools that provide a good level of education and the Education Commission of the respective districts, we sponsor children whose families’ monthly income is RMB 500 or less. These children deserve an education – we can give them this chance! Who are the people behind Integration? We are a group of currently 11 ladies from China, France and Germany. All members of our team work for Integration on a voluntary basis, there is no ‘overhead’ nor office nor salaries…just a private group of people who think that each child should be given the chance to get primary education. We get a lot of support from the German Chamber of Commerce, both financial and in terms of PR: they graciously host our project on their website: http://www.china.ahk.de/chamber/shanghai/charity/ In 1998, Dr. Sabine Rudischhauser started this project together with some friends after noticing children running about on the streets of Shanghai at a time when they should have been at school. Her inquiries with Chinese friends alerted her to the problems migrant workers face when coming to the big cities and she decided to do something about the fundamental aspect of their children’s education. From this idea over the past 8 years Project Integration has grown to the above mentioned 79 students supported in this semester (Jan.-Jun. 2006), a number we are planning to enlarge to 100 students by next semester, thanks to the ever increasing support from our donors, both private and organizational! We will gladly answer any additional questions you have. Simply e-mail to: projectintegration@yahoo.de Thank you for caring. image
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Season 2004/2005 Winners

Posted by John Jofre at Jun 21, 2005 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
SIFL League Championship Winners - Shanghai Shooters AFC Runners-Up - Japan FC SIFL FA Cup Winners - Shanghai Shooters AFC Runners-Up - Krauts FC Hebiguchi Cup Winners - Japan FC Runners-Up - O'Malley's Oranje SIFL Opening Tournament Winners - Shanghai Shooters AFC Runners-Up - Krauts FC SIFL Closing Tournament Winners - Yue Ting Joy Speed Runners-Up - Japan FC SIFL Dream Team Larry Langdon - Shanghai Shooters AFC Olaf Philipp - Krauts FC Soren Pederson - Vikings FC Justin Malley - Shanghai Shooters AFC Mikel Ubis - Shanghai Shooters AFC Nacho - Vikings FC Cheng Kyl Lee - Korean Red Devils Masatomo Chiba - Japan Kendal Combes - Shanghai United Jon Grant - Shanghai Shooters AFC Woody Feng - Krauts FC SIFL Player of the Year Masatomo Chiba - Japan FC SIFL Coach of the Year Sammy Okuhura - Japan FC SIFL Top Goalscorer Cheng Kyl Lee - Korean Red Devils SIFL Fair Play Winners - Shanghai Shooters AFC
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Season 2004/2005 Winners

Posted by John Jofre at Jun 21, 2005 5:00PM PDT ( 0 Comments )
SIFL League Championship Winners - Shanghai Shooters AFC Runners-Up - Japan FC SIFL FA Cup Winners - Shanghai Shooters AFC Runners-Up - Krauts FC Hebiguchi Cup Winners - Japan FC Runners-Up - O'Malley's Oranje SIFL Opening Tournament Winners - Shanghai Shooters AFC Runners-Up - Krauts FC SIFL Closing Tournament Winners - Yue Ting Joy Speed Runners-Up - Japan FC SIFL Dream Team Larry Langdon - Shanghai Shooters AFC Olaf Philipp - Krauts FC Soren Pederson - Vikings FC Justin Malley - Shanghai Shooters AFC Mikel Ubis - Shanghai Shooters AFC Nacho - Vikings FC Cheng Kyl Lee - Korean Red Devils Masatomo Chiba - Japan Kendal Combes - Shanghai United Jon Grant - Shanghai Shooters AFC Woody Feng - Krauts FC SIFL Player of the Year Masatomo Chiba - Japan FC SIFL Coach of the Year Sammy Okuhura - Japan FC SIFL Top Goalscorer Cheng Kyl Lee - Korean Red Devils SIFL Fair Play Winners - Shanghai Shooters AFC
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Les Bleus outplayed but Voodoo lose the Goal

Posted by Chris Golding at Mar 27, 2005 4:00PM PST ( 0 Comments )
SIFL Cup - Big Bamboo Voodoo 0 Les Blues 1 (AET) Big Bamboo controlled most of this thrilling cup game. Overall, we looked solid in defence and midfield but couldnt quite finish things off around goal. We were hungry for the ball, won most of the tackles and played passes around better than we have for a while. Mark Suchy showed why he could possibly make this years SIFL dream team and was immense at the back. He led a defence with Ben, Gavin and Jules which looked controlled and defiant for 98 minutes and stood firm around our stand in keeper, Chris Kinkaid, who kept goal intelligently. Doug had argueably his best game for the Voodoo leading the right side of midfield which battled intensly with their French counter parts and although midfield was over ran at times, our 4 against 5 covered the ground evenly. Returnee, Jamie Connell looked lively and bright up front bringing the midfield in to the game, more often than his natural game sometimes dictates, with some good lay offs. This was one day I would have loved to see him take on the French sweeper more often, one to one, as the cracks were begining to show. However, It was difficult to see how we could tip the scales. Perhaps we could have kept the midfield partnerships fresher as the game worn on? Perhaps we could have pressured the sweeper more often and earlier than we did? With Les Bleus hitting the woodwork a few times, a couple of great Voodoo chances and possible penalties in both boxes, this was a real cup game. Ultimately, Les Bleus stole the glory with a long range hopeful effort that paid off. All said and done, this was a great performance improvement. Some good signs and positives to build upon. The remaining games of the season provide an opportunity to build for the closing season tournament and for next season. Some subtle tweaking and coaching from here could make the Voodoo very dangerous. Goal - Chris Kinkaid (Shirts) Defence - Jules, Gavin, Suchy, Ben Mifield - Matt/Doug, Sutty, (Jason), Dick, Mats/Mat Attack - Jason, Andre, Jon, Wes, Jamie, Subs Used - Chris (Goldie) Subs not used (special thanks) - Igor, Samir Manager - Rick Howard (injured) Chris Golding