Brightness Poverty Alleviation Program· Recovery from Cataract 

Brightness Poverty Alleviation Program· Recovery from Cataract  is an action of poverty alleviation through health jointly launched by the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development and the National Health Commission in July 2017. It intends to establish a long-term mechanism to provide free treatment nationwide for cataract patients from registered poverty-stricken households by 2020.

Under the leadership of the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, as the organization in charge of fundraising, cooperates with its partner China Poverty Alleviation Promotion of Volunteer Service to manage and allocate funds, deal with program applications, and supervise the implementation and results of the program. Social Participation in Poverty Alleviation and Development of China serves as the platform for information dissemination and fund raising.

Pre-School Mandarin Learning Action

The Pre-school Mandarin Learning Action was initiated jointly by the Ministry of Education and the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development in July 2018 with the aim to facilitate pre-school children of ethnic minorities learn, understand, speck and use Mandarin.

State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development guides the Action while China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation is in charge of fundraising. China Poverty Alleviation Promotion of Volunteer Service is responsible for project implementation, and Social Participation in Poverty Alleviation and Development of China serves as a platform for information dissemination and fund raising.

The Pre-school Mandarin Learning Action has been piloted in 17 counties and cities across the Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province. By the end of 2018, the Action had raised nearly RMB 20.1 million, with an expenditure of RMB 20 million.