樂群慈善是香港註冊的慈善團體，本著「有一分力就發一分光」的精神。從上世紀九十年初開始，在中國湖南地區從事慈善活動，早期主要資助農村打井、扶貧、助殘輔孤、辦敬老餐、資助興建學校，扶助貧困農村學子升讀高中等，目前樂群慈善主要資助湖南教師進修心理學，籍此幫助提升當地培育學生的水平，現時受助的縣市中學(包括耒陽、祁東、永順、龍山、常寧、XX等地區)。

為甚麼樂群慈善現時主力在資助內地教師進修心理學？

近年中國整體經濟迅速發展，許多大城市都已經十分進步，但今天中國許多邊遠農村仍然頗為落後， 現時農村人民生活足以糊口，但當今最困擾農村家庭就是孩子的教育問題。

中國實行小學至初中免費教育，農村孩子升上高中便要自費，對農村家庭而言是不輕的經濟壓力，許多農村家庭父母雙雙要去城市打工謀生，留下孩子與年邁的祖父母，農村孩子缺乏父母照顧，高中面對沉重的考試壓力，故農村孩子輟學的例子相當普遍，以樂群慈善主要活動的幾個邊遠地區為例，保守估計當地約有近三分之一的農村孩子，因各種問題並無繼續升讀高中。

最能幫助哪些農村孩子的人，就是最前線的教師，但要處理學生問題並不容易，專業心理學訓練，正是幫助學生的最佳工具，所謂「幫人捉魚不如教人捉魚」，故近年樂群慈善改變策略，專門資助湖南教師進修心理學，希望透過這些教師幫助到更多學生。歡迎大家加入我們，把希望帶給農村孩子。

Share-Happiness is charity registered in Hong Kong. Since the early 90's, we have been carrying out charitable projects in remote farming communities in China. In the early years, our primary projects include digging wells for farming villages, providing financial support for the destitute, the disabled and orphans, organising dinners for the elderly, and building schools. Since 2006, we shifted our focus to sponsoring high school education for children from poor farming villages. Currently, our target communities are located in remote areas of Hunan province, including Leiyang, Chidong, Yongshun, Longshan, and Zhangning counties.

Why does Share-Happiness spend most of its resources in helping children from rural farming families attend high school?

The overall Chinese economy has grown rapidly in recent years; many major cities are well developed. However, to this day, many remote farming communities remain undeveloped. With price rises for agricultural products and lowered taxes for farmers, grassroot farmers enjoyed a boost in their quality of life, such that their income covers life's basic needs. However, for most Chinese farming families, the largest expense of the whole family is the education costs for their children and medical costs for everyone in the family.

Currently, China provides free education from primary school to middle school. Most children from farming families can therefore complete middle school education. If they want to attend high school, however, the family must bear the costs themselves. For a farming family in remote areas, only about ¥1000 of the entire family's disposable income is left after deducting costs for bare necessities. The first year in high school would already exhaust the family's savings over the years. Therefore it is very common for such children to quit school due to the inability to afford tuition. In the geographical areas where Share-Happiness is active, we conservatively estimate that one third of all children from farming families opt not to enroll in high schools due to financial hardship.

Share-Happiness aims to contribute whatever resources we can muster to help these high achievers from poor farming families graduate high school. In the near future, many of our sponsored children will have the opportunity to attend university, contribute to society, and eventually help their communities in turn. We welcome you to join our mission -- let's give these needy people a hand, transform our efforts into their rays of hope, and make every effort count.