1999-15, 10th Anniversary of the Implementation of Project Hope《希望工程实施十周年》

10th Anniversary of the Implementation of Project Hope
Scott No: 2979
Serial number: 1999-15
Values in set: 1
(1-1), 10th Anniversary of the Implementation of Project Hope, 80 fen, 30*40mm
Denomination: 80 fen
Date of issue: 30 October 1999
Designers: Lu Tianjiao
Size: 30*40mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: gravure
Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House

Project Hope, a public welfare undertaking initiated and sponsored by China Youth Development Fondation, was launched on October 30,1989 with the aim of helping school drop-outs in poverty-stricken regions resume schooling and improving te education conditions in villages. Over the past decade since its implementation, Project Hope has enlisted generous support and extensive participation of all walks of life from home and abroad. By June 30, 1999, Project Hope raised a total fund of 1.78 billion yuan, which was used to aid more than 2 million poor drop-outs to return to the school, provide financial support to building over 7,500 Hope Primary Schools, donate 10,000 Hope Mini-libraries to the Hope Primary Schools with more than 2,000 sets of Sumchime Movie Collections. Prject Hope has met with hearty and generous responses from millions of people. It mot only brought about profound and positive changes to the lives of drop-outs but also gave new momentum to the development of primary education in China’s rural areas.

Stamp Title： 1999年纪念邮票《希望工程实施十周年》
国家邮政局1999年10月30日发行《希望工程实施十周年》纪念邮票1套1枚。
（1-1）J 希望工程实施十周年 80 分 3123.1万枚

志号名称：1999-15J
版别：影写
整版枚数：40（8×5）
邮票规格：30×40毫米
齿孔度数：11.5 度
设计者：卢天骄
印制机构：北京邮票厂

希望工程是中国青少年发展基金会组织实施的一项为青少年发展服务的社会公益事业。它的宗旨是贯彻政府关于多渠道筹集教育经费的方针，动员海内外民间的财力资源建立基金，资助我国贫困地区的失学儿童继续学业，保障适龄儿童接受义务教育的权利，改善贫困地区的办学条件，促进贫困地区基础教育事业的发展。