A project that provided 563,290.79 rmb out of a total budget of 803,036.79 rmb to assist two Tibetan schools. In Gangca Township, funds allowed for 6 classrooms, 1 reading room, 2 teachers' offices, 1 video teaching room, 8 student dormitory rooms, teaching materials, training stone builders, 40 metal double beds and school gate, and 85 spoons for students. At the Beizangmo Village Tibetan Primary School, Wendu Tibetan Township, funds allowed for the construction of 6 teachers' quarters, 2 teachers' offices, a school gate, and the purchase of 20 desks and chairs. The buildings were built by local Tibetan stone builders using local labor. The public school buildings are some of the first in Amdo to be built of local stone by local Tibetan builders. (Steven Weinberger 2004-09-24)