Q&A about the "Stop Campus Violence" public interest project initiated by the Hangzhou Tianxin Public Interest Legal Service Center

The "Stop School Violence" public welfare project has officially launched on the Tencent Charity platform and begun soliciting donations from the entire society. In this process, due to the lack of understanding of the China Legal Aid Foundation, Tencent Charity, and the basic situation of this project by the general public, there will inevitably be some confusion and questions. To this end, Hangzhou Hangtianxin Public Welfare Legal Service Center has specially produced the following "Thirteen Q&A" to answer your questions.

1. Q: What is the "Stop School Violence" public welfare project?
A: The "Stop School Violence" project is a public welfare project initiated by Hangzhou Hangtianxin Public Welfare Legal Service Center and undertaken by the China Legal Aid Foundation under the Ministry of Justice. It is publicly soliciting donations from the society on the Tencent Charity platform, and the funds raised will be specifically used for the project's implementation. This project will participate in Tencent Charity's annual "Tencent 99 Giving Day" activity.

2. Q: What is "Tencent 99 Giving Day"?

A: "Tencent 99 Giving Day" is an annual national public welfare activity jointly launched by Tencent Charity, hundreds of public welfare organizations, well-known enterprises, celebrities, and top creative communication agencies. It aims to use innovative methods such as mobile internet and socialization, and use a relaxed and interactive form to mobilize hundreds of millions of netizens across the country who love public welfare to participate in public welfare through small cash donations, step donations, and voice donations, in a light, convenient, and happy way.

"99 Giving Day" is held every year on September 9th, with September 9th, 2015 marking the first Tencent Charity Day. On this day, for every 1 yuan donated by netizens, Tencent will match 1 yuan, leveraging more social forces to participate in public welfare and creating a platform where "everyone can participate in public welfare".

3. Q: What are the donation rules for Tencent's "99 Giving Day"? What are the entry thresholds? How to carry out the activities?

A: Due to space limitations, please refer to Tencent Charity's official website for information on the activity rules and institutional entry rules for "Tencent 99 Giving Day".

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4. Q: How was Hangtianxin Public Welfare Center's "Stop School Violence" project launched?

A: Hangzhou Hangtianxin Public Welfare Legal Service Center is a public welfare organization that does not have public fundraising qualifications (public fundraising qualifications refer to organizations that have the right to directly solicit funds from the public in their own name). Therefore, donation projects initiated by the center must be reviewed and evaluated by an organization with public fundraising qualifications, including but not limited to the rationality of the fundraising purpose, the rationality of the project design, and the professionalism of the use of donations; the public fundraising organization must be legally responsible for the donation projects it reviews and undertakes. Out of prudence and its own objective, fair, open, and transparent supervision requirements, public fundraising institutions undergo a strict review and evaluation process for each donation project.

Given that Hangtianxin Public Welfare Center applied for a legal public welfare project, and currently the only legal aid foundation in China with public fundraising qualifications is the China Legal Aid Foundation, the center submitted the project to the China Legal Aid Foundation. After a strict review and evaluation process, the China Legal Aid Foundation decided to undertake the "Stop School Violence" donation project submitted by the center.

After the China Legal Aid Foundation approved the application, the donation project was officially launched on the Tencent Charity platform after being filed by the foundation on the "Charity China" national charity information disclosure website of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

5. Q: Is the "Stop School Violence" project a legitimate and legal donation project?

A: The China Legal Aid Foundation is a legally qualified public fundraising foundation. The "Stop School Violence" project was approved by the Ministry of Civil Affairs' "Charity China" national charity information disclosure website and is publicly soliciting donations through the Tencent Charity platform, making it a legitimate and legal donation project. The China Legal Aid Foundation and Tencent Charity have conducted strict reviews and evaluations of the project and are responsible for its authenticity and legality.

6. Q: Can all units publicly solicit funds?
A: According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs' "Regulations on the Identification of Charitable Organizations," only organizations identified by the Ministry of Civil Affairs have public fundraising qualifications. Currently, nationwide social organizations such as the China Disabled Persons' Welfare Foundation, the China Children and Youth Foundation, the China Women's Development Foundation, the China Poverty Alleviation Foundation, the China Red Cross Foundation, the China Greening Foundation, the China Youth Development Foundation, the China Population Welfare Foundation, the China Social Welfare Foundation, the China Children and Youth Culture and Art Foundation, the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, the China Environmental Protection Foundation, the China Social Relief Foundation, the China Children's and Youth Charitable Relief Foundation, the China Siyuan Project Poverty Alleviation Foundation, and the China Charity Federation are all social organizations with public fundraising qualifications.

The China Legal Aid Foundation is a foundation approved by the State Council and legally registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs in 1997. It is the only national public fundraising foundation dedicated to the development of legal aid. The China Legal Aid Foundation has been rated as a "4A-level social organization" and a "national advanced social organization" by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and has received honors such as "Top Ten Legal Figures in China" and the "China Charity Award." Ms. Zhang Yan Zhen, the president of the China Legal Aid Foundation, is the former vice minister and director of the political department of the Ministry of Justice.

7. Q: Since there are already special legal aid funds from the state, why is it necessary to publicly solicit donations from the society?

A: The national treasury provides special funds for legal aid every year, but the national legal aid has strict regulations on aid objects and types, and cannot achieve comprehensive and in-depth coverage. Therefore, it is still necessary to rely on the strength of the general public to comprehensively expand the coverage of legal aid and deepen the implementation of legal aid.

The main task of the China Legal Aid Foundation is to raise legal aid funds, provide material support for the implementation of legal aid, promote judicial fairness, and maintain social fairness and justice.

8. Q: Why did Hangzhou Hangtianxin Public Welfare Legal Service Center initiate the "Stop School Violence" project?

A: Hangzhou Hangtianxin Public Welfare Legal Service Center is a non-profit organization full of love and dedicated to social public welfare. The sponsoring unit is Zhejiang Hangtianxin Law Firm. The Center is the implementing unit of the "Central Lottery Special Public Welfare Fund Project" of the China Legal Aid Foundation under the Ministry of Justice, and also the implementing unit of the "Legal Escort for Sunset Red" project of Hangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau's public welfare venture capital. The Center has rich experience in safeguarding the rights and interests of vulnerable groups such as women, children, the elderly, the disabled, and migrant workers, and has been committed to promoting social fairness and justice through public welfare legal services.

9. Q: What are the main contents of the "Stop School Violence" public welfare project?
A: The project mainly includes the following five actions:

1. We will conduct anti-bullying training for children in various schools, villages, and communities. Each training session can teach hundreds of children how to stop bullying. Over the one-year project implementation period, we plan to conduct 50 anti-bullying training sessions, aiming to equip 5,000 children with the knowledge to prevent and stop bullying;

2. We will create booklets on anti-bullying knowledge and distribute them free of charge to parents, children, and teachers. Each booklet can help a parent, child, or teacher understand the harm of bullying and learn how to stop it. Over the one-year project implementation period, we plan to distribute 10,000 anti-bullying brochures, aiming to equip 10,000 parents, children, and teachers with the knowledge to stop bullying;

3. We will establish an "Anti-bullying Volunteer Studio" in schools, villages, and communities to deter bullies and encourage victims to speak up. Over the one-year project implementation period, we plan to establish 50 "Anti-bullying Volunteer Studios", aiming to provide consultation and assistance to 100 children who have experienced bullying;

4. We will create a "Mock Court Tour" program based on typical bullying cases and conduct performances in schools, villages, and communities. This will help children, parents, and teachers understand the legal consequences of bullying and prevent its occurrence. Over the one-year project implementation period, we plan to conduct 50 "Mock Court Tours", aiming to help 3,000 children, parents, and teachers understand the legal consequences and harm of bullying, and to instill in them the concept of preventing bullying;

5. When a child's bullying experience exceeds legal boundaries, we can provide free legal assistance (including litigation and non-litigation representation) to help them exercise their legal rights and ensure that perpetrators face legal sanctions. Over the one-year project implementation period, we plan to provide direct legal assistance to more than 10 children who have been victims of bullying, protecting their rights.

10. Q: How will you ensure that funds raised for the "Stop Bullying" public welfare project are used specifically for project execution?

A: The China Legal Aid Foundation will oversee the project funds. The use of project funds will be subject to public oversight, and there will be a special financial audit. The use of project funds will be open, transparent, and subject to public oversight, and will be published on the Tencent Charity website.

11. Q: After donating to the "Stop Bullying" project, how can I monitor whether the project is being implemented effectively?
A: The entire implementation process of the project will be published on the Tencent Charity website, specifically in the "Project Dynamics" section. The public can check the project's progress and supervise the entire implementation process at any time.

12. Q: The target fundraising amount for the "Stop Bullying" public welfare project is "298,000 yuan". Can the funds raised exceed the target amount?

A: The target fundraising amount for this project is set at 298,000 yuan because, according to Tencent Charity's admission rules, the target fundraising amount for non-publicly funded organizations initiating a project for the first time should be kept below 300,000 yuan. Therefore, the target fundraising amount for this project is set at 298,000 yuan.

According to Tencent's fundraising rules, after the project goes online, the actual fundraising amount can exceed the estimated amount. For example, if the estimated fundraising amount is 300,000 yuan, the actual fundraising amount can be unlimited. The project plan and budget will be adjusted according to the actual fundraising amount. We will adjust the project plan and budget based on the final amount of funds raised.

13. Q: How can I donate to the "Stop Bullying" public welfare project?

A: You can donate through the following link to "Tencent Charity".

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