A Pleines Mains (APM) is a charity program helping the needy, orphans and handicapped people in China through material and financial donations. APM regularly receives second-hand goods or new items from private or corporate donors. These donations can  then be redistributed to needy communities all around China or sold to raise funds. With these funds APM is able to financially support programs like SYB. APM has been a long-standing supporter of SYB by helping us cover our social educator’s salary.

Besides this financial donation, APM’s team always tries finding items students could use throughout the year at SYB. Every year in August, just before the new batch of students arrives in Shanghai, APM sends us bed covers, towels, and clothes that are included in the students’ arrival kits. All year long, APM donates many other items such as schoolbags, pens, notebooks, clothes, and basketballs… These are all useful items students are happy to receive.

Every batch of SYB students visits APM’s warehouse at least twice per semester to help sort items. During APM Charity Bazaar, the students will start to help at the back of the warehouse and they will help to sort many things. SYB students and APM volunteers together prepare boxes ready to be sent all around China. In a really relax atmosphere all volunteers are proud once all the job scheduled for the day is done. The students do not feel tired at all, on the contrary this time is a good opportunity to clear their mind and to be useful. This activity is a great way for them to give back to the community and thank APM for its support.

On behalf of the Young Bakers, I would like to thank APM for its support to SYB. I would like to thank all their volunteers who are doing an amazing work. You too, as an individual, you could join their team and take part in this program.

Marine

Program Director