Guangdong Green Farming Social Work Development Center

Building an urban-rural collaborative network, promoting the development of fair trade, and creating ecologically civilized and sustainable livelihoods.

Goals

To adapt a community-based, comprehensive social work strategy, using the economy as an entry-point, to utilize professional methods and technologies such as social work cases, groups, communities, and research to encourage the integration of the “micro” (individuals, families, communities), and the “macro” (government policies and even global ecology governance).

Major Projects

• 2001 – Present, Yunnan Pingzhai Urban-Rural Collaboration Project
• 2008 – Present, Sichuan Yingxiu-Jinbo Urban-Rural Collaboration Project
• 2009 – Present, Guangdong Urban-Rural Collaboration Project
• 2011 – Present, Shadong Street Family Comprehensive Service Center

Major Funders

Government Contracting Services, Foundations

Major Partners

Community Partners, Nurtureland (沃土工坊), 807 Slow Living (807慢生活馆)

Distinctions

Green farming upholds the spirit of being people-based, fair and righteous, and “helping those to help themselves.” We are committed to creating equality, inclusiveness, a respectful cultural atmosphere, the implementation of an open and transparent financial system, providing community services, and strictly holding a spirit of critical evaluation. Our work relies on an urban-rural cooperation, fair trade platform, and through carrying out projects with local residents such as boarding houses, village life experience tour, fair trade agricultural products, and fair trade shops, we aid these people in improving their livelihoods, thereby achieving sustainable development goals such as mutual aid, cultural heritage preservation, gender equality, and ecological conservation.