希望工程是中國青少年發展基金會于1989年發起實施的一項社會公益事業。援建希望小學與資助貧困學生是希望工程實施的兩大主要公益項目。在過去20年中，希望工程收到捐款40 億（586萬美元），資助了三百萬學生，援建了14000座希望小學。它還為改善辦學條件和師資培訓提供資金。中國科技促進發展研究中心1999年的一份報告顯示，全國29個省會城市中超過63.5%的人以各種方式參與了希望工程。

Project Hope, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary this October, has raised 4 billion yuan (US$5.86 million), financed the education of 3 million students and built 14,000 primary schools. It also has provided funding for structural and technological improvements and teacher training. And according to a 1999 report by the National Research Center for Science and Technology Development, more than 63.5 percent of people in 29 provincial capital cities have contributed to Project Hope in some way.

——摘自《一個鏡頭背后的故事：20年構筑希望》

相關：

中國共青團

the Communist Youth League of China

中國青少年發展基金會

the China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF)

教育投入

expenditure on education

輟學

drop out of school

輟學率

drop-out rate

九年制義務教育

the compulsory nine-year education program

希望小學

the Hope primary school