Continuing my “series of things I’ve been working on”, Children of Rural China is one of the most important organizations I’ve been involved with for a number of reasons:

  1. I have always had a deep affection for the people of Xinjiang, ever since I spent a summer there in 2000. I’ve wanted to contribute back to a people who have taught me so much!
  2. I’m interested in figuring out ways to make significant impact in the world, especially in the arena of education. The challenges often seem insurmountable to me, and yet I believe that smart investment pays big dividends.
  1. T is the co-chair. :)

This past year I’ve been serving as de facto webmaster, and a few months ago I finished a revamping of the website. I’m particularly pleased with a CSS (highly accessible), fairly JavaScript-free menu system, with lots of help from A List Apart. (This is what gets this post the “How-To” tag.)

I’m applying to join the board as the official webmaster and perhaps in other capacities as well. I’m excited about the opportunity to get more involved, though truly deep involvement will probably have to wait until I move back up to Cambridge.

P.S. If you like CRCF’s site, or even if you just like me, would you consider posting a link to the site? I’m trying to bump up its PageRank in Google. Actually, now that I take a look, the PageRank of my website is a big goose egg, and could benefit from link love too. ;)