Even Pay

Even is building a bridge between domestic Chinese NGOs and the international development and media community through a wiki-format, English-language website profiling local organizations.

Over the course of her yearlong PiA fellowship with a Chinese environmental NGO, Even recognized the need for a reliable, comprehensive database of local nonprofits in Yunnan Province. A Carleton College graduate fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Pay has developed a true grassroots perspective on Chinese civil society: “One of the largest challenges facing domestic Chinese NGOs at present is poor communication with an international community that they depend on for continued funding,” Even said. “This project gave these organizations a much more efficient platform for communicating with the international community and bring them one step closer to a transparent and equal playing field.”