Vision  我们的愿景

Our purpose is to enable disadvantaged youth to lead independent lives through a qualified, empowering job. We will do this by becoming the leading reference in French bakery training in China, and achieving financial autonomy through a social entreprise model.

The core values that we believe in and wish to promote are:

• Equal opportunity
• Self-empowerment & independence
• Solidarity & team spirit

Our vision can be summarised in three key words:

1. CHARITY: Enable disadvantaged youth to lead independent lives through a qualified, empowering job

• We recruit students who formerly had no viable employment options, offer the training for free, and target 100% successful employment in bakery after graduation. Chi Heng Foundation, our governing body, guarantees the social mission of the SYB training programme.

2. EXPERTISE : Become a leading reference in French / traditional bakery training in China

• We work with the Ecole Francaise de boulangerie d’Aurillac (EFBA), with the best bakery professionals in Shanghai, and with local authorities, to make sure we deliver a top-quality training that will eventually be officially and widely recognised throughout China.

3. SUSTAINABILITY: Achieve financial autonomy through a social enterprise model

• Thanks to the former students who now work full-time with SYB, we are developing commercial activities so that the generated revenue can complement donations and improve our financial stability. Our long-term ambition is to open a social café, co-run by SYB graduates, that will help fund our training program and provide a space for all social-minded individuals to share and exchange.