🐦⬛10.16 Luhu: Midterm Evaluation with Foundation Experts Strengthens Our Bird-Friendly Community Project
members of the foundation’s expert secretariat came to observe our on-site activities. We also completed the midterm review and discussion for our project. The goal is to build a community where residents enjoy birdwatching as a daily habit and use it to understand and solve human-bird-environment conflicts together.
From July to now, we have held eight events, including indoor talks and outdoor birding, with 208 total participants. However, participant sources remain unstable. Among 30 participating families this quarter, only eight joined more than twice. Out of sixteen target parks, we have completed surveys in three. The volunteer team has seven members with clear roles, and by next April we plan to develop more core volunteers.
We also ran a resident workshop on designing bird-collision prevention stickers and identified three residential groups with collision incidents. We created bird-themed items such as keychains and hats for point redemption by members, but many participants are still unclear about how the point system works, and usage remains low.
The review covered key challenges: limited recruitment results, weak follow-up from interested students, frequent no-shows due to the lack of deposit or reward rules, reduced library use after relocation, and slow park survey progress caused by seasonal and participation limits
Experts suggested several measures:
Define the needed volunteer scale and form a core community birding team to complete the 13-park survey goal in stages.
Use a WeChat registration mini program with deposit rules to reduce no-shows and improve accountability. Design the merchandise with more artistic identity to strengthen public awareness of the project.
Narrow project focus to one or two key themes to deepen impact, and mobilize nearby community groups for collaboration.
Hold an indoor event in the new library to announce the site transition and attract new participants.
The professionals mentioned that the project’s outcomes have already exceeded expectations, and with these refinements, the project will grow stronger and more sustainable.