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Volunteer project: Zhai Shang school is located in Ludian County in Yunnan Province. The village is located 2,400 meters above sea level, high up in the mountains. The area is cold and often has bad weather. Unfortunately for the Hmong people who live in this area, the land has very thin soil and lies on a steep slope.
This volunteer project will take place in a community school, which was launched
in January of 2010. Volunteers are direly needed in this area to help in the
implementation of school activities and to improve the educational capacity and
curriculum for the students, in hopes of providing them with a good future. The
volunteers will mainly engage with the children in activities which foster
better education, so as to contribute their knowledge and demonstrate their
enthusiasm. Location: Yunnan Province, Zhao Tong District, Lu Dian County, Shui Mo town, Miao Village, Zhai Shang school Terminal: Wujiaba Airport in Kunming. The volunteers will be picked up at the airport, railway station or long-distance bus station. Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 USD
Volunteer project: The TaErDi Recovered Village mainly consists of the Yi ethnic group and currently has 340 people. Thirty-eight of these people have recovered from Hansen’s disease, which has greatly affected the villagers over the last couple of years - both physically and emotionally. The village people have no means to leave their current location, because they are stuck in their impoverished state for financial, societal, and education reasons. Every day, they face the reality of their village’s low productivity, large population, insufficient land. They have no medical security, and thus have unbelievably limited access to medicine. The village school has 41 children enrolled, but has an urgent need of both teachers and funds. The current teachers are also very limited in their education. Since August of 2009, the village has had volunteer workcamps, in which the volunteers are asked to offer their aid in improving the education and the local environment. In this project, the volunteers will continue these efforts, by focusing on better education. Additionally, volunteers will help some villagers gain access to drinking water, which is very necessary to good health. There is opportunity for the volunteers to make a difference for these villagers in almost every domain of life, while sharing in the reality and culture of this distant community. Location: SiChuan Province, XiChang Prefecture City, YanYuan County, YouSuo Township, TaErDi village Terminal: Chengdu Shuangliu Airport. The volunteers will be picked up at the airport, railway station or long-distance bus station. Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 USD
Volunteer project: XinZhong Elementary School is situated in ShiMenKan town, and offers an opportunity for education to approximately 140 students, most of who come from the XinYing and ZhongZai villages and are part of the Miao minority group. The school offers classes from kindergarten to 6th grade, and often, one grade will have students of many different ages. The school is staggeringly understaffed, with a total of only 8 teachers—5 are Christians from the northeast, and 3 are locals. Many teachers have been hired recently, but they left soon after moving from the city to the village, because they could not tolerate the local dilapidated and mountainous environment. The constant changing of teachers has had a certain negative effect on the students’ development.
The first international volunteer project in the
village was organized on the summer of 2007. We built a soccer field at the
school, formed very strong relationships with the students and teachers, and
also went into the mountain villages to spread information about the risks of
Fluorine poisoning. Location: GuiZhou Province, Bijie Prefecture City, WeiNing County, ShiMenKan Town, XinZhong Elementary School Terminal: Guiyang Airport. The volunteers will be picked up at the airport, railway station or long-distance bus station. Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 USD
Volunteer project: Dali Huang CaoBa village is located in HuaYing town, in a Bai minority autonomous region. The village was built in 1953, mainly to host local people who had recovered from leprosy. In its beginnings, the village had around 80 people, but currently the village has only 30 households and 50 people, 42 of who are recovered leprosy patients. Most of the villagers are elderly people, and the average age is over 65.
Since Huang CaoBa hosted its first international
volunteer group in 2007, volunteers have built a bathroom, done simple living
maintenance, built and repaired roads, gathered firewood, and constructed a
pavilion over the water source to protect the villagers from rain and wind. In
the summer of 2009, we helped the villagers repair their roofs. Location: Yunnan Province, Dali City, HuaYing Village Terminal: Wujiaba Airport in Kunming. The volunteers will be picked up at the airport, railway station or long-distance bus station Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 USD
Volunteer project: BaJiaoChong is located in WenShang district’s MaGuan county and is approximately 15 km from the county’s main city. Situated near mountains and rivers, the village’s scenery is strikingly beautiful. The village was built in 1974 and has a total of 35 people, of which there are 15 leprosy recoverers. Currently, there are also 4 students (1 in high school, and 3 in elementary school).
In August of 2006, BaJiaoChong hosted its first
international volunteer project. The volunteers helped the villagers repair
roads, build water storage facilities, and perform personal maintenance for the
recoverers. In October of 2008, volunteers came to the village once again to
help with farm work and to tutor the children. Location: Yunnan Province, WenShan District, MaGuan County, BaJiaoChong Village Terminal: Wujiaba Airport in Kunming. The volunteers will be picked up at the airport, railway station or long-distance bus station Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 USD
Volunteer project: TengMieHe Recovered Village is situated on a foothill in one of GuoDaZhai town’s surrounding forests. This village was established in 1953 and has around 240 villagers, of whom 100 are leprosy recoverers and 90 are children in the village. The village has one elementary school with 2 teachers, and 14 students that are split into 1st and 3rd grade. Approximately 18 students are in 4th grade or above. Outside of the village, there is also a Project Hope Elementary School that costs 15rmb per week (tuition covers food, boarding during the week, and return trips back home). With this project, the volunteers will mainly focus on education, by leading community efforts to improve the teaching environment. Volunteers will also help with some of farm work. The project mainly aims to form a personal connection between the volunteers and the local people, hopefully inspiring hope for a better future among the members of this population. Location: Yunnan Province, LinCang City, FengQing County, GuoDaZhai town, TengMieHe Recovered Village Terminal: Wujiaba Airport in Kunming. The volunteers will be picked up at the airport, railway station or long-distance bus station Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 USD
Volunteer project: ZuTangZi village, in which this project takes place, is located near ChaKe town. The town is separated from ZuTangZi village by 5km, which can be a hard journey for the villagers on rainy days. In total, there are 26 villagers, 16 males and 10 females. Eighteen of them are recovered leprosy patients. The village only has two 3 year old boys, because the majority of the recovered patients do not have any children. Evidently, the village greatly lacks manpower, since there are only 5 young people. The village is in an unfortunate state and has many empty houses. Due to years of neglect, some have collapsed, and others are deemed very dangerous. Recovered leprosy patients live mostly in the outskirts of the village.
In the summer of 2009, a group of international
volunteers started work on the construction of two water reservoirs. However,
due to the impact of rain, this project was only completed by local craftsmen
last October. Location: Yunnan Province, JianShui County, ChaKe Town, ZuTangZi Village Terminal: Wujiaba Airport in Kunming. The volunteers will be picked up at the airport, railway station or long-distance bus station Age range: 18 and over
Extra fee: 150 USD
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