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15 volunteers
35 days: May 30 - July 3
4 sites

Rural China Education Assistance, Program by International Volunteers

2004 summer was the pilot phase of Dream Corps’s volunteer initiative that intends to promote rural development in China and to bridge the overseas Chinese students, scholars and professionals as well as international community with impoverished rural people in China.

In June 2004, Dream Corps organized its first corps of international volunteers to China for its rural education assistance program. In this pilot project, fifteen volunteers (11 from the U.S. and 4 from China) spent three weeks in teams in three rural sites in China and experimented with a series of programs aimed at enhancing education opportunities for children there.

Major Achievements

• Opened and developed a student-run school library at Lingfang Central Elementary School in Hunan Province.
• Built staffed information station for Xiezhuang Village in Cao County, Shandong Province.
• Supported and funded the opening of a locally initiated community library at Lichuan County, Jiangxi Province.
• Participated in teaching in local schools in three sites.
• Held the First Beijing Annual Forum on Rural Education and Volunteerism

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A glimpse of Dream Corps volunteer life:

Every child is entitled to a dream. We know that being able to dream has carried us this far in our lives. In a position to offer others what we were once provided, we want to make a difference in their lives.

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Project Sites:

• Hunan Province, Linfang
• Jiangxi Province, Lichuan
• Shandong Province, Heze
• Yunnan Province, Zhaotong

download the Project Report - Dream Corps 2004 [pdf]

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