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35 volunteers
28 days: May 28 - June 24
7 sites

Rural China Education Assistance, Program by International Volunteers

Dream Corps for Harmonious Development International (Dream Corps) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization. Founded by Chinese students attending universities in the U.S., Dream Corps’ mission is to engage in service in rural China, Chinese students studying in universities outside of China and international youth with Chinese descents and other college youths to work to promote education for the neediest children, so that their future is not held hostage by the existing economic, social and information divide. The year 2005 is its second year in operation.

For summer 2005, Dream Corps recruited, trained and sent 35 volunteers (including 21 international recruits) to seven rural sites in China from May 28 to June 24. The framework of the program is as bellow:

1. Two days’ training camp for volunteers
2. Three-weeks’ fieldwork on the sites
3. Dream Corps Annual Forum on rural education and volunteerism in China

Volunteers worked in teams of five with a good mixture of Chinese students studying in the U.S., American students and local Chinese volunteers. They stationed in one rural school or community center at one of the rural destinations and worked with several surrounding schools and communities.

Volunteers undertook the following activities in light of specific local situations:

• Provide practical English language skill training to local English teachers
• Provide hands-on information-technology training to local teachers
• Providing tutoring and counseling to local children
• Enhance the accessibility of the school and community libraries
• Link outside donations with needy schools and students
• Undertake community-building projects, such as health care and legal aid work, to enhance the living environment of the children as a whole

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:

• Beijing, Qinghe
• Gansu Province, Tianzhu
• Guizhou Province, Liupanshui
• Henan Province, Lankao
• Hunan Province, Linfang
• Jiangxi Province, Lichuan
• Yunnan Province, Tucheng

download the Project Report - Dream Corps 2005 [pdf]
Project Report (Chinese) - Dream Corps 2005 [pdf]

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