Guizhou Team

Summary

Location: Guizhou Province, Liupanshui

Host(s): League Association of Guizhou

Major Beneficiaries: Rural Community and Local Schools

This is a new site for Dream Corps. Guizhou is one of the poorest provinces in China. Surrounded by numerous mountains, Guizhou has long been isolated from and neglected by the outside China. With the proceeding of the “Develop the West” policy of the Chinese government, the situation has been greatly improved. However, the enhancements are largely concentrated in urban areas. To the people who live in the rural areas inside the mountains, development is still a dream that is far away from being realized. The rapid development of technology actually makes it harder and harder for countryside folks to catch up, and the only way out is education.

Library Project

Education Assistance

The team explores the education opportunity for school-age minority females in Guizhou.

One of the important characteristics of Guizhou is its minority diversity. As reported, there are 49 minorities inhabit in Guizhou, making up a 37.85% of the total population in Guizhou.

Most of the minority villages locate in mountains far away from the cities; this gives them not only the language and culture barriers from the majority Han people outside the mountains, but also all the obstacles normal rural villages would face.

This doubles the difficulty of establishing an efficient education system in minority villages. The situation is even worse for females, who are perceived to be the one who sacrifice when there is an interest conflict between them and the male family members in many minority cultures, as well as in the dominant Chinese traditional culture. The Team works in schools through the connection of the League Association of Guizhou.

Understand the Community

Daily Life

All five team members lives in the houses of villagers. Breakfast and dinner provided at the house and lunch provided at the teacher’s living quarter in school.

Team Members

Danny, Tang (Bryn Mawr College)
Lee, Grever (Suffolk University)
Chang, He (Columbia University)
Dan, Wang (Syracuse University)
Hua, Wu

Team Photo Collection