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37 volunteers
27 days: May 26 - June 23
6 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 2006 is its third year in operation.

For summer 2006, Dream Corps recruited, trained and sent 37 volunteers to 6 rural sites in China from May 26 to June 23.

We establish libraries for children and work to improve their learning environment through:

• Making book, computer and monetary donations
• Building up the library facilities
• Establishing library operation plans
• Organizing learning and reading programs for local children and farmers, including computer training where conditions allow.
• Organizing other community-building activities.

This is the site for Dream Corps: Class 2006, their mission to Promote education equity in China through quality resource and sustained participation.

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
• Henan Province, Dengzhou
• Henan Province, Lankao
• Hunan Province, Linfang
• Jiangxi Province, Lichuan
• Sichuan Province, Yibin

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