About Cultural Exchange Summer Trip
The Cultural Exchange Summer Trip is a unique program run by Shin Shin Student Activity Department and Shin Shin Youth Group. During the summer and winter breaks, a group of youth volunteers travel to rural areas in China to teach courses such as English, music, speech, arts, robotics, environmental safety, and writing…… bringing knowledge to children. Just the past year, in the summer of 2018, three teams went to Anhui, Sichuan and Shanxi. Throughout the course of one to two weeks, they communicated, taught, bonded, and influenced the children of Shin Shin elementary schools. They brought the sound of fluently spoken English and new knowledge to the children. This program was impactful to both the children and the volunteers. To learn more about this experience, the group leader Jane has written an article that can be found here.
The volunteers also investigated the current situation and the needs of Shin Shin schools. Additionally, the interactions with these “big brothers and big sisters” opened the eyes of the rural children to see how knowledge could help them accomplish their goals and communicate with the outside world.
The youth volunteers from Shinshin also experienced the simple life of innocent rural children, so they could be more grateful and humble of their opportunity to receive higher education. In the future, they would certainly become contributors to the society.
The Cultural Exchange Summer Trip increased our understanding of Shin Shin schools, motivated Shin Shin students to study hard, and provided effective tools to improve teaching quality. For those Shin Shin youth volunteers, this program gave them first hand experience and insight into the life of children in these remote regions, which heightened their desire to do more to help the disadvantaged children.
The volunteers also investigated the current situation and the needs of Shin Shin schools. Additionally, the interactions with these “big brothers and big sisters” opened the eyes of the rural children to see how knowledge could help them accomplish their goals and communicate with the outside world.
The youth volunteers from Shinshin also experienced the simple life of innocent rural children, so they could be more grateful and humble of their opportunity to receive higher education. In the future, they would certainly become contributors to the society.
The Cultural Exchange Summer Trip increased our understanding of Shin Shin schools, motivated Shin Shin students to study hard, and provided effective tools to improve teaching quality. For those Shin Shin youth volunteers, this program gave them first hand experience and insight into the life of children in these remote regions, which heightened their desire to do more to help the disadvantaged children.
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