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View ArticleSights and Sounds from the Countryside - Bangdong Homestay
Introduction For almost three weeks I stayed with a local family in a small hillside village in Bangdong. I lived with three people, who I called Ayi (auntie), Shushu (uncle), and Gege (elder...
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Puppet Making in Yanhuang Elementary School
Last week Village Progress ran an art and English program for students at Yanhuang Elementary School, a private school in Kunming that serves students from a broad range of the socioeconomic spectrum....
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Experiential Learning for Underprivileged Kids
A wide body of scholarly research has documented the benefits to children of experiential learning, especially to their confidence, self-esteem and leadership abilities. Examples of experiential...
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2015 China Outdoor Sports Calendar
Celebrate the passing of another year with this 2015 wall calendar featuring outdoor sports athletes from all around China in some of the most beautiful parts of the country... and beyond. All profits...
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Rock Climbing with kids from Yanhuang School
We spent a great afternoon with students from a migrant school in Kunming, Yanhuang school, participating in fun, physically challenging activities! Village Progress is working together with The Nature...
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Out of the City and Into Nature!
We often become so deeply involved in managing our daily affairs and trying to advance our own positions in the world that we forget how easy and rewarding it can be to create a new and enriching...
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Sending Underprivileged Students to Camp
Last week, Dali Bar 达力巴 and @Village Progress sponsored two sisters from an underprivileged family in Kunming to join a week-long outdoor camp in Lijiang run by UpKid out of Beijiing. First we geared...
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Making English Learning Fun
On January 4, Village Progress brought a group of 18 American high school students to teach English and art education at Dexin Elementary School. Using puppets to facilitate a little English teaching...
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Experiencing Life in Bangdong
(Article originally published on Princeton Group Update)At the end of September a group of seven students from Princeton University’s China Bridge Year Program arrived in the remote village of...
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