The 2008 SEP Orientation has concluded and all volunteers have departed for their teaching sites. The conference after the Amity project visits was composed of cultural workshops, teaching workshops, sight-seeing, an SEP curriculum interview, SEP scenario discussions, a panel discussion and a closing worship.
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Forty-five volunteers are taking part in this year’s Summer English Program. They arrived between July 4th and 7th. Most of them arrived in Shanghai and came to Nanjing by train. They were received by Amity staffers upon their arrival. The program started with a meeting of team leaders on July 7th at 4:30 p.m., which was followed by a Welcome and Program Overview Session the same night.
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A stew of potatoes and beef, sweet-and-sour cabbage, deep-fried chicken fillet … Women from Chaergoumen Village in Huzhu County, Qinghai, put their cooking skills on display. A cooking contest, initiated by Amity’s local partner organisation, was held here in April and a wide variety of mouthwatering dishes were cooked on solar and biogas stoves. Fifty villagers and thirty students from the local school took part in the contest. Its aim was to promote the use of environmentally friendly stoves by families in rural Qinghai.
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See what has been happening at the grassroots!
Click here to view the Amity Foundation Annual Report from 2007 in pdf format.
photo: A shipment of donated winter coats from Nanjing are distributed to children on the Qinghai plateau. Amity joined hands with the “Mulberry Blossom” support network to facilitate the donation of 46 winter coats to these children of Nangqian County, Qinghai Province, as part of Operation Warm Heart. Altogether, more than 3 tons of winter clothing was sent to Qinghai in 2007 through the Amity Foundation.
Updated: We are in desperate need of tents or materials like plastic material/sheets/tarpaulin to make temporary shelters. Shortage of shelter adds to the insecurity and trauma of the quake victims who have been relocated. Continue reading ‘Urgent Appeal for Shelter Supplies!’
“Today, another Amity staff, Ms. Liu Lin, flew to Chengdu for earthquake relief.” Continue reading ‘Sichuan Earthquake Relief Update, June 4′
“Amity headquarters received a very special donation from a 12 year old girl from Germany.” Continue reading ‘Sichuan Earthquake Relief Update, May 30′
“Sichuan 100″ exhibition by Mountain Dog to raise money for rebuilding 100 collapsed primary schools in the Sichuan Quake zone. Continue reading ‘“Sichuan 100″ Photo Exhibition Event in Hong Kong’
“Many friends have written to offer help to children orphaned by the quake.” Continue reading ‘Sichuan Earthquake Relief Update, May 28′
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