Overview

In the summer of 2011, Love Across the Coast organized our second summer camp at Huaping Middle School (华坪县民族中学）in Huaping County, a small town in the mountainous area of Yunnan Province, China. During the three-week camp, 15 volunteer teachers and mentors worked closely with 100 students in seminars and collaborative group activities.



Program Timeline

     04/23-05/25     Volunteer application open

     05/26-06/20     Volunteer recruitment

     06/20-07/21     Seminar content discussion, team meetings

     07/22-07/25     Volunteer training

     07/26-08/12     Summer Camp 

    

Volunteers

15 volunteers, including 4 members from Love Across the Coast summer camp committee, participated in the program. All volunteers are currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate students, from US, Canadian or Chinese universities. Representative schools include: Mount Holyoke College, Oberlin College, University of British Columbia, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院), East China Normal University (华东师范大学), Luxun Academy of Fine Arts (鲁迅美术学院), Renmin University of China (中国人民大学), and Zhejiang University (浙江大学).



Seminars and Activities

     Animation                                             Yuanshen Li

     Reading History Critically                       Yue Tang
     Oceanography                                      Chao Wang
     The Puberty Survival Guide                     Lei Wang & Qing Xiao
     Game Theory                                        Nan Ye
     Ancient Characters                                Zhenfeng Hu
     Poetry Workshop                                  Yang Yang
     Philosophy of Life                                  Beier Yao
     Children's Literature                               Yuxin Zhou
Other exciting summer camp activities include: English workshops, Health Knowledge Talks, TED Nights, Movie Nights, Storytelling Nights, Tai-Chi sessions, music sessions, origami workshops, logic competitions, mock debates, science experiments, and a mini cross-campus orienteering.



A short documentary of 2011 camp

An animation made by students and volunteers 

Scavenger Hunt