Sprout Excellence Project (SEP) is an educational support program operated directly by the Chinese Red Cross Foundation (CRCF). Every year CRCF assists underdeveloped areas by improving educational development through building early childhood education programs, schools, clinics, libraries, setting up scholarships, creating curriculums, training local teachers, organizing summer camps, & etc. As a fully devoted partner of CRCF, LinkedtoAsia (LTA) focuses mostly on the SEP summer camp that aims at serving underprivileged primary to high school students in China. Volunteers from US universities, faculty and students, will participate in a cultural exchange by designing their own 2-week camp program within our general guidelines anytime during July and August.

A typical SEP summer camp timeline with activities

Day 1: Arrive in Beijing, check in hotel, welcome meeting by LTA staff, and dine at local restaurants
Day 2-3: Visit attraction sites in the city, introduction to Mandarin language lessons, and dine at local restaurants
Day 4: Arrive at village, introduction to the school staff and the students, and dine in the village
Day 5-Day 19: Teach, play, socialize with the students using the suggested activities: introductory English classes (vocabulary, reading, writing), play games (indoors or outdoors), putting together small dramas/skits, teach body and teeth hygiene, drawing, and watching age appropriate movies
Day 20: Depart Beijing return to US

*Participants are responsible for plane tickets and visa fee. The 2-week stay expenses at the local school will be entirely covered by CRCF. Deadline for submission is March 15, 2020.