Cultural Activities and Camping Programme
LEAD CULTURAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES & GAIN VALUBLE EXPERIENCELocation
Shanghai
Huzhou
(2 programmes will run simultaneously – you may be placed at 1 programme, or travel between the two different locations)
Duration
- Group A: 23rd June – 30th August This group will have a week long break from programme (most likely 21st July – 28th July) where they will be in Shanghai, and have free time (accommodation and food provided) Shanghai
- Group B: 23rd June – 28th July Shanghai
- Group C: 28th July – 30th August Shanghai
- Group D: 1st July – 27th July Shanghai & Huzhou
- Group E: 21st July – 16th August Shanghai & Huzhou
Living Expenses
Full board accommodation and local excursions are provided
More
You will help run a series of fun activities for Chinese children and engage in cultural exchange workshops.
Programme Details
Time & Location
Contact hours
8 hours: 9:00 – 11:00; 14:00 – 17:00; Occasional Evening Activities
Location
Shanghai (Teams A, B, C)
Huzhou (Teams D, E)
Excursion options
TBC (Weekend Cultural Trips)
Other benefits
Canoeing, Camping, Treehouse Building, Campfires, Horseriding, Archery and more!
Programme Details
Main purpose
Outdoor experiential camp for kids
Student details
15 – 20 students a class
7-12 years old
Various level of English
Pre-programme training
TBC
Coordinator
A Chinese speaking student majoring in English will be present in each class, helping translate during courses etc.
Speciality of the programme
To exercise, build good habits, encourage teamwork, cultural exchange and activity and independence.
Programme arrangement
Week 1: 23rd – 28th June: Shanghai A B
Week 2: 30th June – 5th June: Shanghai & Huzhou A B D
Week 3: 7th July – 12th July: Shanghai A B D
Week 4: 14th July – 19th July: Shanghai & Huzhou A B D
Week 5: 21st July – 26th July: Shanghai B D E
Week 6: 28th July – 2nd Aug: Shanghai & Huzhou A C E
Week 7: 4th Aug – 9th Aug: Shanghai A C E
Week 8: 11th Aug – 16th Aug: Shanghai & Huzhou A C E
Week 9: 18th Aug – 23rd Aug: Shanghai A C
Week 10: 25th Aug – 30th Aug: Shanghai A C
Benefits for ambassadors
Chinese learning, water sports, archery, horse riding, cultural vists and more
Week 1 | 2019/06/23-2019/06/28 | location:Shanghai(6 days) | |||||
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
Morning | shuttle to campsite | English Lecture | Environmental programme | Leadership Lecture | Creative Painting | Drama perform | Cultural visit – History Museum |
Afternoon | Ice Break challenge | Tree house building | Canoeing | horsemenship | Archery | shuttle back to city | |
Night | Campfire & BBQ | Night meeting(30 mins) | Free time | Free time | |||
Accommodation | 2-3 person one room, with bathroom and air conditioner,public washing machine, etc | hotel with subway nearby | |||||
Week 2 | 2019/06/30-2019/07/05 | location:Shanghai(6 days)/Huzhou(5 days) | |||||
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday(rest for Huzhou) | Sunday | |
Morning | shuttle to campsite | English Lecture | Environmental programme | Nature Explore/Leadership Lecture | Creative Painting/Tree house party | Drama perform | free for Shanghai / west lake(Hangzhou) |
Afternoon | Ice Break challenge | Fortune activity / Tree house building | Canoeing/Tree house builiding | horsemenship / Tree house building | Archery | shuttle back to city | |
Night | Night meeting(30 mins) | Free time | Free time | ||||
Accommodation | 2 person one room, with bathroom and air conditioner,public washing machine, etc | hotel with subway nearby | |||||
Week 3 | 2019/07/07-2019/07/12 | location:Shanghai(6 days) | |||||
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
Morning | shuttle to campsite | English Lecture | Environmental programme | Leadership Lecture | Creative Painting | Drama perform | Cultural visit – city Museum |
Afternoon | Ice Break challenge | Tree house building | Canoeing | horsemenship | Archery | shuttle back to city | |
Night | Campfire & BBQ | Night meeting(30 mins) | Free time | Free time | |||
Accommodation | 2-3 person one room, with bathroom and air conditioner,public washing machine, etc | hotel with subway nearby | |||||
Week 4 | 2019/07/14-2019/07/19 | location:Shanghai(6 days)/Huzhou(5 days) | |||||
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday(rest for Huzhou) | Sunday | |
Morning | shuttle to campsite | English Lecture | Environmental programme | Nature Explore/Leadership Lecture | Creative Painting/Tree house party | Drama perform | free for Shanghai |
Afternoon | Ice Break challenge | Fortune activity / Tree house building | Canoeing/Tree house builiding | horsemenship / Tree house building | Archery | shuttle back to city | |
Night | Night meeting(30 mins) | Free time | Free time | ||||
Accommodation | 2 person one room, with bathroom and air conditioner,public washing machine, etc | hotel with subway nearby | |||||
Week 5 | 2019/07/21-2019/07/26 | location:Shanghai(6 days) | |||||
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
Morning | shuttle to campsite | English Lecture | Environmental programme | Leadership Lecture | Creative Painting | Drama perform | Cultural visit – Acient Town |
Afternoon | Ice Break challenge | Tree house building | Canoeing | horsemenship | Archery | shuttle back to city | |
Night | Campfire & BBQ | Night meeting(30 mins) | Free time | Free time | |||
Accommodation | 2-3 person one room, with bathroom and air conditioner,public washing machine, etc | hotel with subway nearby | |||||
Week 6 | 2019/07/28-2019/08/02 | location:Shanghai(6 days)/Huzhou(5 days) | |||||
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday(rest for Huzhou) | Sunday | |
Morning | shuttle to campsite | English Lecture | Environmental programme | Nature Explore/Leadership Lecture | Creative Painting/Tree house party | Drama perform | free for Shanghai |
Afternoon | Ice Break challenge | Fortune activity / Tree house building | Canoeing/Tree house builiding | horsemenship / Tree house building | Archery | shuttle back to city | |
Night | Night meeting(30 mins) | Free time | Free time | ||||
Accommodation | 2 person one room, with bathroom and air conditioner,public washing machine, etc | hotel with subway nearby | |||||
Week 7 | 2019/08/04-2019/08/09 | location:Shanghai(6 days) | |||||
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
Morning | shuttle to campsite | English Lecture | Environmental programme | Leadership Lecture | Creative Painting | Drama perform | Cultural visit -Shanghai Museum |
Afternoon | Ice Break challenge | Tree house building | Canoeing | horsemenship | Archery | shuttle back to city | |
Night | Campfire & BBQ | Night meeting(30 mins) | Free time | Free time | |||
Accommodation | 2-3 person one room, with bathroom and air conditioner,public washing machine, etc | hotel with subway nearby | |||||
Week 8 | 2019/08/11-2019/08/16 | location:Shanghai(6 days)/Huzhou(5 days) | |||||
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday(rest for Huzhou) | Sunday | |
Morning | shuttle to campsite | English Lecture | Environmental programme | Nature Explore/Leadership Lecture | Creative Painting/Tree house party | Drama perform | free for Shanghai |
Afternoon | Ice Break challenge | Fortune activity / Tree house building | Canoeing/Tree house builiding | horsemenship / Tree house building | Archery | shuttle back to city | |
Night | Night meeting(30 mins) | Free time | Free time | ||||
Accommodation | 2 person one room, with bathroom and air conditioner,public washing machine, etc | hotel with subway nearby | |||||
Week 9 | 2019/08/18-2019/08/23 | location:Shanghai(6 days) | |||||
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
Morning | shuttle to campsite | English Lecture | Environmental programme | Leadership Lecture | Creative Painting | Drama perform | Cultural visit – People Square |
Afternoon | Ice Break challenge | Tree house building | Canoeing | horsemenship | Archery | shuttle back to city | |
Night | Campfire & BBQ | Night meeting(30 mins) | Free time | Free time | |||
Accommodation | 2-3 person one room, with bathroom and air conditioner,public washing machine, etc | hotel with subway nearby | |||||
Week 10 | 2019/08/25-2019/08/30 | location:Shanghai(6 days) | |||||
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |
Morning | shuttle to campsite | English Lecture | Environmental programme | Leadership Lecture | Creative Painting | Drama perform | free for shanghai |
Afternoon | Ice Break challenge | Tree house building | Canoeing | horsemenship | Archery | shuttle back to city | |
Night | Campfire & BBQ | Night meeting(30 mins) | Free time | Free time | |||
Accommodation | 2-3 person one room, with bathroom and air conditioner,public washing machine, etc | hotel with subway nearby | |||||
Welfare
Local temperature
Around 28 – 30 Celsius
Meal
On campus, three meals a day
15-30 RMB compensation per meal (if not eat on camp)
Drinking water available
Accommodation
Camping (Glamping Style Tents 3 Ambassadors per Tent) and Hotels (Twin Rooms)
Laundry, Wifi, Air-conditioning available
Testimonial & Gallery
HOW A MONTH IN CHINA CHANGES YOU
Have you ever wondered what sand worms taste like?
They’re DELICIOUS! Well, at least at the ones they serve at Xiamen, China of course, and no, sand worms don’t taste like chicken at all.
As part of my mission to maximise experiences before my time in this brief existence runs out, with great hesitation and apprehension, I packed me bags and flew to China for a month-long volunteering project.
Now whenever I tell people that I’m volunteering in China, the picture that forms in mind is usually that of me teaching English to poor, underprivileged kids up in the mountains or something. Although some of the volunteers have indeed been sent to rural areas, I was placed at Xiamen, which is one of the more affluent places in China (apparently the most environmentally clean in the whole of China as well!)
Hence, sorry to disappoint you but I have no experience of sharing toilets with snakes or scorpions 😛
So yeah! What have I been up to China?! Read more HERE
I traveled to Shanghai, Qi Dong, Changsha and Xiamen. I taught English to the children of poor migrant workers, I taught children who’d never been to school before. I met people from Italy, South Africa, Hungary, Russia, Romania, Spain, Egypt, the UK and more. I learned Mandarin. I learned that even if I don’t feel 28, I am definitely 28. I learned that six weeks can feel like four life times and that jet lag is real and real serious. I’m irrevocably changed by what I’ve seen and felt in China.
I feel like I left one home for another. But I’ll return. Read more HERE