Guizhou Forerunner College

I was once a volunteer at GFC and this has been one of my most unforgettable experience. With the attractive natural environment, a team of passionate colleagues, and most importantly those intelligent and hard-working students, I enjoyed doing this job in such a beautiful campus.

I worked mostly as a teaching assistant, helping teachers with class logistics and conducting English tutoring. I also helped organize some learning activities, for example, everyday English corner. In addition to those underprivileged students with financial difficulties or visual impairment, we also provide training for middle school English teachers to enhance their speaking skills and teaching practices. Moreover, I even contributed to a variety of administrative issues, such as document translation, new report and so on.

It was such an exciting life at GFC with a group of kindhearted international volunteers and exposure to local minority culture.

The program is quite interesting. Our time is separated into two parts. First, we are full-time volunteer interns, teaching the Chinese students English, having fun with them, mingle with them, it's awesome. Then the second part, we study in the summer camp, learning Chinese and some really interesting local things, such as tea arts and production, we went to the tea plantation and picked some tea leaves ourselves, we also tried the local Batik art, it's one of China's intangible cultural heritage. The surrounding area is great for hiking, exploring rural China, the locals are very friendly. Overall, this is something worth experiencing.