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Venture Yunnan 2007
Date: 10 Dec - 31 Dec 2007
Location: Zheng Kang County, Yunnan, China
Venture Yunnan 2007 widens the scope of the previous Venture Expedition Projects by riding on a school improvement project (primary project) to carry out several concurrent secondary projects – education, community outreach, and cultural documentation projects.
A. School Improvement Project
- To facilitate in the upgrading works of an elementary school in a rural village of Zheng Kang County, Yunnan, China
- Upgrading the library facilities by providing additional book resources and shelves to provide an opportunity to inculcate the spirit of reading and learning amongst the underprivileged children
- Setting up a library catalogue and maintenance system to inculcate a sense of responsibility and discipline in the students
- Enhancing the library’s environment by refurbishing, cleaning and painting the library to provide a more conducive place for learning
- Improving the environment of classrooms and betterment of their facilities through the provision of desks and chairs
- Increasing the technological literacy of students through the contribution of computers
B. Education Project
- To conduct simple English lessons for the elementary students
- To conduct art therapy sessions for the elementary students
- To share knowledge of personal hygiene with the children
- To convey the message of anti-drug and anti-smoking through fun activities such as art competitions, and sports day
C. Community Outreach
- Visits will be made to the homes living in the community and goods in kind will be collected in Singapore and donated to the families
D. Cultural Documentation Project
- To develop a website resource that documents the way of life of the community in Zhen Kang County
- To document the service-learning experiences throughout the pre-, during , and post-expedition phases
- To put up expedition photographs and video-recordings of our on-site data-collection and expedition experiences
- To collate group journal entries of thoughts and reflections in a database at the end of each working day
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