<< Check out 2011 March Newsletter
The recruitment season of Dream Corps' 2011 Summer Volunteer Program officially ended on March 30th. The 57 volunteers selected will participate in Online Training and Beijing Training Camp in April and May, respectively. After that, our volunteers will be travelling to the 12 Dream Corps library program sites throughout China.
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Established Sites:
New Sites:
At our new program sites, Dream Corps volunteers will focus on establishing the library infrastructure, decorating the facilities, systematically cataloguing all books, setting up a digital library management system, organizing activities centered on the "library month", and implementing basic reading programs. At our established sites, Dream Corps volunteers will be responsible for cataloguing the new books which have been donated, implementing more advanced reading programs, helping teachers to design reading classes, and promoting reading in student families and the wider community.
Dream Corps plans to donate 10,000 books and invite 30 librarians to our training in Beijing. To achieve this, the 2011 Summer Volunteer Program's fundraising goal is 201,346 RMB (30,693 $). So far, through Xinping Foundation and individual donors, we have raised 159,788 RMB (24,258 $). In order to support the 2011 Summer Volunteer Program, we still need to raise 41,555 RMB (6,335 $) to allow the school librarians to join our Beijing training sessions, as well as to supply the 12 programs sites with the required library and reading resources.
Program |
Fundraising Goal |
Funds Raised |
Funds to be Raised by end of May |
| Books | $19,000 |
$15,533 |
$3467 |
| Library Infrastructure | $2043 |
$2043 | 0 |
| Librarian Training | $9650 | $6782 | $2868 |
| Total | $30,693 | $24,358 | $6,335 |
We thank all our donors, partners and alumni for their continued support of our annual volunteer program. In particular, we would like to welcome the 2011 volunteers for joining Dream Corps. We hope that you will share your story and Dream Corps' story with your families, friends and colleagues, so that more people who are interested in supporting education in rural China can join us in improving reading education in China's rural schools and communities.
As one donor, Ms. Contis said, she chose to give to Dream Corps because "the donations go directly to the cause and every child deserves the same educational opportunities. I have been privileged to meet these children in China first hand and to experience the warmth and positive light that fills their souls… just like my own children." Please join us in making better education opportunities a reality; please support Dream Corps!
$5: A small in the library for children to sit on while browsing books
$20: A small reading desk
$50: An additional bookshelf for the library, or the monthly stipend of a full-time librarian in rural communities
$150: One-time training fees for a librarian
$250: Books to fill an entire bookshelf: totalling 110 books
$450: A computer and a digital library management system for the library to free the librarian from routine work, leaving more time to interact with children.
For more donation items, please visit Dream Corps' Taobao site:
http://dreamcorps.taobao.com/
For general donation, please visit our online donation page:
http://www.dreamcorps.org/donate.html
