“World as one family by Work Camp”

Work Camp Coordination Center
2008 Work Camps of JIA (Joy In Action)

JIA Volunteer Center: 4-4, Yangchang Village, Yunbo Bureau, Longquan Town, Panlong District, kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China phone: +86 (0) 871 6247233 FAX:+86 (0) 871 6247230 JIA Guang Zhou Office：C4-1602,Jiaxin Garden,NO.489, Xingangzhong Road, Guangzhou,Guangdong Province, P.R. China phone: +86 (0)20 34025667 Web site: www.joyinaction.org General matters: jia@joyinaction.org (Steve KANG) incoming placement: incoming@joyinaction.org (Tiffany LEE) outgoing placement: outgoing@joyinaction.org (Hui Hui LAI) Group Workcamp : group@joyinaction.org（Steve KANG）

Contents

1. JIA (Joy In Action) 3
1.1 What JIA is 3
1.2. Work Camps and Volunteers 4

2. International Work camp by JIA. 8
2.1. Introduction. 8
2.2. List of 2008 summer Work Camps in China. 10
2.3. List of 2008 summer Mini Camps 11
2.4. Brief Description of the Workcamps. 12


JIA means “family” in the Chinese and also stands for “Joy In Action”.
We believe that all of the volunteers who participate in our activities or cooperate with us will discover joy in their work.

Motto: “World as one family by Work Camp”
This will be achieved through our activities and by our Global Network.

1. JIA (Joy In Action)

1.1 What JIA is

Motto:
“World as one family by Work Camp”
This will be achieved through our activities and by our Global Network.

Purpose:
JIA was established in August 2004 to root work camps in China and to set up a work camp global network

Activities:
Campers (volunteers) from the local community always organize camps with volunteers from foreign countries (their counterparts). JIA assists of the coordination of work camps by:
-collecting and sharing information about work camps in China
-training the campers (volunteers)
-connecting a work camp global network

The Meaning of J.I.A.:
JIA stands for “Joy In Action”. We believe that all of the volunteers who participate in our activities or cooperate with us will discover joy in their work. JIA means “family”; “family hood”; and “family tie” in Chinese. So we hope world will become one family by work camps.

Fields of Work:
JIA work camps focus on villages in China that have been affected by Hansen’s Disease(HD). In partnership with the residents of the villages,campers work to improve the villagers’ overall living ans spiritual conditions.
In 2007, we began setting work camps in a School. In 2008, we will set more work camps in other fields, such as environmental issues, the handicapped, cultural heritages, education and so on.


1.2. Work Camps and Volunteers
(In the first two years, there were no Chinese participants, but in 2003 there were some and the number of Chinese vols is gradually getting larger. With the experiences of the first three year, JIA came into existence. )
In 2001: 1 project- 17 international vols
In 2002: 2 projects-31 international vols
In 2003: 6 projects-80 international vols & 20 Chinese vols
In 2004: JIA was established,
　　 　11 projects- 100 international vols & 130 Chinese vols
In 2005: 16 projects- 120 international vols & 230 Chinese vols
In 2006: 28 projects- 160 international vols & 470 Chinese vols
In 2007: 53 projects- 200 international vols & 981 Chinese vols
(All the amounts of volunteers are without participants in Mini camps)

In spring of 2008: 31 projects-785 vols
Workcamp: Guang Dong 7( Chao Shan 2 / Guang Zhou 4/ Zhan Jiang 1) / Guang Xi5( Gui Lin 2/ Nan Ning 3) / Hu Nan 2/ Gui Zhou 1 / Yun Nan 5
Mini camps: Guang Dong( Chao Shan 2 / Guang Zhou 2/ Zhan Jiang 1)/ Guang Xi( Gui Lin 1/ Nan Ning 2) / Hu Nan 1


Offices and staffs:
Headquarter: JIA Volunteer Center, Kunming city,Yunnan Province
Guangzhou office, Guangdong Province
We have 7 staffs in total. (5Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
International Work camp by JIA

2.1. Introduction
We welcome you to join our work camps, sharing unforgettable time and creating fresh new age together! All campsites have nice nature, multiple culture, various minorities and tasty local snacks, so you will enjoy peaceful life and encounter the simple villagers of China. Maybe it will be a rare chance for you to know this mysterious country with long history.
　　

The common points of all work camps are such as follows:

How to apply:
How to apply and join the projects!?

A: Applying through the partners!!
Volunteers have to apply not directly to us, but through our partner Workcamp Organizations (WOs) of their own countries unless you live in China or in countries that have no partners. In this exceptional case, they need to send the application form to JIA. You can find partner WOs on the NVDA website (www.nvda-asiapacific.org)

B: How much should volunteers pay?
Volunteers have to pay the travel cost to/ from workcamps & the following registration & participation fee to JIA while food and accommodation during the projects are provided by JIA

*The above is for the volunteers from the developed countries, and for the volunteers from the developing countries, the fee they need to pay will be as much as the local volunteers’. If the volunteers want to join by groups, small discount will be considered.

C: The detailed information of the project
By 1-2 months before the projects, volunteers will receive “Information Sheets” (details of the project, what to bring, the meeting point, how to get there, etc.) together with “Acceptance Letter” and “JIA Volunteer Guide”, through the partner organizations.

D: Book the flights as soon as being accepted!
Please Don’t wait for the Information Sheets, otherwise you may miss economical flights! All workcamps in China, we will pick volunteers up from the airport, railway station or long- distance bus station. So, we advise volunteers to arrive / leave China at least a few days before/ after the projects also because volunteers should not expect so much sightseeing during the projects.(if you want to do it, please do it before/ after the workcamps!)

And it is quite possible to stay in the Youth Hostel, guest house, travelers’ hotel etc.(4-10 US$ per night) together with volunteers in the same workcamps before/ after the workcamps and we Chinese are very hospitable to foreigners; you can get a chance to do the home-stay! Why not? If you want they will accept u kindly and be your guide to travel around to enjoy the marvelous scenic sights and experience the diversified culture of the ethnic groups (For the details, wait for the info sheets!)


2.2. List of 2008 summer Work Camps in China

Province	Area	Camp Site	Camp Site	Camp Code	Cooperator
GuangDong	ChaoShan	BaiTengKeng School	School	JIA-GD0807-BTK(TEACH•CULT)
		LingHou	HD	JIA-GD0808-LH(SOCIAL)	FIWC Kanto-JP
	GuangZhou	GuangZhu	HD	JIA-GD0808-GZ(CONS)	QIAO-JP
		LongChuan	HD	JIA-GD0808-LC(CONS)	QIAO-JP
		TengQiao	HD	JIA-GD0808-TQ(CONS)	QIAO-JP
		ZiJin	HD	JIA-GD0808-ZJ(CONS)	QIAO-JP
		LongChuan	NC	JIA-GD0808-LC(CONS)
	ZhanJiang	ShiGangZhang	HD	JIA-GD0807-SGZ(CONS•TEACH)
		HaiFeng	HD	JIA-GD-0808-HF(CONS)	QIAO-JP
GuangXi	NanNing	BaGuan	HD	JIA-GX0808-BG(CONS•AGRI)	Kolpings-German
		ShanPoTang	HD	JIA-GX0808-SPT(CONS)
	GuiLin	PingShan	HD	JIA-GX0807-PS(ENVI•PEACE•AGRI)
		JiaPing	HD	JIA-GX0807-JP(CONS•PEACE•AGRI•TEACH )
		School	School	JIA-GX0807-DP (TEACH)
GuiZhou	GuiZhou	TuanJieXiang	NC		Shu Guang-HK
		XinZhong School	NC	JIA-GuZ0808-XZ(CONS•ARTS•TEACH)
YunNan	DaLi	ShanShiPing	HD	JIA-YN0807-SSP(CONS•AGRI)	Kolpings- German
		HuangCaoBa	HD	JIA-YN0808-HCB(CONS•AGRI)
		YuEr	HD	JIA-YN0807-YE(CONS•AGRI)
	KunMing	XiaoShuiTang	HD	JIA-YN0807-XST(CONS• AGRI)
	ChuXiong	BaiJiaTuan	HD	JIA-YN0807-BJT(AGRI)
		HuoShan	HD	JIA-YN0808-HS(CON)
	LinCang	MaYiDui	HD
	WenShan	MaLiuTang	HD
HuNan	XiangXi	GanZiPing School	School	JIA-HUN0808-GZP( CONS•TEACH )
		HeKu	HD	JIA-HUN0808-HK(CONS)	FIWC Kansai-JP
		ShaDuXi	HD	JIA-HUN0808-SDX(CONS)	QIAO-JP
		New CampSite	HD	Pending	FIWC Kyushu-JP
HuBei	HuBei	New CampSite	HD	Pending

Remarks: You can find the brief description of the workcamp with purple mark on P12


2.3. List of 2008 summer Mini Camps

Province	Area	Camp Site	Camp Site Type	Camp Code
GuangDong	GuangZhou	DaMao	HD	JIA-GD0807-DM
		ShaLiYuan	HD	JIA-GD0807-SLY
		QiangYuan	HD	JIA-GD0808-QY
		TanShan	HD	JIA-GD0807-TS
	ChaoShan	GanShiJing	HD	JIA-GD0807-GSJ
		XiKeng	HD	JIA-GD0807-XK
		ZhuGuAp	HD	JIA-GD0807-ZGA
GuangXi	NanNing	ShanHe	HD	JIA-GX0807-SH
		BaLan	HD	JIA-GX0807-BL
		LongZhou	HD	JIA-GX0808-LZ
	GuiLin	HanChong	HD	JIA-GX0808-HC

ENVI = Environment	CULT = Cultural projects	PHYS = Work with physically disadvantaged
ARGI = Agriculture	SOCI = Social work (*)	MENT = Work with mentally disadvantaged
CONS = Construction	ELDE = Work with elderly	KIDS = Work with children/ orphans
PEACE= Peace	RENO = Renovation	YOUTH= Work with youth TEACH=Teaching

* "Social work" means work with other types of people besides ELDE, PHYS, MENT and KIDS(e.g. Refugee, Homeless) OR work with various types of such people with special needs.

2008 Summer Work camp List
	Area (Province)	Date	Camp Code	Vol.
School	ChaoShan(GD)	15.Jul.-28.Jul.	JIA-GD0808-BTK(TEACH•CULT)	6
	XiangXi(HuN)	29.Jul.-11.Aug.	JIA-HuN0807-GZP(CONS•TEACH)	8
	BJ(Guizhou)	22.Jul.-4.Aug.	JIA-GZh0807XZ(CON•TEACH•ART）	10
Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)- Recovered village	Zhan Jiang(GD)	12.Jul.-25.Jul.	JIA-GD0807-SGZ(CONS•TEACH)	10
	GuiLin(GX)	17.Jul.-30.Jul.	JIA-GX0807-PS(ENVI•PEACE•AGRI)	10
	NanDan(GX)	6.Aug.-21.Aug.	JIA-GX0807-JP(CON•PEACE•AGRI•TEACH)	8
	NanNing(GX)	2.Aug.-18.Aug.	JIA-GX0808-BG(CONS•AGRI)	8
	DaLi(YN)	19.Jul.-2.Aug.	JIA-YN0807-SSP(CONS•AGRI)	10
	DaLi(YN)	17.Jul.-30.Jul.	JIA-YN0807-YE(CONS•AGRI)	10
	ChuXiong(YN)	21.Jul.–30.Jul.	JIA-YN0807-BJT(AGRI)	8
	XiaoShuiTang(YN)	18.Jul. -27.Jul.	JIA-YN0807-XST(CON•AGRI•TEACH)	10
	DaLi(YN)	9.Aug.-22.Aug.	JIA-YN0807-HCB(CON•AGRI)	10
GD=Gunagdong province; GX=Guangxi province; YN=Yunnan province; HuN=Hunnan province

Below is the mai information of each work camp, please check and find the camp you interested in


School
The situation of school is quite different in each area, so we show you the back ground and our aim in each school, please see the further information of each school workcamps below:


JIA-GD0808-BTK (TEACH•AGRI)
Date: 15.Jul.-28.Jul.

Bai Teng Keng Primary school lies in a mountainous area. There are 107 students in this school, most of whom are orphans or children who are left in the care of their grandparents. Most of them never stepped out of the village. Many of the children here have no chance to receive family education since their parents go to the city to work for a living. Up till then we have been hold twice 4days mini camp during the National Day in 2007 and winter days in 2008 which organized by the local Chaoshan Regional committee volunteers
· Teaching：This part will be our focus, including several aspects as follows: Convey the knowledge about many aspects, including protecting environment, ethnic culture, how to get well with the others, it give them a chance to receive more fresh and interesting knowledge from outside.
· Home Visiting: This part will give chance to get closer to the relatives of the students, knowing more about the students, and then try our best to help them improve their knowledge according to their different situations. So during the work camp we will organize some campers to visit the students’ home , in this way we are able to establish the files of students.
· Tea making: Most of the villagers have a good knowledge of making tea, the Chaozhou Tea Culture is very famous in China.

Location: BaiTengKeng School, GuiHu Town, ChaoZhou City, GuangDong Province
Accommodation: Sleep on the ground with sleeping bags and mats at the classroom
Special Qualification: good at Chinese are preferred
Volunteers: 20 from China and 6 from oversea
Camp fee: 200USD


JIA-HUN0808-GZP (CONS•TEACH)
Date: 29.Jul-11.Aug.

The school consists of the junior high school and the primary school with 700-800 students in total. As the school is far away from their home, most of the students have to live in school. Most residents support themselves through agricultural work, and many of the town's youth choose to leave and find work as manual laborers elsewhere in order to earn a living. As some parents leave home to find a job in the another province, some pupils just grow up with their grand parents .Most parents hope that their children begin working as manual laborers as soon as possible in order to earn money and help support the family. For the Health environment, students of Gan Ziping School do not even have access to the most basic need of drinking water. The school basically does not boil the water for students to drink. Students often drink water directly from the tap. We hope to influence the kids there through our action, and the kids will impact on their own family, finally the family would influence the whole community about the idea of public health and even education issues.

Work:
· Education plays a vital part in the developments of children, especially teenagers. Our analysis what we should help for the pupils this camp are the students about 80 students. We teach English course to light up their enthusiasm for the studying and Public Health knowledge to influence their public health habits for the rest of their lives.
· Meanwhile the volunteers will build the water boiler for the school to strengthen the health awareness.
· According to their different interest, we play basket ball /have handiwork course / dance / sing etc. with the teenagers to achieve peer education.

Location: Gan ZiPing School, Ji Shou City ,Hunan Province
Accommodation: one of the classrooms or the pupils’ dormitory
Special qualification: Volunteers know about the public health and Chinese are preferred
Volunteers: 20 from China and 8 from oversea
Camp fee: 200USD



JIA-GZh0807-XZ（CONS•TEACH）
Date: 22.Jul.-4.Aug.

Xinzhong elementary school is built on a mountain in 2002, so the temperature changes a lot from day to night. The school is covered by fog for almost 6 months in the winter and spring days every year. There are about 140 students aged from about 5 to 14 in Xin Zhong school, most of them are Miao minority, There are 8 teachers. Yunnan regional committee volunteers hold the first workcamp there in 2007 summer. We repaired the football ground and taught Chinese, Math , Physical culture, drawing.etc.

Work:
l Wall painting: We will paint both the inside and outside walls of the teaching building and dormitory, about 12 classrooms in all, with the students and teachers
l Wall drawing: we will draw some pictures on the wall of 2-3 classrooms which the junior students study in.
l Desks and chairs painting: we will paint the desks and chairs of the school
l Teaching: because of the lack of teachers who are good at art. The students there were only taught some simple songs. So we warmly welcome volunteers who are good at drawing, singing, dancing and acting etc. to join us so that we can try to make the kids’ life more colorful.

Location: Xinzhong elementary school, Weining town, Bijie City, Guizhou Province
Accommodation: Sleep on the ground with sleeping bags and mats in the classroom
Special qualification: good at wall drawing and Chinese
Volunteers: 20 from China and 10 from oversea
Camp fee: 200USD


Leprosy (Hansen’s disease)x affected Village
Some knowledge of Hansen’s disease(HD) and HDx affected village you should know before join the workcamp:

(Hansen’s disease)x affected Villages in China
What JIA calls HD (leprosy)x affected Villages are isolated villages based around HD hospitals built by the government, mainly in the 1960s. When MDT (multi-drug therapy) became available in China in the 1980s, the medical functions of HD hospitals gradually diminished. However, due to past and continued discrimination against HD Recovered people, the domiciles constructed around the hospitals remain in use. There are more than 600 HD Recovered villages in China housing over 40,000 people (the Health Ministry reports 21,000). Many people who have been cured of HD are still stigmatized and not welcome in their home villages. According to a report by the Chinese Health Ministry, “The disease has now been officially eradicated in China, but the villages remain partly because the patients were unable to rebuild their lives after being institutionalized for decades.” Many villagers farm animals and crops for a living. However, as many of them are over 60 years old and have severe disabilities, villagers struggle to farm. Some villagers have children or even grandchildren who are healthy (leprosy is not hereditary) and can help them farm. Sadly, stigma and poverty often prevent these children from having a real chance to get an education. Otherwise, villagers struggle to survive on meager government subsidies of between zero and 380 RMB (50 USD) per month. In May 2007, the National Development and Reform Commission of the Health Ministry pledged 276 million RMB ($35.9 million) to renovate the impoverished conditions of the nation’s HD Recovered Villages. The government not only plans to improve the infrastructure (houses, medical equipment, etc.) but also plans to merge existing villages.


About Hansen’s Disease

i. Nature
Hansen’s Disease (HD) is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium Leprae. HD mainly affects the peripheral nerves, the skin, and the mucous membranes. Formerly known as leprosy, the name ‘Hansen’s Disease’ honors Dr. Armauer Hansen, who discovered the bacterium in 1873.

ii. Difficult to infect and easy to curable
Before scientists developed effective medicines to cure HD, many countries quarantined HD patients in isolated areas. In 1981, scientists developed a highly effective multi-drug treatment (MDT) regimen that has since been used to cure the disease. The disease usually takes between 6-12 months to cure. Early detection and treatment is essential in preventing permanent damage. Hansen’s disease is not highly contagious.95% of people have natural immunity to HD. Even for the unfortunate 5%, HD is still difficult to contract as it is transmitted by direct, repetitive contact over a prolonged period of time.

We aim not just to improve their living condition, but also eliminate the discrimination toward HD through our action! Please see the further information of the HD-recovered village workcamps as follow:



JIA-GD0807-SGZ (CONS•TEACH)
Date:12.Jul.– 25.Jul

Some of the aged HD recovered villagers have their children and also grandchildren in Shigangzhang Village. At present, there are over 100 villagers there, 16 of those are kids or teenagers. Since most of the villagers’ old house haven’t been rebuilt for ages, the roofs of those are to some extent erodes by the termites or leaking. The First work camp in Shigangzhang was organized by the Chinese and Peace camp(Korea) in 2003, from that days, the Zhanjiang regional committee volunteers have hold work camp for 7 times in the every summer and winter holidays, we built Toilets/Kitchens /Repair Roof/Pave the wall ,etc. in these 5 years.
· Rebuild the roof: As the houses haven’t been repaired for ages, most of the roofs are eroded by the termites or leaking. We will try to rebuild one row of them this time during the work camp. Volunteers would cooperate with the local constructor and also supervised by them to finish our task.
· Teaching: They have seldom chance to see the outside world. Added the misunderstand on HD, they were called as” The progeny of HD affected people”, it make them live under a shadow, some of them even too shameful to go to school. They are so enthusiastic about the new things, like music or performance. Let them expose to some interesting extracurricular stuff to make their life more colorful.
· Home visiting: cause most of the villagers there are amputated, so it’s very inconvenient for them to walk outside, even part of them haven’s been out of the village for decades. During the work camp, we will visit the villagers, to chat, drink, make snack and play games with them.

Location: ShiGangZhang village, ZhangJiang City, GuangDong province
Accommodation: sleep on the ground with sleeping bags and mats at the spare room in the village
Volunteers: 15 from China and 10 from oversea
Camp fee: 200USD



JIA-GX0807-PS(ENVI• PEACE•AGRI)
Date：17. Jul.-30.Jul.

There are over 40 aged villagers whose average is 60 or so. Since 2004, we held the first work camp here with FIWC-KANSAI/KANTO volunteers and some Chinese volunteers. Up to now the number of work camps and the time we’ve been there is countless. The neighborhood and living condition has been improved a lot, the psychological situation of villagers has changed a lot, we volunteers has got along with villagers well and we just have been close like one family. But discrimination hasn’t been eliminated completely. They eager to communicate with the people equally. In order to improve the living condition of the villagers, we will try to make the villagers have the sense of environment protection. So we also will conduct some activities to protect the environment in the workcamp.
· Propaganda of HD: volunteers will travel Dayu County with the villagers, on the way they will try to propagator some knowledge concerning HD.
· Environment protection activities: there are lots of trashes and broken bottles which heaped in the village for long, added some villagers from other villages are building many houses there, the environment there has been polluted to some extent. We will conduct some activities like rubbish picking and rubbish classifying which would make the villagers to protect their environment. To deepen the sense of environment protection in minds. We will compete on who can use water as less as possible and also make rubbish as less possible etc.
· Farming: Because of the disabilities of most villagers, volunteers help to do the farm work;
· If it is a sunny day we will help them to do the washing and sun the quilts. We can communicate with the villagers through our action.
· View visiting: we will pay a visit to the relics of Dayu ancient town which has thousands of history, eco- agriculture demonstrable base and Gudong falls.

Location: Pingshan village, Guilin city, Guangxi Province
Accommodation：sleep on the ground with sleeping bags and mats at the spare room in the village
Volunteers: 16 from China and 10 from oversea
Camp fee: 150USD



JIA-GX0807-JP(CON•PEACE•AGRI•TEACH)
Date: 6.Aug. – 21.Aug.

The elder HD recovered villagers have their own children and grandchildren. At present, there are 45 people in the village; most of them are Yao minority. The recovered villagers are 28 whose average age is 60 or so, relatives are 28 (17 of them are kids). Recent years, with the effort of Emily Fund of Belgium and the government of China, the housing problem of the recovered villagers have been solved. In August of 2006, the Guilin regional work camp organizer and FIWC-KANSAI (Japan) conducted the first work camp on the toilets building project. In the following period, we held four work camps during our summer and winter vacation.

Work:
· Construction: in order to avoid that the muddy road in the rainy days which will make the disabled villagers more difficult to walk. We will pave the road with sands to make the road flat enough.
· Education: some kids are influenced by their parents are HD-recovered people, so they are discriminated by the school and outside world to some extent, we will try to built up their self- confidence by playing games with them and teaching.
· Propaganda of HD: campers and the recovered people go to fair together, use our own images and actions to tell people the right attitude towards HD.
· Farming work: every August is the harvest season for corn, we are supposed to help the villagers to gather, peel and sun the corn etc.
· The traditional festivals we will spend Chinese Valentine’s Day (August 7th) and Ancestor’s festival (August 14th) in the village.

Location: Jiaping village, Nandan City, Guangxi Province
Accommodation：Sleep with sleeping bags and mats on the ground of the spare room in the village
Volunteers：20 from China and 8 from oversea
Camp fee: 180 USD



JIA-GX0808-BG(CONS•AGRI)
Date: 2.Aug.-18.Aug.

There are 29 old persons living in Baguan village, who ever suffered the Hansen’s disease: the female 13, the male 16. Most of them are Zhuang minority; they speak Zhuang language, Cantonese, Han language. The first workcamp in Baguan was organized by the Nanning regional committee volunteers and FIWC-KANSAI (Japan). From 2005 to 2007, we have held 4 work camps in the village. And the people, who live in the near village, gradually accept them. The campers and the villagers become good friends. They often contract with each other. What we do not only can improve their life, but also eliminate the discrimination and let them feel the warmth.

Work:
l Paving the path which in front of houses flatly with cements, to make it more accessible for the disabled villagers.
l Helping harvest the Longan(fruit) in the summer season.
l Daily care and housework: help them clip nails, shampoo hairs and washing quits so that we can communicate with villagers through our action.

Location: BaGuang village in DaXin town, ChongZuo City, Guangxi province
Accommodation: Sleep with sleeping bag and mat on the ground of the spare room in the village
Volunteers: 16 from China and 10 from oversea.
Camp Fee: 150 USD



JIA-YN0807-SSP(CONS•AGRI)
Date: 19.Jul – 2.Aug.

The elder HD recovered villagers have their own children and grandchildren. There are around 80 people in this village and 65 of them are the HD-Recovered people. Most of them are BAI minority. There is plenty of land in the village and it brings an important income for the villagers from the product. But since most of the villager are old and have different degree of handicap. We hold the first work camp with Peace Camp-Korea on ground paving and teaching project in the spring 2007.

Work:
l Pave the ground;
l Farm work with the villagers
l Propaganda of HD: campers and the recovered people go to fair together, use our own images and actions to tell people the right attitude towards HD.
l Culture：Learn about the BAI minority.

Location: Shanshiping village in Eryuan County, Dali City, YunNan province
Accommodation: Sleep with sleeping bags and mats on the ground of the spare room in the village
Volunteers: 15 from domestic and 10 from oversea
Camp Fee: 150 USD



JIA-YN0807-YE(CONS•AGRI)
Date:17.Jul.-30.Jul.

The HD recovered villagers have their own children and grandchildren. At present, there about 50 people living in the village, the recovered villagers are 15 whose average age is 60 or so, relatives are about 40 (8of them are kids). We hold the first workcamp in summer 2007 by Dali local volunteers.

Work:
l Rebuild the roof: We will try to rebuild 3-4 roofs. Volunteers would cooperate with the local constructor and also supervised by the villagers to finish our task.
l Farming: Because of the disabilities of most villagers, we will do farm working with the villagers;

Location: Yuer village, Dali city, Yunnan province
Accommodation: Sleep with sleeping bag and mat on the ground of the spare room in the village
Special qualification: we need more male volunteers to join this workcamp.
Volunteers: 20 from China and 10 from oversea
Camp fee: 200USD



JIA-YN0807-BJT(AGRI)
Date: 21.Jul.–30.Jul.

There are about 38 HD-affected villagers whose average age is above 60. The earthquake of 1999 made all the houses toppled down. With the help of Macao related association, 30 houses were rebuilt. Although the living condition is comparatively good but the villagers there are still suffered the discrimination from outside. In the winter of 2008, volunteers of Yunnan province held a work camp for the first time.

Work：
l Farming: Because of the disabilities of most villagers, we will do farm working with the villagers;
l If it is a sunny day we will help them to do the washing and sun the quilts. We can communicate with villagers through our action.
l Home visiting: cause most of the villagers there are amputated, so it’s very inconvenient for them to walk outside, even part of them haven’s been out of the village for decades. During the work camp, we will visit the villagers, to chat, drink, make snack and play games with them.

Location: Baijiatun village, Yaoan town, Chuxiong city, Yunnan province
Accommodation: Sleep with sleeping bag and mat on the ground of the spare room in the village
Volunteers: 12 from China and 8 oversea
Camp fee: 180USD



JIA-YN0807-XST(CONS•AGRI•TEACH) Date: 18.Jul.-27.Jul.
There are more than 70 villagers there, 30 of them are recovered people who live with their children or grandchildren (7 children are schooling now). In the winter of 2007, the first work camp was conducted by volunteers from Peace camp (Korea) and Yunnan. Up till now, we’ve held 4 work camps and 3 mini camps which last 3-5 days there. In the summer of 2007, there was a family from Canada participated, after they back to Canada, they began to raise money to pave the road which lead to the village from the town nearby. 13th to 18th March, 2008, some volunteers from Yale, Yunnan University and Yunnan Agricultural University held a work camp which helped them pave the road.

Work:
l In order to improve the hygiene condition of the villagers and avoid the bugs or mosquitoes in the summer, we will clean up the escape canal of the village;
l Farm working with the villagers；
l Children’s education, through activities like singing, painting, dancing and games to build up their self- confidence

Location: Xiaoshuitang village, Hongxi Town, Mile County, Honghe city, Yunnan Province.
Accommodation: Sleep with sleeping bags and mats on the ground of the spare room in the village
Volunteers：15 from China and 10 from versea
Camp fee: 150 USD



JIA-YN0807-HCB(CON•AGRI)
Date:8.Aug.-21.Aug.

The elder HD-recovered villagers without children, there are 50 people in the village; most of them are Yi minority. In the winter of 2007, some Yunnan volunteers and KWCH of Choong Nam University, Korea joined the first work camp, and built the toilet for the villagers. Up to now, we’ve already held 3 work camps and 2 mini camps (3-5 days) there. We hope that our activities can help improve the living condition of the villagers, to let them have the sense to care their own neighborhood. Also we hope that we can eliminate the discrimination from outside to some extent, then to make the villagers truly become part of the local community.
There are no electricity.

Work:
· In order to make the disabled villagers to walk conveniently during the rainy days, we will pave a 100-meter-long cement road which from their houses to the toilet.
· In order to improve the hygiene condition of the villagers and avoid the bugs or mosquitoes in the summer, we will clean up the escape canal of the village.
· Through home visiting in groups, we can know better about the villagers and get to know some custom of Yi minority.
· Farm working with the villagers.

Location: Huangcaoba village, Fengyi town, Dili city, Yunnan province
Accommodation: Sleep with sleeping bag and mat on the ground of the spare room in the village
Volunteers：20 from China and 8 from oversea
Camp fee: 200USD


Some useful website:

Fly ticket booking: www.ctrip.com
Train schedule: www.cnvol.com
Yunnan info: www.ynta.gov.cn
China guide: http://www.synotrip.com/

See you in China 2008!