Volunteer in Rural China for Libraries and Reading Education

May 20 – June 24, 2012 Apply online @ www.dreamcorps.org by Feb 19, 2012

Dream Corps is recruiting about 65 international volunteers to participate in its 2012 Summer Volunteer Program in rural schools (township elementary or middle schools) and villages of China. Volunteers will take part in activities that include:

• Establishing and developing libraries: decorations, cataloging books, electronic cataloging system set-ups, and library policy making.
• Reading programs: “Library Month”, “Reading Aloud”, “Science and Reading”, English Reading, and crafts.
• Understanding and learning from locals: communicating with the local teachers, home visits, community research, and promoting reading in the community.

The program consists of 4 days of training in Beijing, 3 weeks of volunteer work on assigned volunteer sites, and 3 days concluding forum in Beijing.

Please read the Call for Application PDF for more information. For additional questions regarding the application and volunteer selection process, please contact volunteer@dreamcorps.org.