Working as a Volunteer in China is a challenging and ambitious opportunity. Hutong School will provide you with a wide range of services and is the ideal opportunity for you to:

• Discover and improve your social skills
• Instill a value of giving and caring where people really need your help
• Learn an important language that every fifth person in the world speaks

Improve your environment and impress future employees by doing all this at once!

The Hutong School Volunteer Program at a glance

The lenght of your stay in Beijing is up to you (minimum 3 months). During this time Hutong School will:

• Teach you the Chinese language, including NGO-jargon such as how to help people and work with administration
• Introduce you to the specifics of NGO work in China
• Organize NGO discussion rounds for you to introduce yourself and decide which NGO you would like to work for
• Introduce you to the different fields of the NGOs (e.g. migrant children, animal rights, AIDS prevention, etc.)
• Contribute to you having the time of your life in Beijing!

Hutong School assures that you will be optimally prepared for your     NGO work and therefore enjoy your time in Beijing!

                                        Hutong School Service

Included in the program are amongst others:

• Accomodation
• 30 hours/week of Chinese classes, NGO focus
• Cultural activities
• Practical assistance
• Airport pick-up
• Additional services, such as support with Chinese visa application, registration in Beijing, travel inquiries, ticket booking, etc.
• Introduction rounds at partner NGOs
• Regular organization of NGO activities in the weekends
• Donation to NGO for which you will work

                         Who can take part in the Volunteer Program?

Whether you want to gain work experience in a NGO, use your gap-year or contribute to the welfare of nature and reduce the disparities between poor and rich, this could be the program for you. The Volunteer Program is open to any applicant, regardless of nationality, gender or race. Minimum required age is 18 years old.

                        Starting dates for the program are for 2010:

• June 7^th       2010
• July 5^th         2010
• August 2^nd   2010
• October 4^th  2010

                                              Program Price

The price of the program is 3,290 Euro for 3 months. Of this amount Hutong School will give a donation of 15% to the partner for which you will start working.

                    How can I apply for the Volunteer Program?

Fill out the online application form and we will get back to you with a suitable schedule for you to learn Chinese in line with your preferred starting date, lenght of stay and your Chinese level. Application is free of charge.

                                                       FAQs

 Why Volunteering?

You can:

• Share your talents with others
• Help the environment
• Instill a value of giving and caring where people really need your help
• Be more than a tourist whilst exploring an exciting culture
• Discover and improve your social skills
• Impress your future employees

There are many more reasons to Volunteer. Check out what other Volunteers say...

Why Volunteering in China?

Every fifth person in the world is Chinese. And as China is a prospective leading economic power with an interesting and constantly growing internal market for international concerns, Beijing's population grows by half a million inhabitants every year. This corresponds to a growth of a medium metropolis. Every year unemployment and poverty increases, as well as pollution.

Volunteering in China will help you to gain a really important life experience! Beijing is a wondrous city where ancient culture mingles with the vibrant life of a modern metropolis. Nowhere else in the world can two such stark contrasts be found. Furthermore Volunteering will give you the possibilty to do something different from school/job/university. You will be able to improve your social skills as well as learning new skills and an important language while helping your environment. Thereby you will surely impress your future employees!

Why pay for Volunteering? What am I paying for?

• Hutong School works full time to build partnerships and recruit, support, and manage volunteers. The fee paid by Volunteers covers a number of services and means that no costs are passed onto the local NGOs themselves.
• Many international volunteers have never travelled overseas. Hutong School provides them with a wide range of support.
• In addition you pay for the accomodation and Chinese classes.

And please do not forget: NGOs are non-profit organizations; therefore they put all their efforts on their projects.

PS: Feel free to contact us at any time if you want more information! We are looking forward to your response :-)