LESSONS OF RURAL CHINA

- A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

EXPERIENCE

EVERY OTHER child on this planet is living in poverty 121 million children are not receiving schooling of any type On average, 22,000 children die each day because of poverty.

The Curriculum: The Summer Service Learning Program 1) “Public project aimed at alleviating China’s poverty-stricken areas” 2) “Eliminate poverty by spreading knowledge” 1) “Public project aimed at alleviating China’s poverty-stricken areas” 2) “Eliminate poverty by spreading knowledge”

SSLP’s Reach 966 learning centers have been established A total of 924 counties are participating in the program Since 2006, 1474 Tsinghua students and 282 American students have been sent to rural regions of China Currently, 23 American Universities are participants in the program The plans for 2011 include sending 70 American students to Beijing to collaborate with 150 Tsinghua students who will then be deployed to a total of 30 counties around the map

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