We lead at least two trips each year, one in the summer and one in the spring. The summer trip occurs in early-mid August, while the spring trip takes place during Spring Break.
No Chinese knowledge is required to attend these trips!
Spring Trip
Timing: Yale Spring Break
Place: Fujian Province, China
You will be partnering with Yali High School students to teach English to rural elementary and middle schoolers. You will also get to explore the Tulou (土楼), a Chinese traditional communal residence unique to Fujian province, and learn about its history, culture and unique ecological sustainability pattern. On your way back, you'll stop by Shanghai, a global financial center and increasingly complex metropolis, where you will meet with Yale alumni and hear about their experiences in the country.
**On this trip, three Yalies are given the opportunity to serve as trip leaders, planning, organizing, and leading international travel for the trip members.
Timing: Yale Spring Break
Place: Fujian Province, China
You will be partnering with Yali High School students to teach English to rural elementary and middle schoolers. You will also get to explore the Tulou (土楼), a Chinese traditional communal residence unique to Fujian province, and learn about its history, culture and unique ecological sustainability pattern. On your way back, you'll stop by Shanghai, a global financial center and increasingly complex metropolis, where you will meet with Yale alumni and hear about their experiences in the country.
**On this trip, three Yalies are given the opportunity to serve as trip leaders, planning, organizing, and leading international travel for the trip members.
Summer Trip - FOR THIS YEAR'S SUMMER TRIP CLICK HERE!
Timing: Late Summer
Place: Zhejiang Province, China
A unique opportunity to travel to Qingyuan High School in Qingyuan County, Zhejiang Province to teach rural schoolchildren valuable life lessons and English. Building Bridges has established a long time partnership with the school, and students are given the unique opportunity to assess the impact of our work in the region for the past few years. In particular, we work to evaluate the effectiveness of last year's health education curriculum, which attracted interest from the local health ministries. Trip participants will have the opportunity to choose their teaching curriculum and to work with Chinese university students from partner schools (Tsinghua, HKU, Jiaotong University, etc.).
**On this trip, two Yalies are given the opportunity to serve as trip leaders, planning, organizing, and leading international travel for the trip members.
**Reminder to Light Fellows
The Summer Break trip will be extremely convenient and inexpensive for those of you already planning to stay in China on the Light Fellowship. Many Light Programs end right before the BB summer trip begins so you'll be able to transition to the trip easily. Additionally, if your program ends later or if you need to leave early, feel free to contact us and we can try to work something out!
Timing: Late Summer
Place: Zhejiang Province, China
A unique opportunity to travel to Qingyuan High School in Qingyuan County, Zhejiang Province to teach rural schoolchildren valuable life lessons and English. Building Bridges has established a long time partnership with the school, and students are given the unique opportunity to assess the impact of our work in the region for the past few years. In particular, we work to evaluate the effectiveness of last year's health education curriculum, which attracted interest from the local health ministries. Trip participants will have the opportunity to choose their teaching curriculum and to work with Chinese university students from partner schools (Tsinghua, HKU, Jiaotong University, etc.).
**On this trip, two Yalies are given the opportunity to serve as trip leaders, planning, organizing, and leading international travel for the trip members.
**Reminder to Light Fellows
The Summer Break trip will be extremely convenient and inexpensive for those of you already planning to stay in China on the Light Fellowship. Many Light Programs end right before the BB summer trip begins so you'll be able to transition to the trip easily. Additionally, if your program ends later or if you need to leave early, feel free to contact us and we can try to work something out!
Questions? Want to apply? Contact us!