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Read our new booklet about the education at YID.

Volunteers work with children and poor farmers in Yunnan, China. Educational program (in English) includes learning Chinese language.

Chinese development instructor Hika sent a report from India telling us what she experienced in the project "Academy for street and working children Gurgaon, HUMANA People to People" in March 2008

Hi, I’m Ryu Hyun-ok from Korea. We need caring and responsible volunteers.Don’t hesitate! You are always welcomed.

Ayako from Japan and I went to the Feijia elementary school to train the two new preschool teachers in Aguhei and Duozhe.

Last week I stayed in Haiwei for one week. And this is my third project week. Haiwei will be my project area for next 5 months, but I still have not been to Haiwei, and I know only little about it. I was wondering how I can stay there for 5 months?

how is the daily life of normal people, how is the program of Chinese spring festival?

YID is the perfect place to do the Specific part of Camp Future. Why, you might ask?

My experience in the project area. Study and work with DIs from the May 2006 team.

By Giulia Fabris, Jan/Feb team,2006

First week of February we collected clothes for the children in Daxi. Read the report from Thomas, present Development Instructor in China.

Henna and Jeanette have spent 6 months in Botswana in southern Africa. The job was to educate about how to control AIDS. In Botswana 40% of the population is infected!!

Creating partnerships and seeking joint development efforts with many partners is an essential part of making changes for the better.

26th of December we held a seminar for 90 farmers, training them about how to earn an extra income growing walnut trees.

Finished the DI training program in CICD and volunteer work for TCE project in Africa, now Giselle is a teacher in YID.

Welcome to join our new September team 2008. The studies at YID go hand in hand with the actions in project areas. The team lasts 11 months......

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I come from Italy, to be specific from Sardinia, a beautiful island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. I’m 26 years old and before I came to Yuxi I was a student in the University of Cagliari

The clouds are hanging in-between the green mountains like giant soft cotton balls. But unlike cotton balls they are creeping up the mountain slowly and soon we are enveloped by them.

Brief Introduction of Team September, 2005

I have been in Zambia over one month, I got this opportunity to use internet today on occasionally.

Only 4 months here , I learned and experienced a lot which I never tried before.

A 4 year old boy from one of our Preschools needed an operation - so with coordinated help also from people from Yuxi, he is now cured and happy!

Report from Lifei,Team January ,2005

YID organized a series of activities to spread
knowledge about HIV/AIDS to the public.

Liu Ran had just arrived to YID when she got involved in the AIDS activities around 1st of December 2004. Read her story.

First of all, thank you so much for letting us spend a week with you and your team. It has been a valuable experience and it was also a lot of fun!

Janni - SunYanYing - has returned after 6 months as a Development Instructor in Zambia. Read her experiences.

We have just finished the training seminar for Preschool teachers. Read the report from Thomas, present Development Instructor in China.

Yunnan Institute of Development DRH lies in the town of Yuxi in Yunnan Province in Southwest China. The province is known for its natural wealth and beauty. Shangri La - or whatever it is called in Chinese - lies here as well.