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Volunteers in Asia
Mission: ". . . Increasing understanding between the United States and Asia."
In China since: 1980
Annual China budget: $20,000
Number of staff: national and 1 expatriate
International Contact:
Shannon Reynolds
P. O. Box 20266
Stanford, CA 94309 3F, 562 Salvatierra Walk
United States
Tel: +1 650 723-3228
Fax: +1 650 725 1805
Mailing Address:
PO Box 4543
Stanford
CA 94309
United States
Activities in Other Countries:
Indonesia, Japan Laos, Singapore Taiwan, Thailand, USA, Vietnam
Stanford university students who spent the summer of 1963 doing voluntary work among immigrant communities in Hong Kong founded this organization upon their return to the United States. At first, summer volunteer placements were arranged in Hong Kong and Macao, but VIA soon began sending students for two year’s service in other countries of East and Southeast Asia.
In 1980 a programme began on the Chinese mainland. Most VIA volunteers in China teach in universities and high schools, including Anhui Polytechnic University (Ma’anshan), Ou Yang Yu Experimental Middle School (Hengdong, Hunan), Guangzhou Handicapped School, Xining Normal University, and Beijing University of Science and Technology. The host institutions provide accommodation and a modest stipend for the volunteers.
In addition to these longer-term placements, VIA offers a summer programme for students to teach English to Tibetan high school students.
VIA also hosts university students from Asian countries for short-term cultural exchange programmmes. A group of eight Stanford students organize programs on topics such as the American class system, education system, and health care system.
VIA is mainly funded by foundations, by contributions to placement and travel costs that volunteers themselves make, and by individual donations. Around 30% of the programme costs are now met by individual donors, including many people who previously served as volunteers.
Links
http://www.viaprograms.org
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