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Education for children is one of the largest concerns for families in China \u2013 success in school can determine the future for the entire family. Because of this, children of all ages carry extreme levels of stress. Evergreen\u2019s youth programs support families by providing opportunities for students to step outside of the academic pressure to play with peers, explore new activities, and grow in life skills and character.<\/p>\n
Historically, Evergreen\u2019s work with youth has fallen into two categories:<\/p>\n
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Evergreen\u2019s Joy in the Journey Camp (JJ Camp) programs were adventure-based and interactive, providing a safe environment for youth to grow as whole people and make lifetime friendships. During school holidays, we offered a week-long overnight camp experience in Yangqu, giving kids a life-changing experience of adventure activities, zany games, and leadership development year after year. The majority of our campers returned many times, and our greatest joy was to see their growth from visit to visit, as well as the growth in the lives of each college-aged Chinese volunteer who joins the JJ Camp family. Also, the time spent together at camp carried over into the school year as, twice monthly, we invited campers, college-aged volunteers, and their friends to join us for activities in Taiyuan.<\/p>\n
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From the very beginning, our Founders were concerned about the education and healthy development of the children of expatriates working in Shanxi. Shanxi\u2019s economic development has benefited immensely from the contributions of foreign experts, but with no international school for their children, expatriate workers with families struggled to work long-term in the province.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Providing facilities, curriculum resources, and both local and expatriate teachers, Evergreen has worked hard over the last 30 years to meet the needs of the families of professional workers from around the world eager to work in Shanxi. On the donate page<\/a>\u00a0please choose \u201cProject\u201d and specify \u201cSEIS\u201d as the beneficiary.<\/p>\n \u00a0SEIS strives to:<\/strong><\/p>\n If you are interested in being part of this work, please contact us <\/a><\/strong>for more information.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”\/press\/donation-form\/” button_text=”Donate Now” button_alignment=”left” admin_label=”Donate Button” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#175e00″ button_border_color=”#2e8e0e” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off”]\u00a0 For over 15 years, Evergreen served hundreds of people of all ages six days a week through our Regional Educational Development (RED) Project in Yangqu. Our Community Center provided a library, family services, English classes, other educational activities and resources, social events, opportunities for volunteerism, and social work services for children and adults. To adapt to local changes, RED has now legally separated from Evergreen and continues to provide many of the services as before, though they function under a new name as a local non-profit organization.<\/p>\n We encourage donations<\/a>\u00a0to RED. You can donate funds to Evergreen<\/a>, and under “Project” designate “RED NPO” as the beneficiary.<\/p>\n\n
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