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U’R NOT ALONEZhuhai, CHINA
Public Welfare Project For Autism Children
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Catalogue
◆About UNA
☆What is autism
☆Our aim
☆Participants
☆Job description
☆Core benefits
☆Requirements
◆About Zhuhai, CHINA
☆Additional information
☆Quotes from former EPs
※About OCT
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◆About UNAU’r Not Alone(UNA) is a public welfare project for autism children.As the last 3 times, UNA4.0 will have 4 sections:experiencing activity, sharingactivity, charity sales, color run for autism.Time: 2015.2.28-2015.4.5 (GTM+8)City: Zhu Hai, China
☆What is autismAutism spectrum disorder(ASD) and autism are bothgeneral terms for a group ofcomplex disorders of braindevelopment. These disordersare characterized, in varyingdegrees, by difficulties insocial interaction, verbal andnonverbal communication andrepetitive behaviors.
ASD can be associated withintellectual disability,difficulties in motorcoordination and attention andphysical health issues such assleep and gastrointestinaldisturbances. Some personswith ASD excel in visual skills,music, math and art.
Click here to know more:http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism
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☆Our aim
√ Help arouse people’s awareness of autistic children in Zhuhai
√ Make the life of those kids and their family better
√ Enhance cross-cultural communication among citizens.
☆Participants
√ AIESECers from AIESEC SYSU（Sun Yat-sen University）
√ EPs
√ Buddies from SYSU
√ High schools and communities
√ Hotels and shopping malls
√ Doctors and experts on autism
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☆Job descriptionExperiencing activities:(a winter camp will be included)
√ Care for autism children.
√ Spend time with them.
√ Play with them.
√ Teach them some simple skills.
√ Design and participate in activities that can help
autistic children improve their skills and ability, suchas painting and making short plays, etc.
Sharing activities:
√ Set up a few English Corners to share
your stories and feelings to high schoolstudents and citizens in English.
Charity sales:
√ Hold and participate in a charity bazaar to
raise money for Autism Association.
Huge event:
√ Participate in the color run to raise money for autistic children.
√ Participate in a autism conference.
√ Promote a better understanding of knowledge of autism among people.
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☆Core benefits
√ Get to learn more about autism in China.
√ Know more about Zhuhai city. Know more about China.
√ Establish a heart-to-heart connection with autistic children.
√ Experience a different culture and promote your cross-cultural communication skills.
√ Create and strengthen your global network.
√ Enhance your sales and presentation skills.
√ Have something special on your future resume.
√ Gain an unforgettable and lovely memory.
☆Requirements
√ You should be responsible and patient,
as well as open-minded.
√ Good communication and self-express skills
√ Native English speaker preferred
√ Basic Chinese knowledge preferred
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◆About Zhuhai, CHINAYou are likely never to haveheard of Zhuhai – located inthe southwest of China’sPearl River delta, Zhuhai issouthern China’s best keptsecret. The name Zhuhaimeans Pearl Sea. It is wherethe Pearl River flows into theSouth Sea. Having just been asmall fishing village in the1970’s before being grantedSpecial Economic Zone (SEZ) status, Zhuhai was incorporated as a city in 1979.It’s growth since then has been remarkable – the quality of life as well aspopulation size have shifted significantly in the past 30 years.
Zhuhai lies along the zigzagging coast of South Eastern China, overlooking thevast expanse of blue water and undulating green hills in the north. Zhuhai isknown for its beautiful long coastline, waving palm trees, open spaces, lowpopulation density, and its many islands. Thanks to its excellent geographiclocation, clean air and warm climate, Zhuhai is regarded as one of the mostcomfortable places to live in China. With just 820,000 inhabitants in the cityproper and a total of 1.4 million in the metro region, Zhuhai is small by Chinesestandards. Zhuhai also features an extraordinary location for travel, in additionto sharing a border with Macau, it is a 70 minute ferry ride from Shenzhen andHong Kong – the flight hub of southeast Asia. So it serves as the gateway toMacau, as a tourist destination for Chinese, and as a playground forhedonistic Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan visitors who come for Zhuhai'swonderful tourism.Detailed information about the city and practicalities when living here can befound on http://wikitravel.org/en/Zhuhai.If you want to go sightseeing in Zhuhai, visit:http://wikitravel.org/en/ZhuhaiAlso, www.deltabridges.com/zhuhai has lots of useful information and listingsand for up to date info on social events.
Food:Citizens here still keep a tradition of “yum cha”,
which means having morning tea, but actually includeshaving many kinds of delicious dim sum.Weather:15~25℃，humid
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☆Additional information
√ You are required to bring your computer
√ Free accommodation provided
√ Fees for meals will be paid by yourself
√ You are required to arrive on 2015.2.26 (GMT+8)
☆Quotes from former EPs
“The important thing is, this project opens my eyes widely aboutchildren with autism, they are completely human, the rights aresame like normal human. Me as a human, I just doing my job as ahuman "what's the point of living". For me, the point of living ismaking benefit to our environment, peoples around me.That's why we are live.”
--Ben, Indonesia
“This project is awesome. The goals that were set really intended to givemeaningful impact to the Zhuhai community, especially the autistic peopleand their family. The activities planned are very compatible with thegoals set. I enjoyed doing them very much because of what we can do tohelp the autistic community. There were weaknesses in all of us but I stillfeel proud being a part in this project. I treasure the memories of thisproject and the people that I work with very much! “
--Ridhwan, Malaysia
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※About OCT
√ Jackie Lee（team leader）：
Email：[email protected]: leejackie1006
√ Yvonne Lee（OC EP）:
Email：[email protected]: live:justshan_1
√ Amber Yang:
Email：[email protected]: amberyang3545
√ Wing Lu:
Email：[email protected]: [email protected]
√ Sally Xie:
Email：[email protected]: xie.sally1
√ Simon Chen:
Email：[email protected]
√ Dubi Pang:
Email：[email protected]: dubi.aiesec
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“To accept something you don't know, to fight, to believe thatyou can change things.”
--the unlikely pilgrimage of harold fry
You are the one who can make a difference.And altogether we can make a great difference.Just join us!Tell us your story and create our story together!