Changing Worlds has been sending volunteers to Shandong province in North East China for the last four years. Our volunteers mainly teach english language to primary school children. In return volunteers are taught Mandarin Chinese through the teachers.
Jack, the Changing Worlds representative, has sent us a video link about Nashan.
Most of volunteers either teach in the city called Yantai (city number 26 in the old communist speak!) or in the neighbouring (up and coming) town of Nashan.
Jack writes:
Dear David,
Now we have uploaded the following video clip of Nanshan online for volunteers to watch for free. I hope you could remember from your previous visit to Nanshan.
THIS IS NANSHAN!
Enjoying watching this video from Yantai.
Regards.
Jack
Enjoy!
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Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Changing Worlds announces our Xmas photo competition
To learn more about our new photo competition please hit this link:
http://www.changingworlds.co.uk/Home.aspx?vurl=%2f%2fRoot%2fContent%2fCompetitions%2fHoldingpage
Good luck with the competition!
Changing Worlds wishes you a very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2010.
http://www.changingworlds.co.uk/Home.aspx?vurl=%2f%2fRoot%2fContent%2fCompetitions%2fHoldingpage
Good luck with the competition!
Changing Worlds wishes you a very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2010.
Friday, 4 December 2009
Alice provides insight in to her journalism placement to India
Alice went to India with Changing Worlds last year.
She completed a three month placement with us on a journalsim placement to Chennai.
She writes:
'Here is my small advice for anyone planning on the journalism placement...I hope its helpful in anyway!
the Expresso section of the New Indian Express is small, friendly and very approachable. They´ll give you a chance to try subbing some articles and of course to write your own and take photographs. There is a weekly meeting on Tuesdays when it is best to have a few ideas for stories up your sleeve as it is very much a case of you get what you give - no story ideas means you won´t be writing any stories! They will of course occasionally send you on assignments but you have to bug the other reporters to give you assignments as occasionally, given the busy nature of a newspaper, they do tend to forget about the interns! The bottom line is it is up to you how much you do but it´s a great oppurtunity to really get to know Chennai and learn about living and working in a big city as more or less you are totally responsible for yourself.
they are very happy for you to take time off from the newspaper to travel if you haven´t much oppurtunity afterwards. Frustratingly your days off given are Thursday and Saturday which sometimes puts paid to taking a weekend off although they are very relaxed about time off. I managed 2 separate weeks away (one to Kerala and one to Gokarna - both highly recommended!) and a couple of long weekends which were brilliant - save the hill stations for when it gets hotter as they are a great place to cool off away from the Chennai heat! (I would definitely recommend using the trains to get around not buses. and to book trains go and book them direct at Central station in the foreign tourist booth - all you need is your passprt and they make it very easy!)
Back in Chennai, you will most likely be living in the Thirumangalam/Anna Nagar/Mogappair areas. Everything seems a bit of a shock when you arrive but I got really fond of my neighbourhood. Living as a paying guest is great because it makes you feel very independent and also sharing with Indians - there is no better way to understand a country better. Not easy start with of course coming from a totally and utterly different culture but if you keep yourself open it´s very easy to slip into a routine. you get used to using the buses (D70 was the bus that took us to work in the mornings) and share autos and I walked a lot because it was the best way to get your bearings. Nungambakkam (bus M147C goes there from Ambattur Estate Road) is one of the nicest areas if you want somewhere to meet friends at a cafe and a good place to meet other expats. Egmore is also nice and has a great material market on Cotton Street which is just beyond the government museum. Food is good and cheap everywhere (eat where Indians go - it´ll always be best and ask for recommendations!) and making friends with other reporters at the newspaper is great - we got invited to peoples houses for ´proper´homecooked indian food - best way to eat!
Whatever happens it is an experience never to be forgotten and because it really is what you make it even if your not having a great day you just have to think í´m in india´and open your eyes to whats around you. Enjoy!
I hope that´s Ok, if there´s anything else you want me to add in let me know! Of course - I forgot about the cricket. it must be a welcome distraction! I can´t imagine how hot it must be. I´m currently in the highlands in Bolivia where temparatures can reach below freezing at night!
Have you heard from any of the other interns. I hope they´re all doing ok (I hear from Jess and Poppy now and again and it sounds like they are having a great time!). I hope you and Grace are well,
all the best,
Alice'
Alice worked as a trainee journalist at the New Indian Express in Chennai. As you can read this provided her with an excellent insight in to how a real newspaper works.
The New Indian Express is an English language newspaper produced six days a week (excludes Sunday). Most of the volunteers start work in the features section of the magazine before going on to more regular slots in the newspaper itself.
She completed a three month placement with us on a journalsim placement to Chennai.
She writes:
'Here is my small advice for anyone planning on the journalism placement...I hope its helpful in anyway!
the Expresso section of the New Indian Express is small, friendly and very approachable. They´ll give you a chance to try subbing some articles and of course to write your own and take photographs. There is a weekly meeting on Tuesdays when it is best to have a few ideas for stories up your sleeve as it is very much a case of you get what you give - no story ideas means you won´t be writing any stories! They will of course occasionally send you on assignments but you have to bug the other reporters to give you assignments as occasionally, given the busy nature of a newspaper, they do tend to forget about the interns! The bottom line is it is up to you how much you do but it´s a great oppurtunity to really get to know Chennai and learn about living and working in a big city as more or less you are totally responsible for yourself.
they are very happy for you to take time off from the newspaper to travel if you haven´t much oppurtunity afterwards. Frustratingly your days off given are Thursday and Saturday which sometimes puts paid to taking a weekend off although they are very relaxed about time off. I managed 2 separate weeks away (one to Kerala and one to Gokarna - both highly recommended!) and a couple of long weekends which were brilliant - save the hill stations for when it gets hotter as they are a great place to cool off away from the Chennai heat! (I would definitely recommend using the trains to get around not buses. and to book trains go and book them direct at Central station in the foreign tourist booth - all you need is your passprt and they make it very easy!)
Back in Chennai, you will most likely be living in the Thirumangalam/Anna Nagar/Mogappair areas. Everything seems a bit of a shock when you arrive but I got really fond of my neighbourhood. Living as a paying guest is great because it makes you feel very independent and also sharing with Indians - there is no better way to understand a country better. Not easy start with of course coming from a totally and utterly different culture but if you keep yourself open it´s very easy to slip into a routine. you get used to using the buses (D70 was the bus that took us to work in the mornings) and share autos and I walked a lot because it was the best way to get your bearings. Nungambakkam (bus M147C goes there from Ambattur Estate Road) is one of the nicest areas if you want somewhere to meet friends at a cafe and a good place to meet other expats. Egmore is also nice and has a great material market on Cotton Street which is just beyond the government museum. Food is good and cheap everywhere (eat where Indians go - it´ll always be best and ask for recommendations!) and making friends with other reporters at the newspaper is great - we got invited to peoples houses for ´proper´homecooked indian food - best way to eat!
Whatever happens it is an experience never to be forgotten and because it really is what you make it even if your not having a great day you just have to think í´m in india´and open your eyes to whats around you. Enjoy!
I hope that´s Ok, if there´s anything else you want me to add in let me know! Of course - I forgot about the cricket. it must be a welcome distraction! I can´t imagine how hot it must be. I´m currently in the highlands in Bolivia where temparatures can reach below freezing at night!
Have you heard from any of the other interns. I hope they´re all doing ok (I hear from Jess and Poppy now and again and it sounds like they are having a great time!). I hope you and Grace are well,
all the best,
Alice'
Alice worked as a trainee journalist at the New Indian Express in Chennai. As you can read this provided her with an excellent insight in to how a real newspaper works.
The New Indian Express is an English language newspaper produced six days a week (excludes Sunday). Most of the volunteers start work in the features section of the magazine before going on to more regular slots in the newspaper itself.
Friday, 30 October 2009
Congratulations to Azafady
Congratulations to Mark Jacob and the Azafady team on this news!
Dear Friend of Azafady,
We wanted to give you a short update on everything going on with Azafady this October. We have some exciting developments with Pictet & Cie, a leading private Swiss Bank, who have chosen to support Azafady as part of their commitment to the Pictet photography prize and global sustainability. The Prix Pictet is an annual search for photographs which communicate powerful messages of global environmental significance under the theme, this year, of 'Earth'. And, for 2009, Pictet & Cie will support Azafady's Voly Hazo project that aims to preserve the earth from degradation and the eventual desertification that is seen so widely in Madagascar, with a programme of tree planting and conservation of the natural forest.
We wanted to give you a short update on everything going on with Azafady this October. We have some exciting developments with Pictet & Cie, a leading private Swiss Bank, who have chosen to support Azafady as part of their commitment to the Pictet photography prize and global sustainability. The Prix Pictet is an annual search for photographs which communicate powerful messages of global environmental significance under the theme, this year, of 'Earth'. And, for 2009, Pictet & Cie will support Azafady's Voly Hazo project that aims to preserve the earth from degradation and the eventual desertification that is seen so widely in Madagascar, with a programme of tree planting and conservation of the natural forest.
Mark and his team
One of the short listed photographers for the Prix Pictet, Ed Kashi, has been commissioned to visit Madagascar with the Azafady team in order to produce a series of photographs that will highlight many of the issues that we are focusing on in this unique and endangered environment. Ed Kashi will visit Madagascar in January with an exhibition of his work following in the Spring. Please see the press release below for more information on the Prix Pictet.
This is really exciting news for everyone at Azafady, so we hope you will share in our excitement and keep in touch with everything going in Madagascar and with Azafady. We have recently launched a new blog at: www.azafady.us/blog and, if you are not already, please do become a facebook fan of Azafady at: www.facebook.com/AzafadyMadagascar - where there are lots of updates, pictures and news from our projects in Madagascar.
Finally, thank you all for your continued support of Azafady and our work in Madagascar.
Best wishes,
Mark
Mark Jacobs
Managing Director
Azafady Studio 7 1a Beethoven Street London, W10 4LG Telephone +44 (0) 20 8960 6629 Fax +44 (0) 20 8962 0126 Email mark@azafady.org Internet www.madagascar.co.uk
Skype Azafadyoffice
Become a fan of Azafady on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AzafadyMadagascar
Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/azafady
Mark and his team are working really hard to improve the quality of life for the peoples of Madagascar. To find out more about their volunteering options do hit:
http://www.changingworlds.co.uk/default.aspx?qlink=MadagascarOverview
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
A big thanks to all those who completed the photo competition
Our first photo competition has been a big success.
We have been overwhelmed with the number of entries.
The winner of the competition is to be announced on Friday 23 October 2009. We will inform the winner via e-mail.
A very big thank you to all entries.
We will be creating a new competition in the not too distant future. Watch this space!
We have been overwhelmed with the number of entries.
The winner of the competition is to be announced on Friday 23 October 2009. We will inform the winner via e-mail.
A very big thank you to all entries.
We will be creating a new competition in the not too distant future. Watch this space!
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Launch of the 1st Changing Worlds Competition
Hello all,
We are delighted to announce the launch of the first ever Changing Worlds Photo of the Month Competition!
We have selected 4 photos that have been sent in by past volunteers that we are now asking the general public to vote on. The winning photo will become the face of Changing Worlds for November including Twitter, Facebook, our monthly newsletter and of course a profile of the winner on here.
Just by voting you will be entered into a free prize draw to win a travel guide of your choice. This could be for a trip you are planning or just to provide you with an insight into a country of interest. We don't go anywhere without one!
All you have to do is follow the following link to view the photos in full size and cast your vote.
http://bit.ly/oB3HV
We are delighted to announce the launch of the first ever Changing Worlds Photo of the Month Competition!
We have selected 4 photos that have been sent in by past volunteers that we are now asking the general public to vote on. The winning photo will become the face of Changing Worlds for November including Twitter, Facebook, our monthly newsletter and of course a profile of the winner on here.
Just by voting you will be entered into a free prize draw to win a travel guide of your choice. This could be for a trip you are planning or just to provide you with an insight into a country of interest. We don't go anywhere without one!
All you have to do is follow the following link to view the photos in full size and cast your vote.
http://bit.ly/oB3HV
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