Huanan Peili School

You will be teaching in Huanan Peili School, which has around 400 students, aged between 6 – 18 years.

Your Project

Project Trust had its first Volunteers at the School in 2016/17. The School is located in Jiamusi, a prefecture-level city in eastern Heilongjiang province in the north east of China. 

Volunteers will assist students during classes with English oral practice, vocabulary, grammar, and after school reading clubs. There will also be opportunities to engage with sporting and other extracurricular activities.  

Jiamusi is situated on the border of the Heilongjiang Province, with Harbin on its west, Shuangyashan on its east. It is separated from Russia by the Wusuli River to the east and the Heilongjiang River to the north. 

Fuyuan Port is located at the area where the Heilongjiang and Wusuli Rivers converge. This is the only release for the waterways of Jiamusi City and Heilongjiang Province, and allows the water to run into the sea. The port faces Russia (across the river). Further downstream one will find the Russian cities of Komsomolsk and Nikolayev. 

Local attractions include, Honghe Nature Reserve; Jinjiekou – a community of the Hezhen indigenous group; Wofoshan Skiing Resort; and Sanjiang Nature Reserve. The area’s cuisine features many seafood dishes, and specialized clothing and ornaments are made of fish skin and bones. 

Jiamusi has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate, with long, bitter, but dry winters, and humid and very warm summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −18.0 °C in January to 22.5 °C in July, while the annual mean is 4.0 °C, and more than 60% of the year’s precipitation occurs from June to August. 

Accommodation

Volunteers will live on site in comfortable accommodation, with separate rooms.