Youth Ambassador Program for Minorities - 2011

Want to have a meaningful and fruitful summer? Want to make friends from different parts of the world? Here comes the chance! Collaborate with elites from top universities in China and the United States and have a better understanding about the minority cultures in China.

Program details

TECC (Technology & Education: Connecting Cultures) is currently recruiting students from tertiary institutions in Hong Kong as volunteers for the Youth Ambassador Program for Minorities (YAPM) 2011.

With the rapid modernization of China, the distinctive cultures of ethnic minorities are diminishing in many provinces. We need your help to arouse the local youths there about the value of their cultures and teach them to conserve their own cultures which are vulnerable to city invasion.

Successful applicants will have a chance to lead a group of mainland youths to explore the local culture in the respective areas through several kinds of research methods with the support from local government and education institutions. They can also work with other volunteers from the Stanford University, Peking, Tsinghua, Shanghai Fudan, Shanghai Jiaotong University for around 2 weeks during July and August. This year our program will be conducted in Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Gansu and Tibet province.

Briefing Session

A briefing session will be held on 28th March 2011 (Monday) at the City University of Hong Kong (Room G5-215) from 7:30pm - 9:30pm. Introduction of our organization and YAPM, as well as the selection criteria of the volunteers will be covered. There will also be sharing of the past volunteers of YAPM. If you are interested, please reserve a seat by filling the online registration form at http://briefing.teccultureshk.org)

Interested students could apply now by filling in the application form and return by email on or before 4th April 2011 17:00HKT. Short listed candidates would be invited to an interview and successful candidates would become the ambassadors from Hong Kong this year. The administration fee for this program is HKD50. Volunteers are responsible for the expenses on their transports and insurances. For details please refer to the Q&A section.

Application details:

Students who are interested should complete and return the application form (available at here) to (yapm@teccultureshk.org) by 5:00pm, 4th April 2011.

All full time tertiary students in Hong Kong are eligible to apply. Students must be able to communicate well in both English and Putonghua.

The timeline for the application process is as follows: