After a long selection, wait and long journey, eight students from Madao primary school, Liuba county, Shaanxi province finally started the colorful learning life of the ninth BEST Fund Summer Camp at the Shanghai Giraffe English Training Center.

Character Education - Fairness fills the world with love

Children's first week theme is fairness. By watching videos, participating in activities, and listening to in-depth explanations from the teachers, they gradually understood the meaning of this outstanding word. Then the warm power of caring for each other, uniting and cooperating took root in their small hearts. Of course, in this process, children also easily learned many English words related to it.

Amazing Lab - Practice is the best teacher

Learning by doing in the amazing laboratory, the students’ learning is no longer a tedious task, but a gorgeous adventure. Under the leadership of the teacher, the young students of Liuba showed their skills and had a good time.

Instruments making - A new experience in teaching and learning

Studying happily and tasting the fun of knowledge are the children’s deepest feeling after coming to the Giraffe English Training Center. They all fell in love here and would like to learn more.

Graffiti wall - Creation beautify life

Beauty is the source nourishing the soul, and illuminating the normal life. Learning to discover beauty, create beauty, feel beauty, and add color to a boring life is a topic that children need to face in their lives and will accompany them through a long life.

Storytelling - Knowledge is everywhere

Knowledge is everywhere, and there are profound truths in little stories. The teachers of the Giraffe English Training Center sowed the seeds of knowledge in the children's little hearts with a relaxed and pleasant way, and made them understand the importance of choosing a learning method.

Date with the Aquarium - Explore the fantasy world

After a week’s lessons, the children started their long-awaited trip to the aquarium. Early in the morning, they were led by “brother” Lin Mu, a volunteer of the BEST fund and teachers to the Shanghai Oceanarium to explore this blue fantasy world.

The eye-opening experience of discovering various forms of fish, sea turtles, beautiful starfish and other sea creatures made children from the mountains dizzy. They finally had the opportunity to have a close contact with these friends from another world. They took pictures and haunted brother Lin Mu to ask questions in order to learn more about them.

Q: What is the BEST Fund?

A: The BEST Fund started in June 2009. Tewa Srilaklang (chairwoman of the Beijing Liang Dian Design Center), Tang Zhi (chairman of Shanghai Giraffe English Training Center), and Dominique Phommahaxay, general manager of LDPi Lighting Design Partnership International (China Branch) teamed up with primary schools in Liuba County, Shaanxi Province to annually select outstanding students in financially challenged rural area and send them to the Giraffe English Training Center in Xuhui District, Shanghai for a unique 1-month summer camp. This self-organized public welfare education project has also received great attention and support from the Liuba County Education and Sports Bureau.

Q:What is the purpose of the BEST fund?

A: The BEST Fund is a reward fund for English learning. Its purpose is to focus on the education of children in remote mountainous areas, to allow children to increase their knowledge and learn English, and to motivate them to study harder. Set great ambition to go out of the mountain area and change destiny with knowledge.

Q: How to join the BEST Fund?

A: To join the BEST Fund, please call 139-1137-8140 (same number with WeChat), Ms. Wu.