Month: March 2022

Sharon is a junior in high school who lives and mentors students in China as one of our foreign correspondents. While academically skilled at English, History, and Geometry, Sharon also enjoys writing and being involved in middle and high school plays. Some of her interests include reading, sword fighting, and playing Chinese chess. She encountered GYP through its program with her mother’s school, joining the online tutoring program at the beginning of 2021, when she was studying in a private school in Boston. After returning to China last summer, she continued to work with GYP and has since demonstrated excellence in tutoring and responsibility for student volunteering.

When asked about her students, Sharon tells me that she has tutored a pair of middle school twins in math, as preparation for a final exam. Living in Zunyi, Guizhou, Jiaqi Song, and Jiaying Song is part of a special GYP global program to support students with special needs. Diagnosed with thalassemia major as infants, the brave twins have undergone 10 years of blood transfusions, iron removal, and stem cell transplants. With both parents working tirelessly to support their medical needs, a full private education for their children wasn’t affordable. For this particular program, Sharon’s main role was to be a companion for the girls and remain informed regarding what was going on at school.

Sharon has also tutored a small group of five students in another program. First, she taught them basic English speaking comprehension with the help of a textbook. Then, they moved onto a particular discussion of her favorite series: The Chronicles of Narnia. In class, she would orally translate the English content into Chinese for the students, and then hand out vocabulary lists for them to study after class. Sharon tells me a little more about their discussions about the world of Narnia; “When we began Narnia, we talked for a long time about the Lion, Aslan. One student said he watched the Narnia movie and sent a classic scene to me. I was happy to teach them about English literature, which was not available in their school”.  

We at Global Youth Philanthropy are glad to have Sharon as a correspondent. A big part of our mission is to create more gateways into higher education by curating close mentorships within all global communities. As someone who has had to become accustomed to life in a different land, Sharon has been excellent at utilizing similar literary writings to connect with individual students and encourages them to keep on learning even while living in the midst of a global pandemic.

We hope that you or someone you know will take interest in working with us to uplift any child who could benefit from supplemental assistance and mentorship to boost educational growth.

By Romy Li in Boston

Eager to share and educate young learners everywhere, AnAn, a junior from Winsor School, shares her knowledge of the British Classics(beginning with the renowned William Shakespeare works) in a series of classes. Having tutored for around two years previously, she’s garnered plenty of experience in this field and has expressed interest in continuously fostering these essential English skills.

A pivotal aspect to understanding English– and hence being able to write, stems from the ability to dissect and apply its various rules. During her time spent with her students, AnAn observed “writing is really hard to understand when [students] don’t know grammar structures for instance or the reason behind such and why people write the way they do.” Thus, birthed the focus of her lessons: British literature, where the history and background of numerous authors come into play and provide insight into those key points.

Although initially, the students may struggle to unravel the enigma that Shakespeare’s writing is rather infamous to be, AnAn mentioned“his work is seen everywhere– many times you don’t even notice it.” The universal application of Shakespeare’s work is what makes his writing so prominent, and why so many high schools highlight them as a part of their agenda. Through reading such texts and digesting them, AnAn explained “helps them become better writers.”

Writing itself is globally utilized, a vital tool seen through a diverse array of occupational arsenals. In regards to the importance of writing, she emphasized “everyone needs to know how to write, even if you goto a seemingly completely unrelated career. For instance business, you may not associate math with writing but say you need to create a business proposal… youneed to write it.” AnAn further commented that a lot of younger learners aren’t aware of its direct impact, and she seeks to demonstrate and help them grow to become curious and questioning individuals in tandem with developing their writing.

Over the years, AnAn reflected upon her personal relationship-evolution in regards to writing. She recalled that before writing was one of the most difficult classes, most of which is attributed to the subjectiveness of the topic. “You don’t know what’sgood writing vs. bad writing, whereas something like math is morestraightforward… What I’ve come to learn is that writing doesn’t just apply to school, which was the biggest change in me. I hadonce thought that writing was purely a school-thing, but it’s truly a lifelesson.” The little tasks in life, be it an email, or the larger, be it an application, writing resides throughout all facets of life and AnAn treats her classes as a place to cultivate these monumental skills.

Reported by Theresa Fu, 10 grader from Lake Forest Academy, IL

We are looking for co-organizers and event sponsors,  please contact us for more details! 

The goal of GYP Art Show 2022:  to encourage and support young artists to contribute to their communities and to make better social impacts via art philanthropic projects.

Themes:  Healthy-Community- Family

The visual Art categories: 

painting（include oil, watercolor, acrylic),  ceramics, sculpture, origami,  photography, crafts, and others.

Young Artiest age:  5-18

Art Show Format: 

the combination of online and on-site shows in selected community libraries and senior living homes in the Boston area.

Event organizer:  Global Youth Philanthropy (USA)

Initial Application deadline:  April 30, 2022

Application Process: 

Step 1: Submit the application and

Step 2: submit artworks, photos of artworks, and a 1-minute video of the  artist talking (artwork ideas, artiest experiences, and inspirations)

Scheduled Art Showing dates:  from June 16 to August 15,  2022

All qualified participants will receive a certificate of GYP Art Show participation.   A certain number of students will receive GYP Young Artist Awards. 

Interested in this art show?  please scan QR code below, fill in the application form.   Contact email: <gyp20202021@admin