Interviewing local residents to learn Sichuan dialect and get to know about Shuimo town
採訪當地居民學習四川話及了解水磨鎮

Stanley Ho East Asia College (SHEAC) organised the Sichuan summer service-learning programme for the 5th consecutive year. With the helpful support of Qichuang Social Work Service Centre, and led by Resident Fellows Dr. Sancia Wan and Mr. Edmond Yeung, 15 students from different academic backgrounds joined the 15-day trip to Wenchuan, Sichuan. The delegation’s footprints covered Shuimo Town, Xianfengyan Village, Xuankou Town, Yingxiu Town, Dujiangyan City, and Chengdu City. Through self-designed lessons and activities, teamwork, community service and study tours, the students served to learn and learned to serve. This project was executed based on the policy guidelines “Youth Voluntary Poverty Alleviation Programme” of the Macao SAR Government.

Voluntary teaching in Bayi Primary School
在八一小學進行義教

The service-learning programme consisted of two parts: service and study tours. The service activities included voluntary teaching in Shuimo Bayi Primary School and Shuimo Middle School (Tibetan bilingual classes), Children’s Day fun fair event in the primary school, health seminar and community fun fair event in Xuankou Town, visits to the elderly and families with children in poverty, as well as film screening and community banquet activities held for villagers and elderly in the remote village Xianfengyan.

Visiting poor families and their kids on the Children’s Day 在兒童節期間探訪貧困家庭

After the major service activities, the group visited Yingxiu Town, the epicenter of the 2008 Sichuan Great Earthquake, and paid tribute to the victims of the devastating disaster. They gained an understanding of the history and enjoyed the nature of the region through cultural tours in the World Heritage Dujiangyan Irrigation System and the Qingcheng Mountain scenic area.

On the whole, the participating students and teachers all hoped that the service and activities they provided might bring something different and positive to the local communities and people. The local partners, including social workers, teachers and community leaders, and the villagers both offered encouraging feedback and looked forward to another visit of SHEAC students in the near future.

(For details, please read the Chinese version.)

 

 

第五屆四川汶川服務學習計劃──別樣的旅途讓學生和當地人們相遇、相知

Guided tour in the epicentre of the Sichuan Great Earthquake in Yingxiu Town
到訪四川大地震震中映秀鎮

何鴻燊東亞書院連續第五年與汶川啓創社會工作服務中心合作舉辦四川汶川水磨暑期服務學習計劃。來自不同專業的15名東亞書院學生,由書院導師溫慧珊博士和楊偉剛老師帶隊,於2018年5月22日前往四川,開展爲期十五天的四川服務學習之旅,足跡遍及汶川縣水磨鎮、銜鳳岩村、漩口鎮、映秀鎮、都江堰市、成都市等地。同學們通過自主設計教學及活動、團隊合作、社區服務、見學旅行等,把知識及技能融會到服務當中,並在服務的過程中學習提升軟實力。該項目根據澳門特區政府施政方針中的「青年志願扶貧計劃」開展。

Team-building activity 團隊建設活動

此次活動分爲服務與見學旅行兩個部分,師生第一天飛抵四川成都,隨即轉往服務目的地水磨鎮。負責本次項目的汶川啓創社會工作服務中心社工簡介了他們中心的發展及服務範疇後,同學們簽署了服務協議,接著開展了團隊建設活動,不僅增加了同學們的團隊凝聚力和協作力,並且通過學習四川話以及參加當地的「趕場」傳統活動,讓同學們對水磨鎮有了大致的認識。同時,與阿壩師範學院的同學進行交流,他們也熱情洋溢的指導書院的同學們跳當地的藏羌鍋莊舞。

Voluntary teaching in Tibetan bilingual classes at Shuimo Middle School 水磨中學藏族雙語班義教

在熱身過後,東亞書院同學們已經準備好迎接為當地人服務的挑戰。義教是本次活動的其中一個重要部分,書院同學們通過自主分組、小組負責形式籌劃及開展了八一小學「危險在身邊──兒童防性侵」的主題課堂,以及水磨中學藏族雙語班的「外面的世界」課程,讓當地中小學生接觸平常比較少學習到的主題。書院同學們還在八一小學開展了六一兒童節主題活動,設立互動攤位遊戲,讓孩子們通過遊戲培養團隊合作能力。團隊又在漩口鎮為老人們舉辦社區活動,當中包括健康講座、唱歌和武術表演、互動攤位遊戲。在服務的最後一天,在啓創社會工的帶領下分組到不同的社區和村落進行貧困兒童家訪,並送上汶川縣民政局與汶川縣基金會贊助的新書包與蛋糕,讓他們感受到了溫暖。

本次服務學習項目的另一大特色是四天三夜的鄉村之旅,師生一行人與銜鳳岩村村民們同吃同住,體驗農村生活,師生與村民建立了真摰的友誼。同學們在村裏探訪長者,體驗農活,爲村民籌辦電影觀賞及鄉村酒席等活動,村民也舉辦了篝火晚會,爲到場師生獻上了代表幸福安康的紅綢緞,借此表達了對各人的謝意。大一數學系的謝雨晴同學回憶道:「探訪村裏長者,聽著獨特的生命經歷從老人口中吐出,然後傳入我們耳中,我感到一種時間與歲月的傳遞。『要善良』,一位婆婆語重心長這樣告訴我們,雖然她說這句話時的聲音很輕,但形成的印迹卻很重。」

Chatting with a senior villager 與老人聊天

在見學旅行部分,師生一行人到訪2008年四川汶川特大地震遺址暨全國愛國主義教育基地,親臨地震遺址,感受當年地震的震撼與悲痛,以及眾志成城的民族力量。隨後師生參觀了世界物質文化遺産都江堰,感受偉大民族智慧的結晶,然後前往天下第五名山青城山,品味道教聖地,沉浸於大自然的神奇。

參與的學生和老師都希望他們提供的服務和活動可以給當地社區和人民帶來一些正面的知識和傳遞積極的希望。同時,此行也讓同學們在服務中學習到不同的軟實力,例如大一工商管理系的田雅然同學表示:「從漩口社區活動中,我學會了策劃、組織一個活動真的不能只靠自己一個人,懂得分配和安排任務真的很重要。」

Reflection and experience sharing on service activities participated on that day
就當天的服務活動進行反思和經驗分享

另外,大三人力資源管理系的高咏紅同學反思這趟四川之行,感慨道: 「有時候覺得愛不用說出來,用行動來證明一切……村民家的姐姐讓我感覺到愛,很想一直待在村裏生活。那一種簡單純樸的生活,是城裏人的期望,有時候回憶反思會想到:其實甚麼才是最好的?究竟村落生活更讓人期待,還是城市生活更好?甚麼是好?甚麼是壞?沒有一定答案。」這一次別樣的旅途讓我們相會、相知並一起成長。

 

撰寫:心理系大一學生 孫弘毅