Icebreaking games during the orientation
Helene, SYB staff teaching French names to the new students
New Day, New Start: SYB Welcoms 30 Students from 7 Different NGOs
As August is coming to its end, it’s time for SYB to welcome our 6th batch of students. After interviewing students all over China, we finally recruited 30 students from 7 partner NGOs in the 2013-2014 program! (more about these NGOs in this month and September newsletter!)
Most of the students arrived at Shanghai on Saturday, 24th August. These 15 boys and 15 girls came from 7 provinces including Anhui, Henan, Shanxi, Guangxi, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan. Many of them have working experience in factories but for some of them it was their first time to go outside their hometown and come to the metropolis of Shanghai. SYB staff and teachers went to the railway station to welcome them.
On Sunday, 25th August, SYB hold an orientation for all the new students. Chris, former staff at Chi Heng Foundation, now working as a volunteer at SYB introduced the slogan of SYB to the students: “SYB GO GO GO!”. She also led the students to introduce themselves by telling why they came to SYB. The words “Hope”, “Opportunity”, “Change” and “Challenge” were mentioned most. After that, Floriane, the program manager introduced the program and some regulations to the students, which was followed by some icebreaking games.
Thanks again to our partner NGOs and to our sponsors, in particular to Accor Foundation that we are proud to welcome as the new sponsor of our baking center!. Thanks to your support a newbatch of students is now on its way to becoming bakers!
Sophie, SYB communication coordinator
新的一天，新的开始：海上青焙坊欢迎来自7个不同NGO的30名学生
随着夏天接近尾声，海上青焙坊也迎来了我们的第六届新生。在全国范围内进行面试后，我们最终招收了来自7个合作NGO的30名学生，成为2013-2014届新生。（更多详情请见八月和九月新闻简报！）
大多数学生都是于8月24日星期六抵达上海的。这15个男孩和15个女孩来自包括安徽、河南、陕西、广西、甘肃、四川和云南7个省份。他们中的大多数都曾经在工厂中打过工，但对于其中一些人来说，那是他们第一次离开家乡，来到上海这样的大都市。海上青焙坊的员工和老师在火车站为他们接了风。
8月25日，星期六，海上青焙坊为学生们组织了新生训练。前智行基金会员工、现海上青焙坊志愿者Chris，向学生们介绍了海上青焙坊的口号：“SYB, GO GO GO!”她同时带领学生们进行了自我介绍，讲述自己来到海上青焙坊的原因。“希望”、“机遇”、“改变”、“挑战”是被提及最多的关键词。之后，项目经理林兰介绍了项目和相关规章制度。紧接着的是一些破冰游戏。
再次感谢我们的合作NGO和我们的赞助商，特别是我们烘焙中心的新赞助商：雅高基金会！感谢你们对新生的支持，他们正走在成为烘焙师的路上！
宋昱，联络沟通