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Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Nov 23, 2011 in Volunteer Program China

This morning I was asked to go along to a session held by the orphanages' Special Education Trainer where she was to train staff in the benifits of Aqua Therapy.

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Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Nov 20, 2011 in Volunteer Program China

It doesn’t seem like I have been here 5 minutes and already it is Friday!  This week has gone by so quickly. I’m almost a week in, with just one more week to go. I really feel settled here now and I think the children are getting used to having me around, which is lovely. ...

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Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Nov 18, 2011 in Volunteer Program China

I was a little sleepy this morning and it was hard to get out of bed! I think the last few days of taking everything in had caught up with me, but nether the less, it was the third day in a row where I had woken up excited about the day ahead! 

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Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Nov 18, 2011 in Volunteer Program China

I woke up around 8:30 this morning and headed over to the school office, as I needed to go to the police station and register for a temporary residence permit. Any foreigner staying in China needs to do this when they arrive and although I already live in Beijing, changing my address for the...

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Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Nov 18, 2011 in Volunteer Program China

I woke up this morning, not to the sound of honking horns blasting through my bedroom window (got to love Beijing rush hour traffic) but to the sound of chickens clucking. It took me a while to remember where I was and I only really remembered when I looked out the window to see fields, instead...

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Author Kirsty Armstrong Published on Nov 09, 2011 in Volunteer Program China

I left the hustle and bustle of Beijing’s central business district behind this afternoon to embark on a 2-week adventure!  Leaving the IES Global office I was pretty nervous yet mostly excited about what was ahead of me.

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