Hou Qunfeng, a volunteer of Zhangjiakou Winter Olympics English, developed a team of 2,000 people in one year.
On April 19th, Winter Olympics English volunteers came to Yaojiafang Primary School in Zhangjiakou.
Volunteers after 90s became attached to Winter Olympics.
Come to Zhangjiakou alone and pull up the volunteer team.
"Heads knees shoulders…… …" Accompanied by a simple and lively melody, pupils sang and danced under the guidance of volunteer teachers, with simple English words catchy and humorous and exaggerated movements full of movement. After singing a song, the children swarmed around Mr. Hou, scrambling to find him to sign his book and hand.
On the afternoon of April 19th, Hou Qunfeng, a post-90s volunteer, was treated like a star in the English class of Yaojiafang Primary School in Zhangjiakou.
Hou Qunfeng is the head of the Winter Olympics English Project of Zhangjiakou Charity Volunteer Association. He is 27 years old and is from Chenzhou, Hunan. Hou Qunfeng was born in a peasant family. He experienced the hardships of life from an early age and learned to give back to the society early. Since high school, he has been collecting waste products to support students with difficulties; In 2011, he was admitted to the English Department of Hunan University of Humanities and Science, and participated in voluntary service activities during his college years, serving as the head of a public welfare organization; Teach in a school for the deaf, and support more than 20 children by collecting waste.
In July 2014, Hou Qunfeng started his "one-dollar travel around the world" and joined the earthquake volunteer rescue twice during his journey.
In August 2014, Yunnan Ludian earthquake, he set up a rescue team and joined local militia to rescue three survivors. "I searched and rescued in the ruins once, but I didn’t have time to run, and I was buried alive once." He saved people and was saved by others.
In April 2015, Hou Qunfeng heard of a major earthquake in Nepal during his trip and decided to participate in the rescue. The rescue lasted for two months. He helped carry and distribute relief supplies, disinfected and prevented epidemic in disaster areas, and then began to raise funds to build schools, help school teachers take care of orphans together, and help organizations for the elderly, the sick and the disabled raise money …
In Nepal, Hou Qunfeng met Jia Qinghe, a volunteer from Zhangjiakou. In April 2017, Zhangjiakou Charity Volunteers Federation was established, with Jia Qinghe as the president. After receiving the invitation, Hou Qunfeng quit his job in Beijing and came to Zhangjiakou.
How to pull up the volunteer team when you are a stranger? In Hou Qunfeng’s own words, he was enthusiastic and "cheeky". A few days after he first came to Zhangjiakou, a foreigner in the street asked him for directions. "He is an international student of Hebei North College. I have been chatting and talking to him about the idea of forming a team of English volunteers for the Winter Olympics. He is also very interested and promised to try to mobilize his classmates. " As a result, Richy from Ghana became the first teammate. With their efforts, more than 400 students from Northern College joined the volunteer team. More and more volunteer groups in Zhangjiakou have also joined the Winter Olympics English Volunteer Service Team of the Charity Volunteer Association. In a year, the team has been expanding, with more than 2,000 registered volunteers, including foreign volunteers from more than ten countries, including Ghana, Bangladesh, Britain, Pakistan and Nepal.
The team is up, which groups are served? From the uncles and aunts in the community, to taxi drivers, hotel service personnel, to primary schools in urban and suburban areas, Hou Qunfeng began to "lobby". How can old people in their sixties and seventies persuade them? Hou Qunfeng figured out how to mark the pronunciation with Chinese characters, which made it easy for the elderly to remember. He took this booklet and walked around the streets, chatting with uncles and aunts to mobilize. How to arrange the time for primary school students to attend classes, and what content is suitable for teaching to lay the foundation for the next school textbook teaching? He contacted and communicated with the urban areas and surrounding schools one by one, and arranged students’ courses without affecting their daily courses.
Winter Olympics English class, the most passionate teacher
On the afternoon of 19th, three foreign students from North College attended Yaojiafang Primary School with Hou Qunfeng.
FJ has rich teaching experience. In class, FJ is persuasive, introducing English pronunciations of various parts of the body to children through cards and slides, and leading them to read aloud over and over again. Then divide the class into three groups, choose representatives to PK, listen to the words and point out the corresponding body parts, and the winner will get a "medal".
Hou Qunfeng, the founder of the volunteer service team, is with the children.
Vicky is a girl with a bright smile and affinity, and she is very popular among students. Every class, she will bring a lot of candy, and students who answer questions will get this sweet encouragement. Almost all students raise their hands to answer every question.
Among the three classes, the class led by John reads aloud the loudest. John’s reading is very vivid and his body language is varied. When he heard who had nonstandard pronunciation, he patiently corrected them one by one. Some students pronounced hair as head, and John grabbed his hair and reminded him over and over again until the pronunciation was correct, and high-fived them. "I can see you? John is actually a shy boy. " Hou Qunfeng said that John is a little shy on weekdays, and when he comes to class, he feels like a different person, and he is full of passion.
"Volunteer English class is the children’s favorite. It starts at 4 pm, and they are waiting in the classroom early." The teacher of Yaojiafang Primary School said. Gao Ruixue, a child from Class Two, Grade Two, told the reporter that he especially likes these volunteer teachers and is very fun and happy to learn English.
"We had classes on the fourth floor last year, and now we have changed to the first floor." Hou Qunfeng said with a smile that the classroom atmosphere was particularly High. He sang and danced with English songs and felt the floor shaking.
After the course, the students reluctantly bid farewell to the volunteer teacher. Some children quietly left a small gift for the teacher, a card made by themselves or a small doll on the podium.
"Although I am very tired, every time I see the children’s smiles, I feel that my work is valuable." Hou Qunfeng revealed that the current Winter Olympics English project covers more than 40 communities and nearly 40 classes in 10 primary schools in Zhangjiakou. His office is full of volunteer service schedules, and now there are more than 80 activities every week.
This team of English volunteers for the Winter Olympics is still expanding. "Our goal this year is to break through 3,000 people," Hou Qunfeng told reporters. In order to further popularize Winter Olympics English, they opened two English columns with Zhangjiakou TV and Zhangjiakou Daily. At the same time, we will jointly establish a volunteer team for consultation and translation with major hospitals in Zhangjiakou to provide translation volunteer services for foreign friends. Another preparatory team is a volunteer service lecturer group for sign language promotion jointly organized by Zhangjiakou Special School to prepare for the upcoming Paralympic Games.
Save the hero and form a team
We hope to have our rescue team in the Winter Olympics.
The Winter Olympics English Volunteer Service Team is one of the teams of Zhangjiakou Charity Volunteer Federation. At present, the Federation has a total of 95 volunteer teams with more than 8,000 registered members, and more than 30,000 volunteers are contributing to creating a civilized city for Zhangjiakou and welcoming the Winter Olympics.
As a winter Olympic city, it is an inevitable requirement to realize green travel. Zhangjiakou charity volunteer Green Zhangyuan Environmental Protection Team promotes environmental protection and advocates green travel, making green transportation a new business card for Zhangjiakou’s traffic development.
More and more Zhangjiakou people regard ice and snow sports as a new way of life, and major snow resorts have also attracted ice and snow sports enthusiasts from all over the country. The Winter Olympics is approaching, and a group of volunteers with professional rescue experience in Zhangjiakou are preparing for the ice and snow rescue team.
Shen Zhanjun, 50, is now the captain of the Emergency Rescue Corps of the Charity Volunteer Association. He was awarded the title of being a hero in Hebei Province and a model in Zhangjiakou. In 2017, the Qingshuihe Rescue Team was established.
Qingshui River is a tributary of Yanghe River in Yongding River system, which runs through Zhangjiakou city. "Every year in the summer, someone will fall into the river, sometimes more than 20 people a year. Last year, I discussed with a few like-minded friends and decided to set up a professional rescue team. " Shen Zhanjun introduced that there are currently 106 rescuers in the rescue team, with a total of more than 380 volunteers. More than 20 members come from Zhangjiakou Swimming Team and Zhangjiakou Winter Swimming Team, 4 of them hold national outdoor water rescue certificates and have rich experience in river rescue. In addition, there are more than 100 specialized drivers, medical care and logistics support personnel. According to the individual time, the team members will conduct uninterrupted inspections in three shifts from 5 am to 10 pm. "Last year we rescued 11 people and saved three people." Shen Zhanjun told reporters that in addition to water rescue, they also organized volunteers to set up an outdoor mountain rescue team and prepared to set up an ice and snow rescue team. At the end of last year, he proposed a plan to the Chongli District Government, and under the organization of the district government, he discussed with the heads of major ski resorts. "All major ski resorts have their own rescue teams, but after all, the scale is limited. If we gather together and set up an ice and snow rescue team through targeted training, it is much better than fighting alone and can improve rescue efficiency. " Shen Zhanjun is brewing this professional ice and snow rescue team that unites all forces. According to the plan, the selected players will receive a three-month professional training. "I hope that in the 2022 Winter Olympics, there will be an ice and snow rescue team set up by our Zhangjiakou volunteers themselves!" Shen Zhanjun said.