Service Learning Trips
HKUST Connect organizes service learning trips and workcamps in summer and winter breaks. Students will have the opportunities to visit orphanages and teach underprivileged children in Cambodia, organize activities for left-behind children and meet local families in rural China, refurbish village schools in Nepal and much more. These service learning trips will help you broaden your horizons, enrich your university life, and raise your awareness of what it means to be a global citizen. You can also make a difference to the community that you visit, and gain authentic cultural experience that cannot be acquired in a traditional classroom.
Upcoming Service Learning Trips (Winter 2023)
Nepal
Join us in collaboration with Light On Nepal to serve Shree Ganga Milan School, fostering cultural exchange and immersive learning through volunteering.
Guilin, China
Empower students at Jian-An Primary School in Guilin through interactive workshops. Deliver knowledge, inspire, and broaden the children's perspectives.
Connect Overseas Learning Opportunity Sponsorship Scheme
Participants can apply for the Scheme to support their participation in learning trips organized or co-ordinated by HKUST Connect. Successful candidates will receive a subsidy covering part of the program free. Please click here for more details.
Below is the list of service learning trips offered by HKUST Connect.
Cambodia
Two groups of students go to Cambodia each year to serve the local children while continuing to build long-term relationships with NGO partners and the local community.
Guizhou, China
Student volunteers visit the remote villages and primary schools in Guizhou every summer, with the hope to support and empower the lives of the children there.
Jiangxi, China
By serving the 'left-behind children' in Jiangxi and building relationships with them, volunteers learn about the problems faced by the community and how they handle them.
Nepal
By joining a school rebuilding project in Nepal, student volunteers share their knowledge with local students and embark on a self-enriching, cultural immersion journey of their own.
Other Overseas Service Learning Programs
- Explore Social Innovation @U.S.A.
- Community Outreach Program @Indonesia
- Voluntary Teaching Program @China