Vanbridge
Vanbridge
Our
Mission
Vanbridge | "Step Up With Us"
Founded in 2022 as Vanbridge by three Vancouver high school students, we aim to bridge the gap between international students and the local community. Our vision is to facilitate a smooth transition for international students into the Vancouver lifestyle. We accomplish this through a variety of non-profit activities including after-school reading circles, student tutoring programs, and cultural introductory videos. In our biweekly sessions, we implemented innovative teaching methods like games and debates on a weekly basis, to not only enhance language skills but also to build a sense of community within this diverse group. Our team of experienced students who are fluent in more than two languages provides one-on-one guidance, providing personalized feedback to help ELL students in different public schools switch to regular English classes. Over the course of five months, more than ten students in the program successfully made their way to the school's regular English session.
Interview Videos
Vancouver, Canada
© 2022 | Alisa Zhang
TangHua Elementary School
Tanghua Elementary School is situated in a mountainous region of Guizhou, China, supporting left-behind children who have limited access to diverse educational resources. Given the geographical constraints and lack of teachers, the school has faced challenges in providing a developed curriculum that incorporates both academic and extracurricular activities. With this in mind, I fundraised a remote learning system using my profit from my photography studio in order to implement the 'Stepping into the World' program in the school. By doing this, I aim to bridge the mountain village children with the rest of the world using my power, and most importantly, the other volunteers' power. Education is their future. If more people are willing to teach those students remotely, we might be able to change their possibility of getting opportunities and open a new window of life for them.
Florescence Charity Bazaar
Art Hope Foundation
Florescence Charity Bazaar at Art Vancouverowntown is a non-profit sale featuring artworks from students and emerging artists from across Vancouver, BC. It is named for the blooming of blossoms during Vancouver's sunny summer, parallel to Art Hope Foundation's goal of fostering the community's hope for a brighter future through supporting charity, education, and especially healthcare. In the past three years, the initiated Charity Bazaars donated $6000+ (newest update) to VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation to provide more medical opportunities to those in need.
Art Master
Anything but the Brush🎨🖌️
I had the great honor of attending the Art Master painting competition on August 16, 2023. Designed to showcase artists' abilities under one-hour constraints, each of us was given a theme and a mystery box of supplies to create a piece that embodies that topic. In the picture on the far left, the theme for that round was "Imagination." The piece I created was included in a silent auction associated with the event, along with works from seven other professional artists.