Shanghai

Classroom, Min Hang kindergarten, Shanghai

Classroom, Min Hang kindergarten, Shanghai

In a restaurant, Shanghai

In a restaurant, Shanghai

Irish Pavilion

Irish Pavilion

Yu Gardens, Shanghai

Yu Gardens, Shanghai

Volunteers at monastery in Suzhou, near Shanghai

Volunteers at monastery in Suzhou, near Shanghai

Settling in to life in Shanghai

Yu Gardens, ShanghaiI'm now into my seventh week in Shanghai and I'm well and truly settled in to my life here - I still have three weeks of my placement left, but I already find myself getting sad at the thoughts of leaving the city!

Jing'An Temple, Shanghai

Jing'An Temple, Shanghai

Volunteers at the Bund in Shanghai

Volunteers at the Bund in Shanghai

My First Three Weeks in Shanghai

The Bund, ShanghaiI'm now three weeks into my three-month trip to China and I'm loving it! I arrived in Shanghai at the end of May and will spend a total of nine weeks in the city, with one month teaching English in a kindergarten and one month working in a primary school summer camp.

Click to watch Peggy and Tom invite you to volunteer in China: Peggy and Tom are the volunteer coordinators who match the skills and interests of volunteers with the needs of a network of local projects in three provinces of China: Shanghai, Su Zhou and the Si Chuan.