On the afternoon of April 28th, students from the volunteer group of Graduate Union at SPPM paid a visit to Peekabook House, an English picture-book library for children in Wanliu Community, Haidian District to do volunteer work. Students from IMPA and MID program also participated in this event.

 

 

The students first attended a group talk organized by the library staff and got a clear understanding of the mission, the development background and the operating mode of Peekabook House. It is the first and remains the only nonprofit, nongovernmental children’s library in China, and is run by Stanford University graduates. Students expressed keen interests in this library and put forward many questions during the conversation. They also proposed suggestions on how to promote its influence and to obtain social support.

 

Later, the students visited rooms with shelves of books and helped rearrange the returned ones. They thought highly of the multi-functional facilities, the warm interior decorations and various English-Chinese bilingual books, which created a reading space that was very suitable for children.

 

In the process of shelving the books, SPPM students had a good conversation with the children and the parents there to better understand the reading experience. At the same time, they also advised some children in reading English books, which left valuable memories.

 

 

Students expressed that the voluntary work at Peekabook House was very meaningful and that they learned a lot form this experience. The Graduate Union will also be committed to promote the sustainable development of voluntary work of SPPM.