July 27th: SYB students arrive at BWB vocational training school On July 27th, SYB students arrived in Shigatse, where BWB threw an enthusiastic welcome ceremony. Led by the manager, Adron, SYB students visited BWB vocational training school for the blind. The school is actually a beautiful and quiet farm where

July 25th: SYB students visit BWB (Braille without borders) in Lhasa On July 25th, Shanghai Young Bakers (SYB) students were honored to visit the school of BWB (Braille without Borders) in Lhasa, led by BWB administrators Nyima and Gyentsen. Visually impaired kids are split between the mouse class, the tiger

the months before the trip to Tibet, I exchanged many emails, text messages and phone calls with Nyima, the director of the BWB school in Lhasa – one of the most professional people I have ever worked with. Every time I had a question, Nyima got back to me on

Every week, SYB students will made lots of bread during the bakery class, and if we cannot find a way to sell them or give them to others, most of the bread will go bad and be thrown away. Now volunteers help us to deliver the bread to the NGO

2012 Graduation ceremony After a year of hard work, the 21 students of SYB’s 4th enrollment finally reached the completion of their training. Around 80 professionals from the F&B industry inShanghai and NGO representatives, along with M. Emmanuel Lenain, French General Consul ofShanghai, and Mr. Xu Benliang from the Shanghai

2012 Career fair Shanghai Young Bakers is pleased to announce that all 21 of its fourth enrollment graduated from the year-long bakery and internship program. The graduation ceremony was held in 16th July. Prior to the ceremony, SYB organized a career fair where graduates were provided with the opportunity to

National french day, 14th of July, The French consulate organised an event for the french national day on 14th of July. SYB was honored to sponsor the bread for this event. More than 600 guests had the opportunity to taste the bread made by Shanghai Young Bakers teachers, accompany with

Mr. Patrick Bourgade, bakery trainer at the French bakery school of Aurillac EFBPA and a regular supervisor of the French CAP exam, led SYB’s final bakery exams. The French baking exams started on 1st July and last til the 4th July, with the students separated into 3 groups for each