March Newsletter: ‘Once Upon a Time’ in Self-quarantine
March Newsletter: ‘Once Upon a Time’ in Self-quarantine Self-quarantine during the coronavirus outbreak must be not easy to all you readers, and it is the same for our young bakers. Facing the plague and staying home for weeks, they had fears and worries, they went through ups and downs. Despite
February Newsletter: Young Bakers During The Special Period
February Newsletter: Young Bakers During The Special Period Dear friends and supporters of Shanghai Young Bakers, we hope everyone is doing well. So how are the 12th batch of students doing during the current coronavirus outbreak? Don’t worry, all students are currently healthy and safe. Due to safety considerations, our
January Newsletter: To Live a Better Life – A Fully Customized Life Skill Training
January Newsletter: To Live a Better Life – A Fully Customized Life Skill Training Chinese New Year is around the corner, and it has been 5 months since our 12th class batch of students joined us. On top of a solid bakery training, Shanghai Young Bakers continues to teach some key
December Newsletter: Internships, a new journey for our students
December Newsletter: Internships, a new journey for our students After 7 weeks’ intensive training of French bakery and pastry, in the middle of October, the 12th batch of students started a brand new stage of training, namely, SYB’s special “alternance” training concept, which is dedicated to putting into practice of
October Newsletter: The Story of Shanghai Young Bakers
October Newsletter: The Story of Shanghai Young Bakers It has been 11 years since the foundation of Shanghai Young Bakers. By the support and help from partners, sponsors, volunteers, alumni, we have provided free French bakery training to marginalized Chinese youth amount to 312 people, helping them get rid of poverty
May Newsletter:Looking For a Baker? Come to Shanghai Young Bakers’ Career Fair
Looking For a Baker? Come to Shanghai Young Bakers’ Career Fair As the 11th batch of students are about to graduate, we will have our annual Shanghai Young Bakers Career Fair is going to commence on 15th July! The participants include current graduates who have just passed a one-year training consisted of two
April Newsletter:Baker’s soft skills training
Baker’s soft skills training Time flies by, we are merely 3 months away from the 11th batch’s graduation ceremony. Young bakers, are you ready for that? Besides baking, what else have you learnt here? This year, with the generous support of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), while teaching French baking courses, SYB is able to
March Newsletter: Goodbye SYB, Hello SYB!
Goodbye SYB, Hello SYB! Goodbye SYB 10 years ago, I wanted to have more purpose and meaning in my life. While looking for non-profit groups in Shanghai, I stumbled across Shanghai Young Bakers. The project had just started then, and there were only volunteers, but I was immediately attracted by their earnestness