Intel Adolescents Science and Technology Contest

Junior Achievement （JA）

In Junior Achievement (JA) volunteer activities, JA China partners with enterprises to recruit volunteers, develop business and economics-based curriculum for students from grade school to university, care for the enlightening and educating of students on business and economics, and provide them with more opportunities to interact with people working in different sectors and industries. Job Shadow Day, an annual event held by JA, provides students an up-close look at what a “real job” is, shows how the skills they learn in school are implemented in the workplace, and helps them to understand the connection between learning and their future career. In 2008, Intel has worked with JA to launch JA Job Shadow Day, Migrant Workers’ Children School, Career Go, etc.

In March 2008, Intel decided to help build first-aid systems for migrant workers’ children schools in Shanghai, and held a series of activities in the following months: Intel purchased first-aid kits; health teachers of the schools took part in the training by the Red Cross Society; Intel volunteers were trained and went to the schools to teach first-aid knowledge together with health teachers.

Launched in 2003, the program aims to explore a new way of combining education, helping the poor and promoting social progress via technology in Western China, to develop rural education, and improve the quality of rural teachers in poverty-stricken districts, so that the trainees will in turn train other teachers in their schools and districts, and to provide free English training. This plays an important role in improving rural basic education in poverty-stricken districts and bring advanced education concepts and methods to those districts. More than 500 Intel volunteers have participated in the program.

Environmental Program

To demonstrate its consistent environmental policy, Intel has carried out community environmental programs including: environmental awareness promotion, shopping bag design, sports meeting and debate for environmental protection, etc. The diversified and interactive programs have helped primary and middle school students learn about the importance of environmental protection.

Intel Orchard

Intel donated 6,000 fig trees to a disaster-affected county to help alleviate poverty while improving the environment at the same time. 300 Intel volunteers helped farmers plant trees, showcased Intel culture through communication, and taught them how to obtain information about planting techniques and market prices through the Internet with a computer.