Taobi Shenghui, 21, possesses what every young person wants: good grades, talent, and a kind heart. During her last winter vacation, she worked as a volunteer teacher in a school in Bali, Indonesia.

Taobi is a junior at Southwest University. Last summer, she joined the International Volunteers Network (IVN). In January of this year, she went to Bali together with ten other Chinese volunteers.

Taobi said that teaching abroad was a good opportunity to introduce her motherland to the world. She hopes that more people will learn about China and Chinese culture. Therefore, before she left, she packed Chinese brushes, Chinese decorative knots, bookmarks with Chinese characters and Chinese candies in her luggage. These were gifts and rewards for her students.

Taobi taught a class of 11 children (ages 3 to 8) at Yayasan School. Every day, she taught them English, Chinese and Math for three to four hours a day. After class, she taught painting and music. She also taught her students Tai Chi exercises in her spare time.

Yesterday she received a special thank you note from Yayasan School. Although their lives are often difficult, the local children were extremely cheerful, friendly and eager to learn, Taobi said.

Knowing that many children in Bali cannot afford to go to school, Taobi is raising money to help local communities improve education. Her dream is to build a primary school in Bali.