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Participant’s Blog: Taking The Challenge!

Living in your comfort zone will kill you. For someone who’s understanding of the Chinese language can be rightly called mediocre, it was intimidating to say the least to work with such a professional and fast-paced company such as my host organization. The company works with large names such as BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz therefore […]

Participant’s Interview: I Feel Safe In China With Immerqi

My name is Eduardo, I come from Brazil, and my Chinese name is Niaiwo. I study mechanical engineering in Brazil, and I came to China for the ImmerQi Internship program. What was attractive about the program you chose, why did you choose it? I chose the company because the area I am studying is mechanical […]

Volunteer Intern: Mimi’s Adventure

As I walked up to security, my eyes filled with tears. I was about to leave everything I had known and travel halfway across the world to China. I was leaving my comfort zone and everything that was familiar to me including my family, friends, food and so much more. This would be the longest […]

Celebrating 21 Years In The Student Travel Industry

In honour of ImmerQi’s 21st Birthday celebration, staff and friends got together for an amazing evening of fun and games! 21st Birthday Celebrations So, how did we celebrate such a mammoth occasion? With a good ol’ fashioned cook-off of course! In honour of the 5 countries that ImmerQi currently operates in, Marketing Coordinator Jodi Yang, […]

First Huiling Independent Living Workshop: Making Fruit Kebabs!

With education at the forefront of ImmerQi’s programs, we believe it is important that everyone gets the opportunity to learn new skills. Our CSR committee, lead by our volunteer department, have recently constructed a series of independent living workshops built around educating members of the local community on how to care for themselves and the […]

Volunteer Program China: Summer, Snacks And Familiar Faces!

It’s been all go with all things volunteer at ImmerQi HQ recently! Kirsty Armstrong gives us a run down of what’s been going on. It’s been a busy few months, with new helping hands being warmly welcomed into our partner NGOs, facilitating a heart warming reunion with our first sponsored volunteer, seeing some old faces […]

Immerqi Staff Opinion: My Teaching And Traveling In China

Angela is an ImmerQi Program Coordinator and gets to see the ins and outs; the ups and downs of teaching in China. In her first blog, she shares some early teaching and traveling stories as we prepare for the next group. When I first made the decision to come to China my mum laughed at […]

David Cameron: Learning English Is A Key Part Of Schooling For These Chinese 6 Yr Olds

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has finished a whirlwind trip of China promoting various ties between the UK and the worlds fastest growing economy. What did Mr Cameron say that has got ImmerQi’s attention? Mr Cameron did a lot in terms of developing business ties during his visit but one Tweet shared from his official Twitter […]

Clothes Drive For Charity!

This July, ImmerQi staff pulled together to participate in a clothes drive for charity. Even our managing director Joanne Wong got stuck in! It’s safe to say that the female members of staff were able to contribute the most items, but that’s not to say that our male team members didn’t contribute! One of our […]