BAID Humanity Club

President: Chen Shuyu, Zhou Yuelun

Original President: Peng Yuci

BAID Humanity Club is an innovative, student founded and student run club at Beijing Academy International Division. Through charitable initiatives and community service, the club brings together students who care about social issues and want to contribute through direct action. Its projects encourage students to take responsibility for their communities while developing leadership, organizational skills, teamwork, and civic awareness.

With 201 members, BAID Humanity Club has grown into one of the largest and most influential student clubs at BAID. Over the years, its work has expanded from individual charity events into a broad range of long term initiatives involving animal welfare, community service, charitable fundraising, cultural exchange, and support for people with disabilities. The club provides students with a platform where they can identify real needs, propose their own projects, organize activities, and carry them through from planning to implementation.

Student initiative lies at the center of the club's operation. Major projects follow a structured process that includes proposal writing, an initial presentation and review, revision, a second presentation, final approval, and project launch. Through this process, students consider the purpose of each project, the people it serves, the resources required, and how the work can continue over time. This system helps the club maintain a strong standard for projects while giving students substantial responsibility for decision making and execution.

Campus Cat Rescue Project

The Campus Cat Rescue Project is one of BAID Humanity Club's longest running initiatives. Through student proposals and school level presentations, club members developed ways for campus cats and members of the school community to coexist safely over the long term.

Members take responsibility for the daily care of the cats, including feeding, health checks, sterilization, relocation when necessary, and ongoing observation. During the 2025–2026 academic year, the club completed the relocation and care of seven campus cats. Members also worked with an external workshop instructor to design and build wooden shelters for the cats and established arrangements for their continued maintenance.

The project has gradually developed from basic animal care into a broader campus animal welfare initiative. Students participate in both practical work and project management, while the presence of the cats has also inspired another of the club's longest running projects: merchandise fundraising.

Merchandise Fundraising Project

The club's merchandise fundraising project has been a signature initiative for three years, from 2023 to 2026. Managed by the deputy head of the Cultural & Creative Department, the project also includes a dedicated group of student artists who create original designs based on BAID's campus cats.

Student artwork is produced as meal card holders, badges, face masks, keychains, gel pens, and other merchandise. These products are sold at major school events and exhibitions, with profits supporting stray animal rescue and related charitable work.

Students participate throughout the entire process, from creating artwork and preparing products to organizing campus sales and allocating proceeds to charitable purposes. Over the past three years, the project has developed into an established part of the club's work, connecting student creativity with continued support for animal welfare.

Daliangshan Charity Donation Project

In November 2023, club member Wang Zicheng launched the Daliangshan Charity Donation Project. Through field visits and interviews, the project team learned about material needs in local communities and schools. After raising awareness across campus, the club received strong support from BAID students and instructors.

The club ultimately collected nine large boxes of donated supplies. On January 25, 2024, the supplies were sent to primary schools in mountainous areas of Liangshan and distributed to students with assistance from the local Women's Federation.

The project continued in later academic years as part of the club's broader charitable work. During the 2025–2026 academic year, the club again organized a supplies donation project for Daliangshan, building on the experience and partnerships established through the earlier initiative.

Costa Rica Chinese Language Teaching Project

BAID Humanity Club has also extended its work beyond China through educational and cultural exchange.

For the Costa Rica Chinese Language Teaching Project, club members Tian Yunzhuo and Wang Yuhe consulted BAID instructors with academic backgrounds in international Chinese language education and prepared a detailed series of lessons. They then worked with a school in Costa Rica to deliver more than ten online Chinese classes.

The classes introduced students to the Chinese language while also providing opportunities to learn about Chinese culture. Their teaching received positive feedback from both students and teachers in Costa Rica, and the two club members were later recognized as Young Chinese Teachers. The project established an ongoing connection between the club and the partner school and demonstrated how student led service can extend into international education.

Collaboration with the Smile Guardian Charity Support Program

Through a charity sale at Hopson Mall, BAID Humanity Club established a partnership with the Smile Guardian Charity Support Program and began developing a long term relationship with the organization.

During the event, club volunteers helped manage the venue, promote the charity sale, assist visitors, and support event preparation. The collaboration gave students experience working within a community charity event beyond the school campus while contributing directly to an external public service initiative.

Starlight Project

As the club expanded its focus, it also began exploring support for young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

BAID Humanity Club established partnerships with several Beijing schools, including Beijing No. 11 High School, RDFZ ICC, Beijing No. 80 High School, and other participating schools, to develop the Starlight Project. The initiative focuses on young people with intellectual disabilities, including people with autism and Down syndrome, and seeks to provide companionship and practical support.

With support from the Rongai Rongle Family Support Center for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Haidian District, the project works around the principles of equality, autonomy, diversity, and inclusion. Its activities include family advocacy and public advocacy, along with work related to policy awareness. The project also supports greater inclusion in community life, education, and employment while paying attention to the needs of families.

Through cross school collaboration, the Starlight Project gives students opportunities to engage with disability related social issues through sustained participation and direct community contact.

Community Activities and Student Participation

Beyond its major long term projects, BAID Humanity Club organizes smaller activities that allow more students to participate in community service.

During the 2025–2026 academic year, the club completed a project that combined its welcome program for new members with a badge making activity centered on gratitude toward the school community. Activities of this kind give new members an accessible entry point into the club while encouraging them to contribute their own ideas and skills.

The club's large membership also allows students with different interests to contribute in different ways. Some students focus on project management and external communication, while others participate through visual design, fundraising, event organization, teaching, or direct service. This structure allows student interests to connect with concrete forms of community participation.

Development and Recognition

Since its founding, BAID Humanity Club has organized numerous charitable and community service initiatives and has become a major platform for student led service at BAID.

During the 2023–2024 academic year, the club received the Best Community Service Club Award in BAID's annual club presentation and evaluation. By the 2025–2026 academic year, membership had grown to 201 students, alongside continued expansion of both campus based and external projects.

That year, the club continued its Daliangshan donation work, relocated and cared for seven campus cats, built and maintained wooden cat shelters, organized its community gratitude badge project, and continued its established merchandise fundraising program. The club also participated in the Infinite Visionaries Awards and received the Promising Club Award.

As BAID Humanity Club continues to develop, it aims to strengthen its student led operating system, deepen its established projects, and create more opportunities for students to participate in charitable work and community service. Through sustained involvement in real projects, students learn to identify community needs, work with others, and take responsibility for carrying ideas from proposal to action. The club will continue providing a platform where students can connect their interests and abilities with meaningful contributions to the communities around them.