Our Achievement
We always stay productive and efficient. As of March 2020, we have produced 646 high-quality original articles.
We organized 49 sharing groups for parents, and over 90 webinars align with our social missions and culture in 2019.
We firmly believe that the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. In 2019, IFU received a total of 500 volunteer applications. In the end, 280 volunteers at 28 different universities outside of China joined us and helped to create student organizations across all of these universities. Our staff work as a virtual team across 4 different time zones: the United States, Canada, Singapore, and China. We currently have more than 20,000 followers on social media. 74% of the followers on WeChat are parents, with more than 10% monthly growth.
We host IFU students’ carnivals in July every year. In 2018-2019, our footprint spread across China, covering cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Dalian, Hefei. We shared our studying abroad experiences with over 1000 parents and students throughout those sharing sessions during the time.
Contributions are always welcomed by international students and their families. A parent of a University of Washington student wrote a travel review regarding tourism in Seattle, released on our WeChat official account, and the article received a total of 31,000+ views.
We launched the Totoroad Academy in March 2019, including services such as bridge courses, academic tutoring, and career coaching for international students. Since the launch, 52 of our volunteers helped 42 international students to deal with stress caused by language barriers and academic pressure. On averages, our students have improved from F to over B+, with 97% improvement in their performances. Not only have we helped students to achieve success in academics, but their parents will also be less concerned about their children.
According to our research on the missing student cases, we found that psychological disorders caused by cultural shock, academic stress, language barrier, social phobia, and even pressures from peers and parents were the main factors to this issue. Students’ psychological overburden and reluctance in communicating with others caused by those factors, ultimately lead to the case of missing and lost contact with their families.
We took initiatives and supported people in need during the COVID-19 crisis. IFU organized our volunteers and international families and managed to raise over 50,000 RMB in three days during the early stage of the Wuhan outbreak.
We have organized more than 147 online and in-person sharing sessions to help parents learn the real insight into international students' academic and social life overseas. We also helped incoming first-year and current students to gain social experiences as well as eliminate psychological fear and anxiety by creating high-quality networks for international students to maintain long-lasting friendships with other students.
Since September in 2018, for universities such as the University of California San Diego, the University of Rochester, the University of Southern California, we had sharing webinars, on average, once per week, a total of 57 webinars by our on-campus volunteers and invited professionals.
IFU always keeps up with our goals and original intentions. We provide a prompt response to emergencies when parents seek help. Specifically, we helped over 30 missing international students' cases in 2018-2019. Emergency posts had the highest views reaching 10,000+ ,and for each post reaches 1,000+ views in half an hour.
Our volunteers in California Irvine and San Diego participated in local volunteer events. By collaborating with other social sectors, we helped international students to overcome language barriers, social anxiety, and smooth their transition from high schools to colleges.
In total, we have conducted 11 interviews with university professors and produced 7 related original articles.
Our WeChat official account has more than 13,000 followers, and we are on other social media platforms, including Weibo, Zhihu, Bilibili, Instagram, and Toutiao. On WeChat, We also have weekly sharing sessions in group chats for different universities that are recognized and loved by parents.
Our Achievement
We always stay productive and efficient. As of March 2020, we have produced 646 high-quality original articles.
We organized 49 sharing groups for parents, and over 90 webinars align with our social missions and culture in 2019.
We firmly believe that the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. In 2019, IFU received a total of 500 volunteer applications. In the end, 280 volunteers at 28 different universities outside of China joined us and helped to create student organizations across all of these universities. Our staff work as a virtual team across 4 different time zones: the United States, Canada, Singapore, and China. We currently have more than 20,000 followers on social media. 74% of the followers on WeChat are parents, with more than 10% monthly growth.
We host IFU students’ carnivals in July every year. In 2018-2019, our footprint spread across China, covering cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Dalian, Hefei. We shared our studying abroad experiences with over 1000 parents and students throughout those sharing sessions during the time.
Contributions are always welcomed by international students and their families. A parent of a University of Washington student wrote a travel review regarding tourism in Seattle, released on our WeChat official account, and the article received a total of 31,000+ views.
We launched the Totoroad Academy in March 2019, including services such as bridge courses, academic tutoring, and career coaching for international students. Since the launch, 52 of our volunteers helped 42 international students to deal with stress caused by language barriers and academic pressure. On averages, our students have improved from F to over B+, with 97% improvement in their performances. Not only have we helped students to achieve success in academics, but their parents will also be less concerned about their children.
According to our research on the missing student cases, we found that psychological disorders caused by cultural shock, academic stress, language barrier, social phobia, and even pressures from peers and parents were the main factors to this issue. Students’ psychological overburden and reluctance in communicating with others caused by those factors, ultimately lead to the case of missing and lost contact with their families.
We took initiatives and supported people in need during the COVID-19 crisis. IFU organized our volunteers and international families and managed to raise over 50,000 RMB in three days during the early stage of the Wuhan outbreak.
We have organized more than 147 online and in-person sharing sessions to help parents learn the real insight into international students' academic and social life overseas. We also helped incoming first-year and current students to gain social experiences as well as eliminate psychological fear and anxiety by creating high-quality networks for international students to maintain long-lasting friendships with other students.
Since September in 2018, for universities such as the University of California San Diego, the University of Rochester, the University of Southern California, we had sharing webinars, on average, once per week, a total of 57 webinars by our on-campus volunteers and invited professionals.
IFU always keeps up with our goals and original intentions. We provide a prompt response to emergencies when parents seek help. Specifically, we helped over 30 missing international students' cases in 2018-2019. Emergency posts had the highest views reaching 10,000+ ,and for each post reaches 1,000+ views in half an hour.
Our volunteers in California Irvine and San Diego participated in local volunteer events. By collaborating with other social sectors, we helped international students to overcome language barriers, social anxiety, and smooth their transition from high schools to colleges.
In total, we have conducted 11 interviews with university professors and produced 7 related original articles.
Our WeChat official account has more than 13,000 followers, and we are on other social media platforms, including Weibo, Zhihu, Bilibili, Instagram, and Toutiao. On WeChat, We also have weekly sharing sessions in group chats for different universities that are recognized and loved by parents.