Halo Donates $30,000 to CIAB Cultural Initiative

The Halo Foundation donated $30,000 to the Confucius Institute of Antigua and Barbuda’s (CIAB) Chinese Bridge Summer School to assist in the facilitation of a cultural visit to China by Antiguans and Barbudans.

The two-week expedition was structured around three main learning components: Chinese language classes (which concluded with an international standard beginners’ examination), performance training and site visits. 

Principal of CIAB , Mr. Han Wen explained, “Participants engaged in a diverse range of traditional Chinese cultural activities, including lion dancing, vocal music and dance classes, tea ceremonies, kite painting,  lacquer fan making, sachet sewing, woodblock printing, rubbing, facial painting, shuttlecock kicking, and Hanfu try-on. “