How does the power of public welfare stimulate the growth potential of young people, and how does the growth of young people promote the continuous progress of public welfare undertakings? This is a process of two-way promotion and common growth. Recently, under the guidance of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, Shanghai Songding Social Welfare Innovation and Development Center, together with many public welfare partners, jointly held the "100 Public Welfare Ways - Public Welfare Pioneer Weekend Camp for Junior High School Students". Twenty-four teenagers from middle schools in Shanghai stepped into the Huangpu Charity Xintiandi Park, focusing on five public welfare themes, including disability and health inclusion, elderly care, uninsured care, green environmental protection, and rural revitalization, which not only deepened their understanding of public welfare, enhanced their sense of social responsibility, but also exercised their field research, communication, teamwork and self-management skills. They firmly believe: "Youth + public welfare = change the world!"
On April 13, the event was officially launched. Under the guidance of public welfare mentors and teaching assistants, the teenagers experienced a baptism of thought and the reshaping of values.
In the morning, they listened to Song Mei, a reporter from the Huangpu District Financial Media Center, on "Information Acquisition in Experience and Exploration". Afterwards, the students were divided into five groups to explore different public welfare issues. In the process of completing the main task, they had face-to-face exchanges with the heads of five public welfare organizations, including Shanghai Houtian Disaster Reduction and Rescue Public Welfare Promotion Center, Shanghai Clover Hall Youth Nature Experience Service Center, Shanghai Jushan Charity Supermarket (Shantao Buy42), Shanghai Putuo Naxiangmei Storage Research Institute, and Shanghai Yangpu District Beautiful Nostalgia Culture Promotion Center. Shanghai Civil Affairs Museum, etc., learned about the origin and connotation of Shanghai-style public welfare.
In the afternoon, in the session of "World Coffee House - Charity Pioneers", the heads of the five non-profit organizations entered each group, shared their philanthropic stories, and answered the students' questions in detail. Through rotational exchanges, students were able to broaden their horizons and gain a more comprehensive understanding of the field of philanthropy. In the achievement presentation session, each group elected a representative and shared their team name, slogan, logo, as well as their harvest and impressions in the event.
The "Rural Revitalization" group exchanged views with the Shanghai Yangpu District Beautiful Nostalgia Culture Promotion Center and learned about the great potential of friendship actions, youth education, intangible cultural heritage creation, and returning to their hometowns to start businesses; The "Serving the Elderly" group collected a lot of "AI+ Storage" tips that can improve the quality of life of the elderly through interviews with the Shanghai Putuo Naxiangmei Storage Research Institute, and "Uninsured Care" Taking the participation of Shanghai Houtian Disaster Reduction and Rescue Public Welfare Promotion Center in the Ya'an earthquake rescue as an example, the group introduced the important role played by non-governmental rescue public welfare organizations in specific disaster situations, and the "Green Environmental Protection" topic group talked about the improvement of residents' living environment and mood with the theme of "public welfare is no trivial matter" with the theme of "public welfare is no trivial matter".
Gao Lu Yetong, a member of the "Rural Revitalization" team and a student from Class 7 (2) of Zhongshan School, shared his feelings: "When I used to travel, I witnessed the plight of local children and helped them through the school's donation campaign. Today's experience made me realize that there are many ways to help them, and I will continue to pay attention to and participate in public welfare activities to contribute more to them. ”
Huang Yechun, a student from Class 6 (2) of Zhongshan School, as a member of the "Disability Inclusion" team, interviewed Shanghai Jushan Charity Supermarket and learned about the hard work of hearing-impaired workers to learn to write and type in order to better serve customers, and the situation of customers taking the initiative to learn sign language. He said: "I am very touched by this two-way effort, which not only promotes communication between people with disabilities, but also demonstrates the important role of non-profit organizations in helping people with disabilities find employment and social inclusion." ”
It is reported that the "100 Public Welfare Ways - Public Welfare Pioneer Weekend Camp for Junior High School Students" will last until the beginning of May. After the initial experience of the opening day, the students are integrating the concept of public welfare into their daily life, such as sharing their public welfare experience, using environmentally friendly travel methods, saving food, and making reasonable use of scratch paper, etc., to cultivate a good habit of micro-charity and become a new force in the field of public welfare. On the occasion of Earth Day on April 22, they will also use recyclable materials to create works, share what they have learned and think about public welfare issues, and contribute to the cause of public welfare issues and sustainable development.
Reporter / Song Mei
Editor / Fan Lujia
Photo / Song Mei
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