Charity and Charity Newspaper (Li Xijin) Public welfare is full of young people's minds, charity blooms the hearts of youth, and public welfare and charity are becoming the mainstream value choice of China's new generation of young people. Facts have proved that the Chinese "post-90s" and "post-00s" groups cultivated in the Internet era have become the new force and main force in the field of public welfare and charity. As charitable donors, they are keen on online donations, and their willingness to donate is even stronger. As public welfare volunteers, they love to serve the society, have a heavier sense of responsibility and mission, and have a wider influence.
Recently, the Office of the CPC Central Committee and the Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Improving the Volunteer Service System in the New Era", which summarizes and sublimates the development experience of volunteer service in the mainland for many years, which is the first central document to systematically deploy and improve the volunteer service system in the new era, and fully reflects the great importance that the Party Central Committee attaches to volunteer service.
Volunteering is a "youth career". According to the recently released "Report on the Development of Volunteer Service in China (2022-2023)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"), the number of registered volunteers in mainland China has reached 232 million, and 1.35 million volunteer service teams are active in many public welfare fields such as civilized practice, sunshine assistance for the disabled, environmental protection, and "one old and one young" service, and 11.27 million themed volunteer service projects have been carried out.
The report also shows that community volunteer service in mainland China has built a governance network in which multiple subjects penetrate and integrate with each other, and the total length of community volunteer service nationwide has reached 1.569 billion hours. In addition, the number of volunteer service teams and projects in mainland China, such as cultural tourism, emergency rescue, and ecological environmental protection, has shown an overall growth trend, and has become an important force in promoting a beautiful and healthy China.
Youth is beautiful, because there are thousands of appearances and countless ways to open, and charity is one of the most beautiful ways.
Love in home and life
The world starts from home, and life starts with love.
During the "May Fourth" Youth Day, young volunteers from all over the country still chose to start from their own side and protect the environment in their hometowns, and carried out a variety of youth volunteer actions.
In the Yangtze River Basin, China's "Mother River", the "Protect a River and Clear Water" Youth Ecological and Environmental Protection Joint Action and the 2024 "Beautiful China Youth Action" in Hunan Province were recently launched in Yueyang, Hunan. The event organizer's micro-grant program and the "GAN Carbon" charity partnership program will solicit and fund 35 teams from 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River basin to carry out a series of offline environmental protection public welfare activities, focusing on supporting innovative, effective and sustainable environmental protection projects. Up to now, the "GAN Carbon" volunteer service team has carried out low-carbon environmental protection publicity for more than 20,000 people in Changsha subway station halls, business districts, communities and other densely populated areas, covering 90 million people.
In Cangnan County, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, the public welfare activity of "Guarding the Maritime Forest at 28 Degrees North Latitude" was launched recently. planting mangrove seedlings, carrying out mangrove beach clean-up actions, releasing blue crab seedlings, researching and sampling of environmental impact factors of mangrove growth, and organizing scientific research lectures...... A series of activities will highlight the beautiful scenery of "half city jade sea and half city mountain, endless blue and green in Cangnan".
The abandoned space of the community has been transformed into a gym for residents to share and enjoy, and the original stinky pool of stagnant water has been transformed into a pool of clear water where koi fish swim. The stray cats in the community have their own homes, and the residents go out to travel, and their cute pets have a safe place to foster them for free...... These are the gratifying changes brought to the community by the "Youth Chamber" and young volunteers in the Sunshine Venice Community of Taopu Town, Putuo District, Shanghai.
During the "May Fourth" Youth Day, the Hangruo Community of Qingshan District, Wuhan, Hubei Province carried out the theme activity of "Wuhan is proud of me, small lines of great love", and organized experts from a number of medical institutions to conduct free health consultations and physical examinations for residents on site. The services in the convenient service area such as volunteer scissors, shoe washing, umbrella repair, and knife sharpening are well received by residents. There are also a dazzling array of handicrafts, which raise funds through charity sales to support community charity...... "Fancy Public Welfare Bazaar, Warm Heart Serving the Neighborhood" activity has brought real convenience and public welfare fun to community residents. It is really the best of both worlds for everyone to enjoy the community service of volunteers and participate in charity to serve others and the community.
Walking youth runs for public welfare
Running towards public welfare and running for public welfare is what youth should look like.
During the "May Fourth" Youth Day, Huolin Gol City, Inner Mongolia, held the "2024 'Youth Acceleration Student Charity Run' Activity" to help each caring runner finish the course without timing or ranking, receive a "Love Volunteer" certificate and win 100 yuan for students from poor families. This activity, which is full of "novelty" and "heart", raised a total of 40,000 yuan and distributed 1,000 yuan to each of the 40 students from poor families in Huolin Gol City.
The Beijing Shunyi Youth League District Committee, together with Renhe Town, the District Sports Bureau, and the Cultural Tourism Group, organized the "Shunyi Good Atmosphere, May Fourth Youth Run" activity in the Shunyi Olympic Water Park, and more than 450 young people ran to welcome their own festivals.
The "Starlight Island Public Welfare Walking Run" activity in the West Coast New Area of Qingdao City, Shandong Province got off to a bright start. At the opening ceremony, all the participants reviewed the oath of joining the regiment and held a flag presentation ceremony for the Youth Commando and Joint Volunteer Service Team. During the 5-kilometer journey, volunteers actively promoted the concept of green environmental protection to citizens and tourists, and carried out "beach clean-up actions" along the way to integrate public welfare.
"Love" is just one word, but it is all kinds of love
The sun has a haze, and it is driven by light; The moon is incomplete, and it is completed with love. Youth love has always walked on the road of caring for special groups in society, and Youth Day is just a striking stop in 365 days.
During the Youth Day, the Ocean College of Shandong University (Weihai) and the Weihai White Cane Public Service Center carried out the "Youth Hand in Hand" donation activity, and donated the funds raised to the "Ai Chao Public Welfare Assistance Fund" of Weihai Charity Federation, which was directed to the intelligent construction of the Home for the Disabled in Hot Spring Town.
A few days ago, the Taiwan Federation of Jiangsu Province held the "Suzhou and Taiwan Hand in Hand Public Welfare Tour" activity in Nanjing. During the event, young people from Suzhou and Taiwan visited and comforted the local children with autism and Down syndrome. Volunteers played games, made pastries and performed on the same stage with "Xihan'er". The zero-distance contact with the children not only made the volunteers feel the power of charity, but also allowed them to receive a spiritual baptism and emotional purification.
A few days ago, the Songming County Committee of the Communist Youth League of Yunnan Province and Yunnan Urban Construction Vocational College organized 30 young volunteers of nursing majors to carry professional instruments into the Songyang community to send warm care to 10 disabled families.
During the Youth Day, the Hubei Shishou Civil Affairs Bureau organized a youth volunteer service team to go deep into Duoziqiao Village, Gaoling Town, to carry out charity activities to help the disabled, publicize the policy of benefiting the disabled, and carry out free clinics, happy quick cuts, and charity sales for the disabled, which were welcomed by the disabled.
Guarding the "old and the young" and escorting the "overnight"
Children are the "prequel" of youth, and old age is the "sequel" of youth. As an organic whole of life, we care for the "old and the young" with youthful enthusiasm, that is, we care for our past and future selves.
During the Youth Day, the Civil Affairs Bureau of Xichuan County, Nanyang City, Henan Province organized Yuxi Company, Xiaodangxian Company and other caring enterprises to go to Jinhe Town Nursing Home and Maotang Township Nursing Home respectively to carry out the "'May Fourth' Youth Day Love Nursing Home" love and condolence activities. A total of rice, noodles, oil, milk powder and other daily necessities were donated to two nursing homes, worth more than 16,000 yuan.
Youth League organizations at all levels in Yunnan Province have carried out a series of charity and public welfare activities on the May Fourth Youth Day to help "one old and one young" live a happy and healthy life. The Yuanmou League County Party Committee organized "Little Orange Lantern" youth volunteers to carry out volunteer services for the elderly in the Yuanma Town Center Nursing Home. The Luliangtuan County Party Committee organized and carried out the activities of caring for the "old and the young" and "fighting drought and reducing disasters", and jointly purchased more than 35,000 barrels of drinking water and more than 38,000 bottles of mineral water with caring enterprises and donated them to the local left-behind elderly and children.
A few days ago, the Youth League organizations at all levels of the Xiqing Branch of the Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau carried out a wide range of activities with the theme of "May Fourth Spark Igniting Youth Volunteering". Multi-way young volunteers went into the townships and towns under their jurisdiction to carry out in-depth activities to serve the elderly "Jinhui Action" and popularize legal education on campus, so as to protect "one old and one young" and escort "one day and one night".
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