A 28-year-old young man, Nilay Agarwal, says that he had always dreamed of making efforts to remove hunger but it was only after a life-changing incident (事件) that he started to do something about it.

In 2018, Nilay lost a friend due to a car accident, which made him realize how lucky he was to be here with all the dreams that he had. So he decided not to waste a single moment and started contributing his time to a meaningful career.

With zero knowledge about setting up a social organization, Nilay simply made a few cookies and distributed them in a nearby welfare organization at first. Employing social media, he uploaded a video of the activity online. “At first, people laughed at me. They didn’t believe I was serious or had any long-term plans. But I knew I was going to go on until my actions effected a change,” he says.

When one after the other similar deeds by this lone fighter were noticed, people began to trusted his efforts and started to join him. Sankalp Tandon, one of Nilay’s friends, decided to help him upon seeing his work. Afterwards, the Vishalakshi Foundation was set up in memory of his friend. Then it developed its first programme—the Project Hunger.

As he says, no one has a stronger will than the youth of a country. Considering this as his only resource, he started encouraging students of Delhi University to join the programme. He first appointed some leaders in 22 colleges. They then went on reaching out to others to join the organization and form volunteer groups in their colleges. Meanwhile, online crowdfunding platforms assisted with funding campaigns that could support the upscaling (升级)of operation. In 2020, the organization was recognized by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Anandiben Patel for its widespread efforts.

Volunteering means working for free to help someone else. Many teens agree that helping others feels great and makes a difference. These days, more teens volunteer to work for others. They cleanup parks, walk dogs at animal shelters, visit the elderly.

Some cities — including Seattle, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. require high school students to volunteer. Students must volunteer in order to graduate. The student volunteers learn new skills and help their communities (社区).

Many parents subscribe to the idea — they say volunteering helps teens build job skills. But most teens don’t want to be forced to volunteer. They say they are busy and volunteering is only fun if it’s a choice.

Read both sides of the debate and decide.

·Volunteering can help teens get into college or get a job.

·Many cities and towns need help. Volunteers can help keep important programs going.

·Not all teens will volunteer if it isn’t required. Schools should require students to do all they can to get ready for adult life.

·Most teens are already very busy with classes, homework, jobs, and sports. Forcing them to do more isn’t fair.

·It should be up to each person. Helping out doesn’t feel as good if you have to do it.

·Finding a volunteer job isn’t always easy, Students shouldn’t be kept from graduating because of something they can’t control.

Universities in East China's Shandong province will be partnered with universities in the United Kingdom to provide online assistance and consulting services for Chinese students in the UK during the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Around 200 experienced medical and psychological experts selected from 42 universities in Shandong will form about 100 support groups that will be assigned to more than 150 British universities. They will remotely offer health advice, both physical and psychological, to Chinese students studying in the UK.

Another 60 experts from seven medical colleges in Shandong will take turns to provide 2-hour online consulting advice to the overseas students every day, from 12 noon to 2 pm, UK time. The experts will share knowledge about COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment, as well as offer emergency psychological counseling, and their work will continue until the epidemic ends in the UK.

The initiative, titled "Hand in Hand, Heart to Heart", was jointly organized by the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, the People's Government of Shandong Province, and China's embassy in the United Kingdom.

The program is the new complementing effort tailored for Chinese citizens abroad to help them with the prevention of the disease, to "protect everyone's life and health", Yu said, referring to aid from Shandong province that was sent to the UK on March 28 in the form of 15 experts and doctors and 48 metric tons of medical supplies, including 10 ventilators.

That team of specialists in disease control included experts in traditional Chinese and Western medicine, psychology, nursing, and other fields. Members conducted epidemiological investigations and epidemic prevention education, and participated in disease prevention and treatment work during the visit.

The program will not only help Chinese students in the UK to overcome difficulties, but will also "deepen the friendship between two peoples in China and the UK", and promote the development of the China-UK "golden era", he said.