China News Service, Guangzhou, July 29 (Cai Minjie, Mai Jiena, Zheng Siya) Guangzhou's first children's bookstore was listed at the Beijing Street Social Work Station in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City on the 29th, and is open to the public for free.

Zhen He, Secretary-General of Guangzhou Volunteer Association, introduced that the Children's Book Pavilion provides a nearby and comfortable reading environment for families of children who lack reading space and reading resources, and parents of children in the community.

  On the 29th, colorful children's picture books were placed on the new shelves of the Children's Book Pavilion.

Mr. Guan and a pair of 6-year-old twin daughters are looking at a popular science picture book "Every Life Matters". The youngest daughter Xinxin (pseudonym) shares with Dad Guan the small animals seen in the picture book.

In addition to the new book, Mr. Guan said that what attracted him most was the "storytelling skills" shared by professional picture book lecturers that day. He said, "I can learn a lot of ways to accompany children from the sidelines."

  Community volunteer Lin Caiping also participated in the reading activity that day. She and her daughter have been reading together with their children for more than 2 years. She hopes that her experience can help more children in distress in the community.

"When I read with my children, my husband and I have a wider range of reading interests, and the time spent looking at our mobile phones has also decreased a lot. After that, I hope to volunteer in the community and read with other children," she said.

  The relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Volunteer Association said that from July to August, the Guangzhi Association also invited professional picture book lecturers to carry out companion reading skills training, and the trained community volunteers will be employed in places such as community children's bookstores. Companion services are provided for children.

  In addition, Guangzhi Association has also set up a hotline for children's voice in cooperation with professional psychological institutions, and carried out a pilot project of community hotline in Hongqiao Street, Yuexiu District, inviting professional volunteers to sit and provide psychological counseling services for children and parents in need .

  Recently, various social worker service stations and volunteer service teams in Guangzhou are relying on the Guangzhou Public Welfare "Time Bank" to carry out volunteer service activities around the needs of children, especially the families of children in distress in the community.

  Among them, in order to enrich the summer life of children, the social worker service station of Wenquan Town, Conghua District, carried out the painting interactive class of the “Children’s Painting Hot Spring” rural beauty program, and organized volunteer teaching volunteers to accompany the children in distress and the community children to paint together; the social worker of Zhengguo Town, Zengcheng District The service station (West Area) organized community volunteers to participate in drowning prevention publicity activities and distributed brochures to help raise the safety awareness of young people in the area.

  According to the statistics of Guangzhou Public Welfare "Time Bank", during the summer vacation from June 28 to July 28 this year, the city has organized nearly 1,500 community volunteers to serve nearly 17,000 children and adolescents. The types of activities include psychological counseling, schoolwork Counseling, law popularization lectures, artistic creation, etc.

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