The Nanjing YMCA Centennial Celebration—Serial 1

Young Men’s Christian Association is a leading proponent, starter, and organizer of volunteer movements, and has developed into a social service organization with a unique and positive effect in current society that extends to over 140 countries and regions. In 1912, Mr. Sun Yat-sen was the first to contribute 3000 silver dollars to subsidize the establishment of the Nanjing YMCA. In recent years, the Nanjing YMCA had held fast to its group objective and mission of “serving society, and benefitting the people.” With respect to serving society, we have integrated domestic and international social resources, given attention to disadvantages social groups, organized volunteer training, served elderly people, handicapped people and impoverished teenagers, and launched cultural exchange activities with the YMCAs in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.  In the last five years, 52621 service visits have been made to disadvantages groups. In just the last two years we have raised overseas donations amounting to more than 11,170,000 RMB, which was used subsidize orphan schools, subsidize the “oral activity”, which provided dentures for elderly people on welfare, and launch foster services for disabled people, etc. At the same time, they also donated to domestic and international YMCAs in areas that suffered natural disasters, supported local disaster relief activities, thus demonstrating the spirit of the International Socialist’s “charity” without borders, and reflecting their own value in promoting social harmony. 

 Above: Reception Lunch Hosted by Nanjing Municipal Govenment

Above: Qiu Songyun, President of YMCAs Asia-Pacific Association, giving a speech

Above: Nanjing YMCA exchanged presents with each organization

Above:  One Hundred Chorus Presenting a song at the Centennial Celebration Ceremony