Guangdong volunteers to care for homeless youth

The Guangdong Provincial Committee of Communist Youth League will organize regular activities for young volunteers to visit rescue centers to help and care for homeless youth, according to Southern Metropolis Daily.

Relevant departments have been urged by the league to establish files for every homeless child in the province.

The plan came after a growing number of child beggars have been registered in the southern province, which borders Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, in recent years.

According to a survey conducted by the league, the province has registered 46,270 child beggars, 133,650 idle teenagers, 39,354 minors who have undesirable conduct, 34,564 juvenile delinquents and another 974,979 left-behind children in the countryside.