A group of 10 volunteers left
Guangzhou,
capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on Friday to work in
hospitals and schools in the Indian Ocean island nation of
Seychelles.
The volunteers are among the first from China to be sent to
African countries after the milestone China-Africa summit in Beijing last year.
China plans to dispatch 300 youth volunteers to Africa in three
years.
The volunteers included five doctors, two nurses, two music
teachers and a Chinese teacher. They were selected from more than
1,000 candidates.
The eldest member of the group is 39 years old and the youngest
23.
Zhe Zhiling, vice secretary of the Guangzhou committee of the
Communist Youth League of China, said with seven volunteers below
the age of 27, the group reflected the enthusiasm of the generation
born in the 1980s for international affairs and dedication to
humanitarian causes.
China pledged to strengthen China-Africa cooperation at the
Beijing summit. The country plans to train 15,000 African
professionals and send 100 senior agricultural experts to
Africa.
(Xinhua News Agency January 27, 2007)
